Younger love is commonly a wonderful but fleeting factor, and that was definitely the case for Nirvana/Foo Fighters icon Dave Grohl and former Gap/The Smashing Pumpkins bassist/vocalist Melissa Auf der Maur across the flip of the century. In a current chat with Sirius XM Radio’s Fierce: Ladies In Music, she mirrored on their temporary romance and bittersweet breakup.
Auf der Maur was really the primary visitor on the present’s latest season, and upon being requested concerning the relationship by host Lori Majewski, she revealed that she and Grohl “introduced within the twenty first century collectively and . . . had been a really appropriate match.”
Certainly, they dated from 1999 to 2001 – so, across the time of Gap’s Superstar Pores and skin and Foo Fighters’ There Is Nothing Left to Lose – and had been “each obsessed, dedicated to rock music, . . . [and] to the ability of music.”
She continued [via Sirius XM]:
Um, and each very non-drug addict, um, technically blissful, extremely functioning individuals. So, we had been very comparable and in some ways, I feel our roles in Gap and Nirvana [are] what subconsciously pushed us collectively . . . nevertheless it was like holding onto one another for pricey gentle of discovering the sunshine, the flame within the type of scary panorama, which had been these two bands. And I used to be simply leaving Gap [and] coming into this type of like farewell finale tour with the Pumpkins.
Dave was simply rising up with the Foo Fighters and we had this lovely appropriate couple of years the place, I imply, we had been head over heels in love, however we additionally actually acknowledged the turning level we had been each at as 90s musicians that had been very shut in age, that began very younger in our small cool hometowns in Montreal and DX. We had a really comparable group that we got here from, from our hometowns that we had been, you recognize, integrity based mostly, impartial, you recognize, we weren’t like ravenous to be rock stars. We got here from very integrity-based music scenes in our cool cities.
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Fortuitously, she added, “it was all love” after they “broke up,” explaining: “It was purely like, ‘I like you and I would like you to go do what you wanna do and you’re keen on me and also you need me to go do.’ And it was [that] easy and really clear.”
What cemented their separation, she confessed, is that she “needed to retreat from the ginormous company hell that our music scene had grow to be, and he was not completed but and had some extra proving or ambitions or enterprise to do.”
Lastly, she reminisced:
I bear in mind simply saying, “Do not you wanna similar to cool down right into a cool artwork scene in DC or Montreal and similar to be humorous?’”His fireplace and his ambition was not. And we each, uh, right here we’re 20 years later, we have got what we needed. He received to be the largest rockstar on this planet. And I received to be a small-town artwork manufacturing facility hero.
You may hearken to the total interview right here.
As famous by Folks, Auf der Maur finally married filmmaker Tony Stone, with whom she has an 11-year-old daughter named River. The couple additionally co-founded Basilica Hudson, a “nonprofit multidisciplinary artwork heart positioned in Hudson, NY,” in 2010.
As for Grohl, he married TV producer Jordyn Blum, with whom he has three kids: Violet (17), Harper (14) and Ophelia (8). Violet even offered vocals for “Present Me How,” the third single from Foo Fighters’ newest LP, However Right here We Are, which got here out on June 2, 2023.
When you haven’t but, take a look at some fan reactions to However Right here We Are, in addition to what we love most about it. You too can see what quite a few revered musicians have mentioned about Grohl through the years, and why some followers are already upset with new drummer Josh Freese.
Lastly, be sure you take a look at Foo Fighters on tour. You may see their upcoming tour dates right here and seize tickets right here.
