Dave Grohl: The Billboard Cover Story: Guardian of Rock'N'Roll
By Phil Gallo
In 1982, the Los Angeles band Fear released "The Record," a pounding document of punk snarl that included such songs as "Let's Have a War" ("...we can hold it in New Jersey!") and "I Don't Care About You." A 13-year-old Dave Grohl heard the album in Evanston, Ill., where his cousin Tracy played it for him. It is, he says, the album that made him want to be a musician.
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