Appearing on 60 Minutes on Sunday, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl detailed a breakdown he had backstage in 2015, just days after opening up about dealing with depression.
“I walked off stage and fully broke down in the dressing room. It was whaling sobbing, it was really embarrassing.”
“I’ve got my head in a towel and the other guys are putting on their socks and changing their underwear – it’s all quiet and they’re like ‘are you okay Dave?'”
“I totally had a breakdown.”
The 48-year-old broke his leg after a horrific fall while on stage in Gothenburg, Sweden in June 2015.
He then continued to play through the tour with his leg in a cast and appeared on stage while sitting on a throne.
Dave said he became a recluse once the tour was over and didn’t leave the house for weeks.
“When we stopped touring and I got home I grew the beard, I had the weird robe, I didn’t leave the house for weeks,” he said.
“I told everyone I didn’t want to do anything for a year.”
The revelation came days after Dave also revealed that it was Sir Paul McCartney who came to his aid by organising his surgery, admitting the magnanimous gesture ‘blows his mind.’
Speaking to the Herald Sun, he revealed that he owed the iconic Beatle a debt of gratitude.
‘He and his family basically set up my entire surgery in London after I broke my leg,’ he said. ‘It still blows my mind.’
Dave added that he had always been in awe of the man behind such hits as Let It Be and Hey Jude – a fact that had only become more apparent after Paul’s generous act.
‘I wouldn’t be playing music if it wasn’t for Paul McCartney because I learned how to play guitar with Beatles songbooks and playing along to Beatles records,’ Dave admitted.
He added: ‘But I also would not be walking right now if it was not for Paul McCartney. He knows some good f**king doctors.’
