Dave Grohl: “Beer and whiskey before singing? I was lying”

In recent days, a statement by Dave Grohl has been widely circulated in which he recounted an alleged method based on beer and whiskey to protect the voice before concerts: “An hour before the show I open a beer and start drinking it. Maybe I take an Advil because my knees, my ankles hurt – I mean, I’m old. Then I take a shot of whiskey. And when I finish the beer, I open another one. Then maybe we do a group shot of whiskey, which we call ‘prayer of the band.’ Then someone says ’15 minutes’ and I open another beer and have another shot, and then I go on stage. And my doctor said, ‘Don’t change what you’re doing.’ And I was like, ‘Okay, perfect.’”

Countermand: it was a lie. Grohl himself said it during a recent surprise concert at Irving Plaza in New York, before performing “Monkey Wrench”.

“Now listen: I know I make it sound like I don’t do vocal warm-ups. I’ve often told the press, ‘No, I’ll just have a couple of beers and a shot of whiskey’. That was a lie. I do long vocal exercises every time before I go on stage, to make sure I don’t lose my voice when we play. I’ve kept that secret for a long time.

He then added: “I’m here to say that I’ve been working on this scream for 30 years. Can you really scream? Scream as loud as you can and

The Foo Fighters will be engaged in a European stadium tour in the coming months and subsequent dates in North America, Australia and New Zealand before arriving in Italy in July, at I-Days