“There was a dysfunction in Nirvana that a band like Foo Fighters didn’t have”

Dave Grohl spoke of the “dysfunction” he said existed within Nirvana, adding that this is something that does not exist within Foo Fighters.

Grohl looked back on his time with Nirvana and Foo Fighters in a new interview ahead of the release this week of Foos’ new album ‘Medicine At Midnight’.

Talk to The big problem, Grohl said his musical relationship with his Nirvana bandmates Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic “was a match made in heaven.”

“But personally, it was a little weird, to be honest,” he continued. “Of course we loved each other. We were friends. But, you know, there was a dysfunction in Nirvana that a band like Foo Fighters didn’t have.

Grohl continued, “Was I close to Kurt, like I am to Taylor Hawkins? No. I lived with Krist and his wife when I first joined the group. I think it went on for a month and then they kicked me out, but we’ve always had that kind of romantic relationship, and it came even more after Kurt died. When I see Krist now, I hug him like family. But back then we were young and the world was so strange.

“But this emotional dysfunction of Nirvana was relieved when we put on instruments. If the music hadn’t worked, we wouldn’t have gone together.

“I really believe there are some people you can only communicate with musically. And sometimes it’s an even bigger and deeper communication. “

Last week, producer Steve Albini considered giving Nirvana free production services ahead of the recording of their 1993 album ‘In Utero’ – if the band could beat it at a game of pool first.