Dave Grohl has revealed that he turned down becoming Tom Petty‘s drummer because it would have been too “sad” to sit behind the kit so soon after Kurt Cobain‘s death.Appearing on The Howard Stern Show on Friday (February 12), the Foo Fighters frontman recalled performing with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers on an episode of Saturday Night Live in 1994 – just months after Cobain died.“We had so much fun and we all got along so well,” Grohl remembered of the collaboration, explaining that he was confused as to why he’d been asked as Petty “could get a world-class drummer – like any dude”.Asked if he took Petty’s request to become his permanent drummer seriously, Grohl replied: “We played SNL and afterwards he was like, ‘Man, that was good.
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