This is a Call (61 page)

Index

DG indicates Dave Grohl.

Abba

AC/DC

Aerosmith

Age of Consent

Aizlewood, John

Albini, Steve

Alexander, Phil

Alice in Chains

Alive & Kicking
(compilation)

alternative rock

American hardcore movement

American Idol

Anderson, Dawn

Anderson, Greg

Angry Samoans

Arm, Mark

Articles of Faith

Auf der Maur, Melissa

Azerrad, Michael

Back and Forth
(documentary)

Backbeat Band

Bad Brains

Bailey, Ernie

Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia

Baker, Brian

Ball-Hog or Tugboat?
(Watt)

Bangles, The

Bayer, Samuel

Beach Boys, The

Beatles, The

Beefeater

Bergamo, Al

Berliner, Jill

Bernstein, Nils

B-52s

Biafra, Jello

Big Black

Bikini Kill

Billboard

Biscuits, Chuck

Black, Jack

Black Flag

Black Market Baby

Black Sabbath

Blender

Blurt

Blush, Steve

Bon Jovi, Jon

Bondi, Vic 50

Bonham, Jason

Bonham, John

Borzillo, Carrie

Boucher, Eric

Bowie, David

Bradford, Sherry

Bradford, Tracey

Brecht, Kurt

Brookes, Anton

Broomfield, Nick

Buck, Peter

Burckhard, Aaron

Bush, George W.

Butthole Surfers

Buzzcocks

Cafritz, Julia

Cameron, Keith

Carlson, Dylan

Cassidy, Spike

Cathedral

Cavalera, Max

CBGBs

Celtic Frost

Channing, Chad

Chick, Stevie

Christgau, Robert

Christy, Nick

Chum

Circle Jerks

Clarke, Kory

Clash, The

Classic Rock

Clinch, Danny

Cobain, Frances Bean

Cobain, Kurt

birth and childhood

Bleach
, recording of

coma

connection with audience

death

DG and

drug use

first bands

first recordings

In Utero
and

Love and
see
Love, Courtney

major labels, attitude towards

musical tastes

myth making

myth of

Nevermind
, promotional campaign

Nevermind
, recording of

Novoselic, first meets

parents’ divorce and

plots career

publishing agreement, redraws

punk rock, introduction to

‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video and

touring

COC

Columbia Records

Cook, Paul

Copeland, E.L.

Copeland, Stuart

Corbijn, Anton

Corgan, Billy

Cornell, Chris

Corrosion of Conformity

Costello, Elvis

Cows

Cramps, The

Crash, Darby

Crawford, Scott

Cronos

Cross, Charles R.

Crover, Dale

Cubby Bear (Chicago club)

Dag Nasty

Dain Bramage

Dalle, Brody

Damned, The

Danzig

David Grohl Alley, Warren, Ohio

Dead Boys

Dead Kennedys

Dean, Mike

Deep Purple

Def Jam

Deftones

Dinosaur Jr

Discharge

Dischord

D.O.A.

Donaldson, Chip

Dorrian, Lee

Doughty, Michael

Doyle, Tad

D.R.I.

Dukowski, Chuck

Dulli, Greg

Durango, Santiago

Durkee, Bob

Dylan, Bob

Earl, Mari

Edgar Winter Group

11th Hour

Embrace

Endino, Jack

Everman, Jason

Factory Records

Fair, Jad

Faith

Fang

Farrell, Boyd

Farrell, Ray

Fartblossom Records

Fecal Matter

Fennelly, Colin

Finch, Jennifer

Fitz of Depression

Flipper

Flipside

Fluid

Foege, Alec

Foo Fighters:

albums:

The Colour and the Shape

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Foo Fighters

Greatest Hits

In Your Honor

One by One

Skin and Bones

There Is Nothing Left to Lose

Wasting Light

awards

birth of

DG as frontman

first live appearances

first press release

first tour

gigs/touring

logo

Million Dollar Demos

sales

songs:

‘Ain’t It the Life’

‘All My Life’

‘Alone + Easy Target’

‘Aurora’

‘Best of You’

‘Big Me’

‘Breakout’

‘Burn Away’

‘Butterflies’

‘Cold Day in the Sun’

‘Come Back’

‘Dear Rosemary’

‘Disenchanted Lullaby’

‘DOA’

‘Enough Space’

‘Everlong’

‘Exhausted’

‘Floaty’

‘For All the Cows’

‘Friend of a Friend’

‘Full Mount’

‘Have It All’

‘Home’

‘I Should Have Known’

‘I’ll Stick Around’

‘Knucklehead’

‘The Last Song’

‘Learn to Fly’

‘Lonely as You’

‘Long Road to Ruin’

‘Low’

‘M.I.A.’

‘Make a Bet’

‘Miracle’

‘Miss the Misery’

‘Monkey Wrench’

‘Mountain ofYou’

‘My Hero’

‘New Way Home’

‘No Way Back’

‘Oh, George’

‘On the Mend’

‘Overdrive’

‘Podunk’

‘The Pretender”

‘Release’

‘Rope’

‘Spooky Tune’

‘Stacked Actors’

‘Tears for Beers’

‘These Days’

‘This Is a Call’

‘Times Like These’

‘Tired of You’

‘Tom Petty’

‘Walk’

‘Walking After You’

‘Watershed’

‘Wheels’

‘White Limo’

‘Winnebago’

‘Word Forward’

‘X-Static’

Foster, Dave

4AD

Four Horsemen, The

Freak Baby

Fricke, David

Friedman, Glen E.

Fugazi

Gaar, Gillian G.

Garbage

Garfield, Henry
see
Henry Rollins

GBH

Geffen Records

Germs,The

Gersh, Gary

Ginn, Greg

Go Team, The

Goatsnake

Gold Mountain

Goldberg, Danny

Goldberg, Michael

Goldsmith, William

Goodacre, Martyn

Gordon, Kim

Gore, Al

Gossard, Stone

Graham, Bill

Grammy Awards

Gray Matter

Green Day

Green River

Greene, Elizabeth

Groff, Skip

Grohl, Dave:

albums
see under individual band name

bands
see under individual band or project name

charisma

childhood

collaborations see also under individual artist name

depression and anxiety

discography

divorce

drug taking

family background

finances

first band

first gigs/collaborations, post-Nirvana

first songs post-Nirvana

40th birthday

girlfriends

guitar playing

hyperactivity

Los Angeles and

marriages

musical tastes

‘Nicest Man in Rock’

parents’ divorce and

personality

politics

punk rock and

solo record (
Pocketwatch
)

songwriting
see under individual band or project name

soundtrack, writes (
Touch
)

switches to drums

tattoos

therapy

see also see
Dain Bamage; Foo Fighters; Freak Baby; Harlingtox A.D.; Late!; Mission Impossible; Nirvana; Probot; Queens of the Stone Age; Scream; Them Crooked Vultures;
Touch

Grohl, Harper Willow (daughter)

Grohl, James (father)

Grohl, Jordyn (wife)

Grohl, Lisa (sister)

Grohl, Violet Maye (daughter)

Grohl, Virginia (mother)

Grohol, John (great-grandfather)

grunge revolution

Guns N’ Roses

Gwar

Habibion, Sohrab

Haden, Petra

Hagerty, Neil

Half Japanese

Hampton, Mike

Hanna, Kathleen

Happy Flowers

Harlingtox Angel Divine

Hawkins, Taylor

Heartbreakers, The

Herrema, Jennifer

Hester, Drew

Hetfield, James

HG Hancock Band

Himelfarb, Gary

Hinkle, Larry

Hoerner, Dan

Hokanson, Greg

Hole

Homme, Josh

Houghton, Mick

House, Daniel

Hovercraft

Hudson, Earl

Hudson, Paul

Hüsker Dü

Hyde Park

Iggy Pop

Inner Ear

Jaffee, Rami

Jenifer, Darryl

Jerry A

Jesus Lizard

Johannes, Alain

Johnson, Calvin

Johnson, Lisa

Jones, Barrett

Jones, John Paul

Jones, Mick

Jones, Norah

Jones, Steve

K Records

Kantor, Zack

Kaplan, Ira

Kaspar, Adam

Kates, Mark

Kaye, Lenny

Kean, Chris

Kerbdog

Kerrang!

