Dave Grohl recalls ‘strange’ day after Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s death

Dave recalls what it was like living everyday life after Kurt’s death (Picture: Getty)

Foo Fighters musician Dave Grohl has recalled the ‘strange’ day he experienced after the death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

In 1994, Kurt died by suicide at the age of 27, at the height of rock band Nirvana’s fame.

Dave, 52, was the drummer of the band at the time, going on to form Foo Fighters later that year.

On the latest episode of BBC Two’s Reel Stories with Dermot O’Leary, Dave looked back on his career with both bands, speaking about what it was like navigating everyday tasks in the wake of his bandmate’s death.

The American singer explained that he ‘didn’t really have a plan’, stating: ‘When everything’s sort of turned upside down, and shaken up like that, you just wake up every day thinking, “Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?”’

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Dave said that after Kurt died, he found it ‘strange’ waking up and ‘knowing he wasn’t with us anymore’.

Kurt performs with Nirvana for MTV Unplugged on November 18 1993. (Picture: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

‘I remember the day after Kurt died, how strange it felt to wake up knowing he wasn’t with us anymore, and that I had another day. Like, OK, so what am I going to do with today?’ he said.

‘I believe it was then that I started to realise, oh OK, you have to do everything once again.’

Dave recollected that whenever he did anything, such as making a hot beverage or putting on clothes, he was reminded that this was the first time he was carrying out these tasks ‘since Kurt’s gone’.

‘Meaning like, I have to make a pot of coffee and this is my first pot of coffee since Kurt’s gone. I have to go upstairs and get dressed,’ he stated.

‘This is the first thing I’ll wear since Kurt has been gone. It goes like that. I honestly don’t know what I did. It was months and months and months.’

Dave delves into his career on the latest episode of Reel Stories (Picture: Burak Cingi/Redferns)

On the upcoming episode of Reel Stories, Dave also delved into his strong work ethic, which he suggested came from his parents James, a journalist, and Virginia, a public school teacher.

‘Being raised by a public school teacher, their pay is like, nothing. It’s a crime. So I would watch my mother just go from pay cheque, to pay cheque, to pay cheque, to pay cheque,’ he said.

‘Our heat would get turned off, the phone would get turned off, the electricity would get turned off.’

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Dave recalled some nights when it was dinner time, and his mother would suggest making ‘scrambled egg sandwiches’ with the two eggs they had.

‘So this work ethic is instilled in you, where you realise that in order to survive, you have to work,’ he added.

Reel Stories: Dave Grohl airs on Saturday March 27 at 10.30pm on BBC Two.

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