McCartney Times

Dave Grohl isn’t one for technical jargon. The man might be a legendary musician, but he’s on record as only having had one drum lesson in his entire life. He can’t read music, doesn’t have any formal training in theory, and probably couldn’t care less about terms like “melisma” or “decrescendo”. It doesn’t mean that he doesn’t know what these things are, just that he has his own language to explain them, a language that would probably get you kicked out of your high school choir class.

But make no mistake: Grohl knows his stuff. By obsessing over music for his entire life, Grohl was able to pick out the intricacies of his inspirations, especially when it came to playing the drums. If you need someone to explain John Bonham’s wild bass drum triplets, or need a refresher on how Neil Peart was able to play those insane fills, Grohl is your guy. Even the less heavy drummers are in Grohl’s wheelhouse, as shown by his reverence towards Ringo Starr in a 2006 Uncut Magazine feature.

“If The Beatles were the original rock’n’roll four-piece, then Ringo was the original rock’n’roll drummer,” Grohl explains. “This was the template for the next 40 years of music. They were certainly the foundation for what I do and Ringo seemed to be the foundation of The Beatles. I always thought he had a great style. He had a wonderful swing and was a showman. A lot of drummers aren’t considered showmen, but he definitely turned it on.”

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