“Kurt was sitting in the bathtub with a Walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter

Dave Grohl performing with a blue guitar.

BEST OF MUSICRADAR: Rock music is riddled with examples of drummers who have emerged from the shadows to become prolific and profoundly talented songwriters: Grant Hart of Hüsker Dü; Josh Tillman of Fleet Foxes, who reinvented himself as Father John Misty; and stadium rockers such as Neil Peart, Roger Taylor, Phil Collins, Don Henley and Lars Ulrich.

Then, of course, there’s Dave Grohl, who rose to prominence as the dynamic powerhouse of one of the most seminal bands of all time before going on to front one of the biggest-selling bands on the planet.