The Foo Fighters took a break from their tour this weekend to sit down with CBS’ Anthony Mason for an edition of the “Sunday Morning” show. Met with laughs from the band, Mason first mentions Grohl’s fall from the stage during a show in Sweden two years ago that left him with a broken leg, after which he played the remainder of the show from a chair that later turned into a custom-made throne. Mason lists the band’s list of accomplishments over their twenty-five years together, including four Grammys for Best Rock Album, and this year’s Grammy for Best Rock Song, given to “Run” from their 2017 record “Concrete and Gold.” “It’s weird,” said Grohl regarding the honor. “Ages ago when I was a kid, my dad said ‘you know this isn’t gonna last, right? Save every check ‘cause it’s the last one you’re ever gonna make.’”
The video takes viewers on a tour of Grohl’s childhood home in a sleepy D.C. suburb where he first found his love for music, plus a conversation with his mom who describes a young Grohl as a “really great writer and such a great spirit” who “just didn’t like” school and took off to Europe at seventeen. The interview then moves to Grohl’s four-year ride with Nirvana and Kurt Cobain’s tragic passing, his solo creation of the Foo Fighters, named after UFO’s, bandmate Taylor Hawkins’ overdose and more. Dave closes out the interview by telling Mason “I love music and I love life, and, to me, survival is the game.”
Watch the in-depth interview below:
