The biography of Nirvana by Paul Brannigan is expected on September 29, This Is A Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl, has just began to leak documents about David Grohl's relationship with Kurt Cobain and his desire to leave the band in 1993. Ultimately the decision was changed by the tour manager of the band, MacLeod.
According to the author, Grohl was fed up with the tensions within the band derived mainly from Cobain. The final touch was the devaluation of his music aptitude as a drummer, which he heard Cobain expressing hidden during a plane trip. In 1993 it seems that the band had already split into two opposing camps, with Cobain finding support only from Courtney Love.
Grohl himself says in his biography that 'The Cobain was messed up and confused '(Kurt was kinda f--ed up) and he was irritated to such an extent as to leave the band when he heard that he was a crap drummer (And I heard him talking about how s----y a drummer I was).
In an interview 6 years ago in Rolling Stone, Grohl had said that he felt unwanted and a stranger to the band, as Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic had a longstanding friendly relationship.
Grohl had revealed then Cobain's disappointment with his playing, when they worked on their last album In Utero. The complaint was that he listened to Cobain talking behind his back, but when he asked to confront him and tell him in person if he wanted to leave the band, Cobain denied everything.
(I could hear him talking about how much he thought I sucked. But he'd never say it to me. If I'd confront him about it - 'Is there a problem? If you want me to leave, just ask '- he'd say' No, no, no)
Grohl had begun to suspect that it would be difficult to develop feelings of friendship beyond professionalism with the two pre-existing members of Nirvana that had already changed 5 or 6 drummers. Despite his bitterness, at the end Grohl admits that he never had first drummer specifications and may not have been enough for this great personality named Kurt Cobain.
While Nirvana fans around the world celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Nevermind, the author of the biography concludes that if Cobain had not committed suicide, Nirvana will still be here today, just with a different drummer.
According to the author, Grohl was fed up with the tensions within the band derived mainly from Cobain. The final touch was the devaluation of his music aptitude as a drummer, which he heard Cobain expressing hidden during a plane trip. In 1993 it seems that the band had already split into two opposing camps, with Cobain finding support only from Courtney Love.
Grohl himself says in his biography that 'The Cobain was messed up and confused '(Kurt was kinda f--ed up) and he was irritated to such an extent as to leave the band when he heard that he was a crap drummer (And I heard him talking about how s----y a drummer I was).
In an interview 6 years ago in Rolling Stone, Grohl had said that he felt unwanted and a stranger to the band, as Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic had a longstanding friendly relationship. Grohl had revealed then Cobain's disappointment with his playing, when they worked on their last album In Utero. The complaint was that he listened to Cobain talking behind his back, but when he asked to confront him and tell him in person if he wanted to leave the band, Cobain denied everything.
(I could hear him talking about how much he thought I sucked. But he'd never say it to me. If I'd confront him about it - 'Is there a problem? If you want me to leave, just ask '- he'd say' No, no, no)
Grohl had begun to suspect that it would be difficult to develop feelings of friendship beyond professionalism with the two pre-existing members of Nirvana that had already changed 5 or 6 drummers. Despite his bitterness, at the end Grohl admits that he never had first drummer specifications and may not have been enough for this great personality named Kurt Cobain.
While Nirvana fans around the world celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Nevermind, the author of the biography concludes that if Cobain had not committed suicide, Nirvana will still be here today, just with a different drummer.
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