The storyteller: tales of life and music - Dave Grohl (LIBRO)

Editorial HARPER COLLINS USA

Idioma: Inglés Internacional

2023

 Dave Grohl's The Storyteller created a sensation when it was initially published, becoming a global bestseller and thrilling fans and critics alike. Readers came to the book for Dave's heartfelt voice, his love of family and music, and the energy that pours from every page. Dave's is an extraordinary life made of up ordinary moments, and he tells stories just like he writes songs-from his soul. Whether recounting his time as kid in Toughskins in the Virginia suburbs, as a skinny teenager drumming his heart out for punk band Scream, living through the explosion and implosion of Nirvana, or hustling all the way around the world to escort his daughters to the Father Daughter dance only to be ignored as soon as his girls found their friends The Storyteller is just like its author, as real as it gets. To show his appreciation for his fans, and to celebrate his love of writing, this deluxe paperback edition offers a wide variety of extra content, including: An essay on how Dave approaches creativity Here's a hint: you don't have to think outside of the box. Just ignore it. A series of prompts to jump start your creativity The story of when Dave first met Paul McCartney previously an audiobook exclusive A collection of Dave's curated playlists, giving a glimpse into some of the music he loves The "Song Stories" of four Foo Fighters favorites The Storyteller has challenged what a music memoir can be. With this paperback, the legacy continues. DAVE GROHL Dave Grohl is a 16-time Grammy-winning musician and 2-time Emmy-winning director. Dave Grohl has been one of the most beloved and respected figures on the international music since his recorded debut with Nirvana on 1991's generation-defining Nevermind. Grohl took center stage with Foo Fighters' 1995 self-titled debut, the first album in massive 12-Grammy-winning catalogue that now includes The Colour The Shape 1997 , There Is Nothing Left To Lose 1999 , One By One 2002 , In Your Honor 2005 , Echoes, Silence, Patience Grace 2007 , Wasting Light 2011 , Sonic Highways 2014 , Concrete and Gold 2017 and, most recently, Medicine at Midnight 2021 . Grohl has a well-earned reputation as a prolific collaborator: His various endeavors have included "Cut Me Some Slack," written and recorded with Paul McCartney and Grohl's Nirvana bandmates Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear; Them Crooked Vultures, formed with Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones and Queens of the Stone Age's Joshua Homme, late legends David Bowie and Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead, as well as Mick Jagger, Neil Young, Elton John, Nine Inch Nails, Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen, to name a few. In 2013, Grohl made his debut as a feature director producer with the acclaimed documentary Sound City. Named for the Van Nuys CA studio where Nirvana recorded Nevermind in 1991, which would sell more than 30 million copies and transform the modern musical landscape. Premiering to unanimous raves at Sundance and achieving a 100 Rotten Tomatoes rating, Sound City focused both on the history of the legendary studio and on the ongoing fight to preserve the human element of music. Hailed by Peter Travers of Rolling Stone as an "exhilarating documentary about what makes life worth living," by The New York Times as "candy to several generations' worth of rock fans" and NPR as "a celebration of just how unbelievably awesome it is to make rock music for a living," Sound City has since been certified as a Gold Longform Video by the RIAA, while the Sound City-Real To Reel companion album took the 2013 Grammys for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Rock Song "Cut Me Some Slack" . Grohl also directed the eight-part HBO docuseries Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways, which premiered in October 2014 and went on to win two of the four Emmys for which it was nominated outstanding sound mixing for nonfiction programming and outstanding sound editing for nonfiction programming . Described by Grohl as a love letter to the history of American music, Sonic Highways was comprised of eight one-hour episodes, each chronicling the creation of one song on Foo Fighters' Sonic Highways album, each written and recorded in a different American musical landmark -- Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.