Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl knew that he and late drummer Taylor Hawkins could be “finest mates for the remainder of our lives” as quickly as they met.
The 57-year-old rocker has recalled how the Foos poached Taylor – who tragically handed away aged 50 in 2022 simply hours earlier than the Study to Fly band had been attributable to carry out in Colombia – from Alanis Morissette’s band after he cast a direct bond with the musician.
Talking on Jimmy Kimmel Stay!, Dave stated: “Our first document got here out across the time Alanis’ first document got here out.
“So we had been doing a bunch of these festivals and radio exhibits and issues, however that was the primary time I met Taylor, backstage.”
He continued: “Right here comes this blond, surfer dude, like, ‘Yo, dude. I really like your band. You guys are so superior. Yadda-yadda-yadda.’
“I knew, proper then, I used to be like, ‘Oh, we’re gonna be finest mates for the remainder of our lives.'”
Taylor left Morissette’s band in March 1997 and joined the Foo Fighters in the identical month – simply because the rockers had been placing the ending touches on their profitable second album The Color and the Form.
In the meantime, Dave revealed earlier this 12 months that he has been haunted by desires wherein he’s visited by Hawkins – in addition to ghosts of different misplaced family members together with his former Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain, his childhood buddy Jimmy and each of his dad and mom.
He informed the Guardian newspaper: “I’ve had these desires that appear like visitations. Whether or not it’s from my mom, or my outdated buddy Jimmy, or Kurt, or my father. And within the desires, I do know that I’m dreaming, however these persons are right here. And it’s as in the event that they’ve by no means left.”
Grohl described one notably painful dream and broke down in tears as he recalled being reunited with Taylor.
He defined: “I fell asleep on a sofa, like this one, in entrance of a tv. I assumed that I’d woken up, and he was sitting proper subsequent to me.
“It was so f****** actual. He was glad. His hair regarded nice; he was tan. The very first thing I stated was: ‘Oh my God, we miss you a lot’. He smiled.
“I stated: ‘The place are you?’ And he smiled once more and stated: ‘Dude’.And I awoke. I used to be like: ‘***, I nearly had it!'”
