Speaking in the latest issue of Kerrang!, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl opened up about suffering a “depressive phase” after his band finished what they dub as the ‘Broken Leg Tour’ in November 2015.
The singer had suffered a leg break during a show in Gothenburg, Sweden in June 2015 and were forced to cancel their headlining slot at Glastonbury Festival that summer as a result. However, with use of a throne seat, the band continued to tour through to November.
“When we came home from that last trip, everybody was really exhausted,” Grohl explained to Kerrang!. “And I was still trying to walk. I was still on crutches, and just trying to get my body back in shape, and I was so drained from touring. Usually, at the end of a couple of years of being on the road, you blame the music and the band for all of your problems, so you want to get away from it. And I didn’t want to pick up a guitar. I wasn’t feeling creative, or prolific, or inspired. So I just went back to normal, quiet domestic life.”
“After we finished all of that touring, I went through a really weird depressive phase where I got the beard and I had the pyjamas and I didn’t leave the house for weeks,” Grohl went on to reveal. “That was at the point that I realised the music wasn’t the thing that was making my life worse – it was actually the thing that always made my life better.”
Grohl also discussed how he eventually got back into making music, saying: “Once you wake that back up, it’s like the dam bursts and you start getting more and more ideas.”
