

It seems obvious that Grohl would not want to tear open cauterised wounds.

In 2014 Grohl, Novoselic and Love ended years of suits and counter-suits over the rights to Nirvana’s music with a very public show of solidarity. Grohl deals with the addiction factually and sadly, and steers round the latter entirely. Cobain’s death was preceded by disenchantment, heroin addiction and a tempestuous marriage to Courtney Love. There’s relatively little here about all that. Were they so inclined, Nirvana’s surviving members – Grohl and bassist Krist Novoselic – could rehash the most painful time of their musical lives in perpetuity, such is the insatiable appetite for Cobain-themed rock’n’roll rubbernecking. The band’s legacy remains overshadowed by the 1994 suicide of singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain.

I f you are curious about Dave Grohl, drummer from “tragic grunge poster boys” Nirvana, whose Nevermind album has just turned 30, The Storyteller might not be the memoir for you.
