Note that I said Dave Grohl and not the Foo Fighters. The Foos are just fine; they’ve been doing their thing for decades and they have their place in the current times as well as in music history. There’s one of them, and that’s enough. There was a point in time, in the early to mid 2000s where it felt like the Foos were the only band in the world playing rock music. They were the ‘token’ rock band on what seemed like every award show. It was a dark time for the rebellion.
An interesting question might be: Why were the Foos at every award show? The answer is kinda the point of this post. The Foos were at every award show because Grohl is a hustler. I mean that in the best sense of the word. Grohl is seemingly always out there on the hustle, trying new things and taking chances.
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