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Everyone and their dog must feel like they know the secret to the longevity of Dave Grohl<\/a>. <\/p>\n The man\u2019s mystique may have taken a pretty uncomfortable hit in the last year or so, but this was a guy that, up until that point, had lasted in the public eye for 30 years as, more or less, a good guy. A few missteps here and there (Google Nate Mendell, Alive and Well for more info), but broadly speaking, he was Uncle Dave, \u2018the nicest guy in rock\u2019. The big questions were twofold, though: First of all, how?, and second of all, why him? <\/p>\n Pretty much everything we ascribe to our rock heroes doesn\u2019t apply to Dave Grohl. A hitmaker? Sure, people love his music, but the Foo Fighters have never really been a chart concert. Legendary stories? Eh, Grohl\u2019s bad behaviour stayed very much behind the scenes. Until it didn\u2019t. Speaking of, was it his sex appeal? Sure, he\u2019s a handsome guy, but the Foos were never pinups and never claimed to be. Grohl simply made a global rock superstar out of being a down-to-earth guy. <\/p>\n I think we can all agree this just doesn\u2019t really happen. Something else had to give. There were several options to pick apart the secret to his success. A die-hard Foos fan would say his songwriting <\/a>and its true, the man can surely connect with an audience. A cynic would say that the association with Kurt Cobain is one that dies hard, and they\u2019re not entirely incorrect. Someone in the middle would say that the Foo Fighters developed into one of the great live bands of the era, and that does wonders for a band and its frontman. <\/p>\n What is the secret to the success of Dave Grohl? <\/p>\n To me though, there\u2019s something else. Something that goes a lot further than the vast majority of the songs he\u2019s written, or his live shows, or any story about him doing something nice flying in the face of rock star douchebaggery. To me, the thing that resonates the most about Grohl is that he is a genuine, die-hard fan of music. That may sound simple on the surface, but hear me out here, I think his love of music is vanishingly rare at his level of success. <\/p>\n