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The Lack of Dave Grohl

posted 9 years ago by tstevens32
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For me, seriously marginalized this documentary.

The director had some BS excuse about timing, but I feel his insights are sorely missed.

I will say that I was a teenager (17-18) when Nirvana hit it big, but I have not listened to their music AT ALL in the last 20 years.

I would like to know what the actual drug his mother gave him as a child. She stated it was Ritalin or similar (easy to say now) but I think it wasn't the controlled medicine it is now. Anyway, I think that whatever that drug was, and a lack of a proper diagnosis effed him up.

I did appreciate the unplugged MTV pieces and have since been to YouTube looking for more.

[–] melora72 9 years ago

Dave's touring interfered with the interview schedule so they couldn't get it done soon enough for the edit showed at Sundance. I hope they can add it in later. Or maybe they can just include it as an extra in the DVD release.

[–] moonfirez 9 years ago

Dave and Kurt weren't all that close. Dave was just the drummer in the band. Kurt didn't seem to found of Dave either. Krist and Kurt were much closer and Krist knew him better. I didn't miss Grohl at all.

[–] Burning_Sosobra 9 years ago

While it's true Kurt and Krist were closer than Kurt and Dave, it's untrue to say they weren't close at all. Dave and Kurt shared an apartment together for a few months or so, so they were somewhat close, at least for a time. Once Kurt found heroin and Courtney, his friends and band mates were left behind.

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[–] Jelena555 9 years ago

That bothered me TOO much.

[–] Newt73 9 years ago

I agree it's b.s. excuse not to include him. I thought it was also weird that his aunt wasn't in it. The one who actually got Kurt into music and recorded him as a little kid talking to Bada, and singing the Beatles.

[–] LaLa_LaLa_Lola 9 years ago

it's looking more likely Dave didn't want to take any time out from his schedule for this. Which is totally fine but let's not put all the blame on director.

[–] TheeMortyToad 9 years ago

No Tobi Vail either. She was an important person at one point. Christ, he probably wrote more songs about her than her did Courtney.

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[–] frankzappayay 9 years ago

I don't miss Grohl but the movie was short on a lot of substance. It was style of substance to the extreme. At least have interviews with Chad Channing... Or Kurt's gay friend who he lived with for a long time. Or Kurt's best friend who is also in a band. Also Novoselic was in the movie for less than a minute in total. That's some *beep*

[–] moviefool09 9 years ago

Also Novoselic was in the movie for less than a minute in total. That's some *beep*

Agreed. From what I read, the director wanted to wait for Grohl to be available while he was filming his Sonic Highways thing for HBO. But by the time Grohl was available, he decided he "had enough" anyway and didn't need Grohl.

That's beside the point. I think most Nirvana fans would have liked to get the perspective of Grohl, if for no other reason than he was one of just 3 band members. He didn't just disappear...he was part of this group.

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[–] tyrexden 9 years ago

I got the sense he didn't want to be part of it.... For what its worth, Grohl said it came on TV, and he couldn't watch it because it was too painful and scary.

Grohl seemed to be sort of an outsider compared to the other 2 guys in the band, so it sort of made sense that he wasn't part of the narrative.

[–] tsrts 8 years ago

In some ways, this documentary was made by people raiding Kurts personal diaries/tapes/films to make a profit. Not a surprise that Dave Grohl didn't want to partake.

[–] !!!deleted!!! (23224857) 8 years ago

I was more bummed out that Frances Bean wasn't in it as an adult; she was an executive producer, and I would have loved to see at least a small interview.

She's all grown up and looking good, and is a fine artist. But yeah...I figured Grohl wasn't there for some reason.

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