The Storyteller

The Foos were a massive part of my musical awakening, sans-90s bands and 80s stuff I listened to in Mums car growing up. Dave's wild tales of musical madness, coping with stardom, forming bands, and raising daughters (lowkey love his relationship with his girls) were truly wonderful to listen to.

The fact Taylor Hawkins died as I was reading this (I was made aware of his passing mere moments after finishing the chapter on when he and Dave first met) will forever add a poignant veneer over the experience of listening to this book. I remember him being a particularly impressionable drummer on my younger brother and I as we were just starting to drum in bands as sweaty young teenagers. Truly sad.