It Turns Out That Axl Rose Gave Dave Grohl An Expensive Guitar

Axl Rose uses Dave Grohl's throne (Twitter @ gunsnroses / @ foofighters)

JAKARTA - Long ago, Nirvana and Guns N 'Roses were seen as mortal enemies. When Nirvana called Guns N 'Roses not a band filled with talented people, the conclusion was that this Seattle group had wild energy.

Ironically, Axl Rose actually admired Nirvana so much that he invited the group led by Kurt Cobain to play at his birthday party and open the GN'R concert on the Use Your Illusion stadium tour.

But when the two offers were snubbed, a war of words between the two camps escalated, resulting in an unforgettable clash between Kurt Cobain and Axl Rose at the 1992 MTV Awards.

But time is running out, and old tensions fade: in 2010 former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl played alongside Slash and Duff McKagan on the song Watch This on Slash's self-titled debut album.

"We were young and screwed and in this weird rock n 'roll fantasy world," recalls Grohl in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine, harking back to the 90s.

"We were still kids. And the years passed and we all realized: 'Come on, man, life is too short'."

As a much-loved 'face' on the Seattle punk scene before he moved to LA and joined Guns N 'Roses, Duff McKagan always had a leg on both sides, so Dave Grohl wouldn't be surprised to see the bassist's number pop up on his phone in the summer of 2017. .

What he didn't expect, however, was that Duff McKagan called to ask if Axl Rose could borrow Dave Grohl's throne. Vocalist GN'R injured his leg during a warm-up show for their tour… Not In This Lifetime at Roxy in LA, putting the entire tour in jeopardy.

But then someone at GN'R camp remembered that Dave Grohl had been touring under the throne after breaking his leg during a show in Sweden in 2015.

"So Axl borrowed this throne on the Guns N 'Roses tour, then he wore it on AC / DC," said Grohl.

As a thank you to Dave Grohl, Axl Rose gave the leader of the Foo Fighters something more expensive and significant than a box of chocolates, a bunch of flowers, or a standard bottle of whiskey.

"He told Slash to buy me a guitar," said Dave Grohl. “And he picked me a Gibson ES 335 Dot early 1960s, which is to this day the best guitar I've ever played in my life. It's a really nice and classy attitude, and I really appreciate it. "