Scream And Scream Again: Dave Grohl
Jeff Apter, 'The Dave Grohl Story' (Omnibus Press) , 2006
In 1987, DC hopeful Dave Grohl finally scored what he thought was the best gig in the world: drumming for hardcore legends Scream. But what the teenage tub-thumper encountered was a band undergoing a slow, painful death, as proved by this extract from Jeff Apters The Dave Grohl Story (Omnibus Press).
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