Kerry, John

Kid$ for Ca$h

Killdozer

Killing Joke

King Buzzo

King Diamond

Kingsmen, The

Kiss

Koz, Dave

Kozak, Dan

Kyuss

Lake Braddock Community Center

Lally, Joe

Lamacq, Steve

Lanegan, Mark

Late!

Laundry Room

Leadbelly

Led Zeppelin

Lee, Michael

Lemmy

Lennon, John

Limp Records

Linkin Park

Litt, Scott

Live Earth

Lollapalooza festival

Lord, Mary Lou

Lott, Chet

Love, Courtney

L7

Lukin, Matt

Lünchmeat

Lydon, John

Lynyrd Skynyrd

MacKaye, Alec

MacKaye, Ian

MacLeod, Alex

Malfunkshun

Manilow, Barry

Marander, Tracey

Marks, Craig

Mascis, J.

Mason, Bryant ‘Ralph’

Masque

maximumrocknroll

May, Brian

McCartney, Paul

McClaren, Malcolm

McCray, Sid

McCreedy, Mike

McGee, Alan

McKagan, Duff

M.D.C.

Meat Puppets

Melody Maker

Melvins

Mendel, Nate

Merkle, Bruce

Metallica

Metrozine

Miller, Gary

Minor Threat

Minutemen

Mission Impossible

MOJO

Mondo Generator

Montgomery, Craig

Moon, Slim

Moore, Thurston

Morissette, Alanis

Morosini, Tony

Morris, Keith

Morrissey

Mötley Crüe

Motörhead

Mould, Bob

MTV

Mudhoney

Muller, Don

Mulvey, John

Music Is Art festival, Warren, Ohio

My Bloody Valentine

Naked Raygun

Nameless

Narducy, Jason

Nelson, Jeff

‘neopunk’

New York Dolls

Nieuwenhuizen, Tos

Nirvana

albums:

Bleach

In Utero

Nevermind

reaction to

recording of

release of

sales

songs

20th anniversary

Unplugged in NewYork

Dale Demo

DG joins

DG threatens to quit

early gigs

early songs/recordings

early versions of

Geffen record deal

implosion of

legacy, arguments over

first single (
Love Buzz/Big Cheese
)

management deal

name

name dispute

Nirvana
(compilation)

publishing contracts

sales

songs:

‘About a Girl’

‘All Apologies’

‘Blew’

‘Breed’

‘Come As You Are’

‘Curmudgeon’

‘Dive’

‘Dumb’

‘Endless Nameless’

‘Floyd the Barber’

‘Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip’

‘Heart-Shaped Box’

‘I Hate Myself and I Want to Die’

‘Immodium’

‘In Bloom’

‘Lithium’

‘Lounge Act’

‘Love Buzz’

‘Marigold’

‘Milk It’

‘Moist Vagina’

‘Mr Moustache’

‘Negative Creep’

‘Oh, The Guilt’

‘On a Plain’

‘Pay to Play’

‘Pennyroyal Tea’

‘Polly’

‘Radio Friendly Unit Shifter’

‘Rape Me’

‘Sappy’

‘Scentless Apprentice’

‘School’

‘Serve the Servants’

‘Sifting’

‘Sliver’

‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

‘Something in the Way’

‘Stay Away’

‘Swap Meet’

‘Territorial Pissings’

‘Very Ape’

‘You Know You’re Right’

Sub Pop and

touring

True early reviews of

With the Lights Out
box set

‘Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses’ Experience Music Project, Seattle