{"id":955750,"date":"2026-05-12T22:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/955750\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T22:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:40:18","slug":"the-1993-album-that-genuinely-changed-dave-grohls-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/955750\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1993 album that genuinely changed Dave Grohl’s life"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dave<\/p>\n

Credit: Far Out \/ Raphael Pour-Hashemi<\/p>\n

Tue 12 May 2026 20:30, UK <\/p>\n

Dave Grohl<\/a> has faced more hurdles in his career than perhaps any other modern rock musician.<\/p>\n

Not only would most people in his shoes have thrown in the towel after the disbandment of a band as era-defining as Nirvana, but they also likely wouldn\u2019t have had the resilience to get there in the first place. Especially in such a competitive arena, where talents were rarely recognised for what they were, let alone praised in the way they should have been.<\/p>\n

After all, even when Grohl was a trusty cog in the Nirvana operation, he wasn\u2019t always treated proportionately to his drumming skills or technique, often sidelined when it came to the so-called \u2018face\u2019 of the band. And to make matters worse, Kurt Cobain didn\u2019t exactly ensure that his musical comrade felt seen and appreciated either, often overheard discussing how much Grohl \u2018sucked\u2019, thinking that he couldn\u2019t hear.<\/p>\n

Of course, like the rest of the world back then and still now, Cobain didn\u2019t actually think those things, not even close. In fact, Grohl\u2019s concern that Cobain\u2019s dislike of him was true<\/a> was put to rest one night at a disco in England, when the frontman turned to him and said he loved his performance on In Utero, telling him that he thought it was \u201cawesome\u201d.<\/p>\n

Still, though, as tough as potential band friction can be from time to time, Grohl\u2019s challenges as an outlier in the band were likely nothing compared to the strain of having to navigate a brand new world following Cobain\u2019s death, a time when most musicians in his position would have likely called it a day, especially lone drummers who didn\u2019t actually believe they could ever step out front as a successful leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But alas, with nothing but sheer passion and a willingness to make the music he wanted, he did just that. Around this time, he was also learning what it meant to refocus on his own influences and musical tastes, taking everything he\u2019d learned as an almost 25-year-old and figuring out what he actually had to offer to the world that wasn\u2019t just more of the same.<\/p>\n

Or rather, what he could offer that wasn\u2019t just more of the same in precisely the same way it\u2019d been presented to Grohl before. At this time, when he was on the cusp of launching the one band that would change the landscape of modern rock forever, he was paying attention to all those who repurposed traditional musical structures and styles, and made them feel fresh, crafting that magical space where nostalgia and modernity could thrive.<\/p>\n

Further reading: From The Vault<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which is where Kyuss comes in<\/a>. At 24, Grohl heard Blues For The Red Sun and couldn\u2019t quite believe what he was hearing, feeling like someone had quite literally extracted something from the 1970s and made it sound even better than it ever did back then. <\/p>\n

\u201cOh my God! This album changed my life,\u201d the rocker told Melody Maker in 2000.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI was 24 and something about the grooves and the guitar sounds and the drums and the bass made this new noise that kinda sounded familiar, like you\u2019d heard it in the early \u201970, but you\u2019d never heard it that good,\u201d he said, crediting the band with \u201creinventing\u201d \u201870s hard rock. Suffice to say, the same could be said for Grohl, who took traditional rock and rock \u2018n\u2019 roll and repackaged it for a new audience, all at a pivotal time when the landscape needed a complete refresh.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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