![]() ![]() The music business Grohl entered in the 1980s is not the one he finds himself in today, but you wouldn’t know that from the book. Nor does he reflect upon the music industry’s total evisceration at the hands of Internet pirates and streaming services. He never once addresses the fact that rock music, the genre that he dominates, has been replaced at the top of the charts by rap and hip-hop-an epochal shift worthy of at least a mention. There’s also no discussion of the decline and fall of rock and roll, which Grohl witnessed firsthand. Thus, there’s very little here about Grohl’s time in Nirvana or his relationship with Kurt Cobain, one of the most bewildering and compelling figures in rock and roll history. ![]() He’s here to rock out and have a good time, and to make sure you have a good time in the process. The Storyteller’s amiable tone is to be expected: Grohl has never been an especially confessional artist. Anyone looking to read about wild tales from the road will be disappointed in the book Grohl never discusses groupies or trashing hotel rooms, and he recounts no casually vicious stories akin to Led Zeppelin’s infamous “mud shark incident.” Grohl’s all about the music, man, and he wants you to know that it saved him-and it can save you, too. This affable and cool Grohl is precisely the person who comes through in The Storyteller, the rock star’s new memoir. ![]()
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