Foo Fighters front man
Rock musician Dave Grohl comes out as an Abba fan
Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl performs at the Rock am Ring music festival. (Archive image) Photo: Thomas Frey / dpa
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Dave Grohl is a big Abba fan. In his opinion, the band never wrote a bad song. And with that he also refers to the new songs.
Dave Grohl, head of the band Foo Fighters and former drummer at Nirvana, has come out as an Abba fan.
His favorite Abba song is “Dancing Queen”, he told “Zeitmagazin”: “When I hear it, I turn myself into a“ dancing queen ”. In my opinion, Abba never wrote a bad song. Even the new Abba songs are stunning, ”said the 52-year-old of the supplement to the weekly newspaper“ Die Zeit ”.
He discovered his passion for music as a child while driving with his mother, “when we sang along to the songs that were on the radio,” said Grohl. During the pandemic, the musician wrote his autobiography. “When I realized that the lockdown would be with us for a while, I decided to try the book. I had just finished a record. Another one immediately after would have been boring. “