Foo Fighters: Jailhouse RockOn tour in Australia in 2000, Dave Grohl and the other Foo Fighters rented mopeds to cruise around. Things went well until...
"We were riding them back from a show to the hotel when we saw a police barricade. I figured they'd just wave me through, but I had to blow into the little straw. I'd had, like, four beers. I told them I could just walk to the hotel, but they said, 'Sorry, mate, gonna have to put you in the watch house tonight.'"
Grohl, arriving at the local jail, was met with a pleasant surprise. How so? "It was filled," he explained, "with people who'd been at our show!"
[The biggest bummer? Grohl had to shave his sideburns off for a court appearance. Said Grohl: "I loved the 'burns, man. They just add to that whole Lynyrd Skynyrd redneck vibe."]
[Trivia: "If you happen to be using a restaurant washroom in Stockholm, don't be shocked if you suddenly hear someone talking to you," Swedish Press magazine once reported. "The voice is coming from a speaker. It is Big Brother talking to you about the hazards of alcohol consumption. There is no way you can shut up the irritating voice that starts off by [saying], 'Hello, could we have a serious talk for awhile?' This interference comes courtesy of the State Alcohol Commission..."]
Grohl, Dave (1969- ) American musician, Foo Fighters frontman [noted for such works (with
Nirvana) as
Bleach (1989), Nevermind (1991), Incesticide (1992), In Utero (1993), MTV Unplugged in New York (1994), and From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (1996);
and for such works (with the
Foo Fighters) as
One by One,
There Is Nothing Left to Lose, and
Colour & The Shape]
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