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The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

53 reviews

taytaysomething's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

One of the best biographies I have read so far!  Dave Grohl is cool and fun and has so many stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

radsquare's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

As a kid of the 90s and a teenager in the 00s, I enjoy Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. It's interesting to hear Dave Grohl talk about all of his experiences from growing up to becoming a rock star to the musicians he's met along the way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Suicide

carmenvillaman's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse

kiwichill's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

Easily the best autobiography by a musician I have read.  His music is the soundtrack to my own life.  He is an inspiration 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Self harm and Vomit

noshinbean's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahmerfi's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse and Suicide

allingoodtime's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

When I started partaking in audiobooks, this title came up over and over as a recommendation. I love music, but I’m not someone who knows a lot about music or musicians. If I’m not listening to an audiobook while I’m cooking or doing other tasks, I have music playing. I constantly hum or sing without even realizing I’m doing it. But ask me the title of a song or who sings it and I most likely will have no idea. Before reading this book, I knew about Dave Grohl on a more surface level. He always seemed like a down-to-earth sort of person who would stick up for the “little guy” and give his voice to social justice issues. Plus, I knew I liked the Foo Fighters and Nirvana. Memoirs can be hit or miss for me, they’re not my usual genre. I figured I’d give it a shot. I’m glad I did; I have so much more appreciation for this artist and love how humble he is while telling truly incredible tales.

While I don’t know much about music, I am in awe of musicians. My brain is not wired that way and I am jealous. The title of this book is apt as Dave Grohl tells little stories about his life, jumping from childhood to adulthood and back. These stories are really a series of fascinating anecdotes. There is no denying he has immense talent, but he also has had some very advantageous things happen to him that helped his career along. He doesn’t take that for granted and it’s wonderful to see that he still finds joy and amazement when he meets another famous musician. He’s the type of guy who knows who everyone is but is astonished when they know who he is. There are a lot of famous names in this book, yet it never feels as though he’s name-dropping. He’s just as excited about meeting the people as we are to hear about them. I am now a fan for life.

This book has me looking at reading other memoirs via audiobooks. Not everyone has the voice or the temperament to read their own stories, but I would love to listen to more that are narrated by the author like this one. And you can bet Foo Fighters has featured more prominently on my playlist lately. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide, and Grief

cosmiccappie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0

I listened to this book narrated by Dave and just fell even more in love with he and his band. I highly recommend this if you’re a music junkie like me. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

lauriej's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

king_rune's review against another edition

funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol