{"id":463318,"date":"2026-05-01T14:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/463318\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:07:08","slug":"dave-grohl-shares-newfound-love-for-alice-in-chains-theyre-like-my-favourite-band-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/463318\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Grohl shares &#8220;newfound love&#8221; for Alice in Chains: \u201cThey\u2019re like my favourite band now\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/dave-grohl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Grohl<\/a> has spoken about his \u201cnewfound love\u201d of \u201990s grunge legends <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/alice-in-chains\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alice in Chains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/foo-fighters-your-favorite-toy-3942146\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foo Fighters \u2013 \u2018Your Favorite Toy\u2019 review: back to brawny basics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/foo-fighters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foo Fighters<\/a> frontman recently sat down with Apple Music\u2019s Zane Lowe to discuss the band\u2019s new album \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/foo-fighters-your-favorite-toy-3942146\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Your Favorite Toy<\/a>\u2019, which arrived last Friday (April 24), featuring previously-released singles \u2018Caught In The Echo\u2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-reminded-of-why-we-love-and-are-forever-devoted-to-doing-this-on-new-single-asking-for-a-friend-as-they-share-new-music-and-announce-north-american-stadium-tour-buy-tickets-3901702\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Asking For A Friend\u2019<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-tackle-survivors-guilt-on-punk-tinged-new-single-of-all-people-3939399\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Of All People\u2019<\/a>, as well as the record\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/track\/foo-fighters-your-favorite-toy-track-review-3930256\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">title track<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alice in Chains cropped up in conversation when Grohl was discussing the many great vocalists of the grunge era, including his late Nirvana bandmate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/kurt-cobain\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kurt Cobain<\/a> and late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/soundgarden\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Soundgarden<\/a> frontman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/chris-cornell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Cornell<\/a>, which prompted Lowe to bring up AIC frontman Layne Staley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh my God, dude, here\u2019s the best thing about driving around with [my daughters] Violet and Harper in a car: I have this newfound love of Alice in Chains,\u201d Grohl said. \u201cIt\u2019s back. They\u2019re like my favourite band now. They should have been 35 years ago, but now I\u2019m like, \u2018Wait, where was I on that one?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery song you hear becomes like a strand in your DNA, those lyrics and those songs become a part of you,\u201d he added. \u201cThere\u2019s a huge connectivity in the energy of music just as there is in the connectivity in the energy of everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the Foos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-face-zombie-apocalypse-in-gory-new-spit-shine-video-directed-by-dave-grohl-3943426\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dropped a zombie apocalypse-style video for \u2018Spit Shine\u2019, which was written and directed by Grohl<\/a>. Before sharing visuals for that single, the band dropped by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/foo-fighters-and-aimee-lou-wood-for-snl-uk-appearances-3940169\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday Night Live UK\u00a0<\/a>last weekend to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/watch-foo-fighters-play-child-actor-and-caught-in-the-echo-on-snl-uk-3942596\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">perform \u2018Caught in the Echo\u2018 and \u2018Child Actor\u2019 live for the first time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While in London to celebrate their album launch recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-dave-grohl-and-pat-smear-surprise-fan-singing-monkey-wrench-at-foo-fighters-album-launch-party-3942205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grohl and Pat Smear surprised fans attending an album listening party<\/a>, walking into the event while one fan was midway through a karaoke rendition of their 1997 track \u2018Monkey Wrench\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>NME\u00a0gave the record three-and-a-half stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/foo-fighters-your-favorite-toy-3942146\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in a review which read<\/a>: \u201cVocally, Grohl has rediscovered his roar, but lyricism has never been his strongest suit, and much of it here is throwaway; those looking for signs of where his head is at after his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/dave-grohl-had-to-turn-everything-off-after-public-admission-of-infidelity-ive-been-in-therapy-six-days-a-week-for-70-weeks-3935684\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">infidelity scandal<\/a>\u00a0two years ago will be largely disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut a fascinating exception is \u2018Child Actor\u2019, on which Grohl \u2013 who\u2019s come to relish the spotlight after 30 years as the Foos\u2019 frontman \u2013 unflinchingly examines his need for validation; it is the sound of somebody who has knocked themselves off their own perch searching for answers in the mirror.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Your Favorite Toy\u2019 is a few more tracks of that depth away from being the most vital Foo Fighters record since 1997\u2019s \u2018The Colour and the Shape\u2019. For now, at least, they have remembered that no-frills punk, played fast and loud, suits them much better than middle-of-the-road dad-rock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3943427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/foo-fighters-video-still-dave-grohl-1.jpg\" alt=\"Foo Fighters\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"  \/>Foo Fighters in the video for \u2018Spit Shine\u2019. Credit: Press<\/p>\n<p>Foo Fighters will be heading out on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-announce-2026-take-cover-european-stadium-tour-uk-dates-liverpool-anfield-tickets-3906935\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a European stadium tour that is set to include two nights at Liverpool\u2019s Anfield Stadium<\/a>\u00a0at the end of June. They will also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-announce-2026-take-cover-european-stadium-tour-uk-dates-liverpool-anfield-tickets-3906935\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">be playing a range of major European shows this summer<\/a>,\u00a0as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-reminded-of-why-we-love-and-are-forever-devoted-to-doing-this-on-new-single-asking-for-a-friend-as-they-share-new-music-and-announce-north-american-stadium-tour-buy-tickets-3901702\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a North American stadium tour for the summer<\/a>, and they have also just announced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-announce-2026-take-cover-australian-and-new-zealand-stadium-tour-buy-tickets-3929999\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an Australian and New Zealand tour for late 2026 and early 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Any remaining tickets for all shows on the Foo Fighters\u2019 US tour are available<a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/2862475\/264167\/4272?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Ffoo-fighters-tickets%2Fartist%2F776005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and for UK and Europe shows, you can find tickets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.co.uk\/foo-fighters-tickets\/artist\/776005?irgwc=1&amp;afsrc=1&amp;utm_source=2862475-NME%20Networks%20Media%20Limited&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=2862475&amp;awtrc=&amp;camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_2862475&amp;ircid=24023&amp;clickId=0LtzDgx2MxyZT7HS-U1h9TSyUkuyOZWpm2kPwA0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, Grohl recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/dave-grohl-recalls-accidentally-insulting-david-bowie-i-backpedalled-so-fast-3942098\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recalled the time he accidentally insulted\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/david-bowie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Bowie<\/a>, saying that he \u201cbackpedalled so fast\u201d, and has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/dave-grohl-reveals-his-boozy-secret-for-keeping-his-vocal-cords-in-check-3941961\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealed the boozy secret to keeping his vocal cords in a healthy condition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/dave-grohl-makes-rare-political-statement-on-deeply-divided-america-there-needs-to-be-change-3940981\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he has made a rare political statement about the \u201cdeeply divided\u201d America<\/a>, saying: \u201cThere needs to be change.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dave Grohl has spoken about his \u201cnewfound love\u201d of \u201990s grunge legends Alice in Chains. 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