Dave Grohl nearly joined GWAR as a teenager and even started designing his own costume
nme.comDave Grohl has revealed he had an encounter with GWAR early in his music career – which he says almost led to him joining the costumed metal band as their drummer.In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Grohl explained that he was approached by members of GWAR while he was in-between bands – at the time, he was yet to join Scream and his previous band Dain Bramage had recently split.
At the time, GWAR had recently parted with then-drummer Jim Thomson (aka Hans Orifice).Grohl said he spoke with the band’s guitarist at the time, Dewey Rowell – aka Flattus Maximus – who reportedly said, “‘it’s great, and you get to design your own costume'” – information which prompted Grohl to start sketching his own would-be GWAR get-up.“As a drummer, you.
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