Panic at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie discussed Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl coming into his dressing room on Your Mom’s House Podcast.
Urie said that he met Dave Grohl once at a music festival and calls the frontman a “badass,” proclaiming that he is “incredibly kind.”
He said, “We played a festival one time, and I knew Foo Fighters were headlining. I’d just gone to the bus to grab something, and walked up to my dressing room and there’s a guy with long hair just sitting in my chair – just in our dressing room. And I was like ‘oh shit, I’m sorry…’ then I saw it was Dave Grohl and was just like ‘uh yikes.'”
“I didn’t even know what to say, I was like ‘do you want a beer or something?’ I don’t know what to do and he was like, ‘No, sorry man, I’m using your room to finish this thing with our set list, and my band is like raging in our dressing room, so I can’t really think in there.’ And I was just like, ‘Oh yeah dude, that’s no worries.'”
“He invited us out on to stage, and the reason that we do a double shot before our show is because of Foo Fighters. Because they have a cart roll out, and they all make a double shot and they throw it back, and then go out onstage.”
Loudwire transcribed the quotes from the interview, which you can hear below.
Foo Fighters played at the Epicenter Festival in North Carolina last weekend, but sadly the Tool performance was canceled due to severe weather. Justin Beckner revealed what Dave Grohl had to say about the awful Tool news in a new Ultimate-Guitar review.
While not getting to experience Tool remained the main subject of discontent among patrons, it wasn’t their only gripe. The festival experienced some significant fan backlash over traffic issues, security concerns, and accommodations in the camping areas. I was camped there for the entire weekend and I can attest to some of those issues but I’d rather focus on the music.
The big news was the weather which was out of anyone’s control. Fortunately, Dave Grohl and his gang of Foo Fighters played for around two and a half hours on Day Three to close out the festival after weather brought Day Two to a premature end. In case you’re wondering, no they did not cover any Tool songs although it was discussed. Dave plainly told the crowd, with a grin, “We won’t be playing any Tool songs. We’re not that good”. Dave also dedicated the song “My Hero” to his mother because, well, it was Mother’s Day.
