This Is a Call: The Fully Updated and Revised Bestselling Biography of Dave Grohl

‘Someone called and said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.’

He has sold over 40 million albums. He’s been in bands that have changed popular music forever. He saw his best friend commit suicide. He starts supergroups. He’s the nicest guy in rock.

From Nirvana to Foo Fighters, from brotherhood to bitter rivalry, from breathless highs to lifeless lows, Paul Brannigan gives an unparalleled, intimate and extraordinary account of the life and times of Dave Grohl.

In 1990, little-known punk-metal upstarts Nirvana added a new drummer to the band. They were soon to become a global phenomenon – but as we all know, things went wrong. Dave's friend Kurt, frontman of Nirvana, took his own life, plunging the band and their future into chaos. His friends’ grief was mirrored by worldwide sorrow to an unprecedented degree.

Defying expectations, a knack that was soon to become his trademark, Grohl refused to see it as the end. In 1995 his new band, the Foo Fighters, rose to join the pantheon of rock deities.

The 'wonder years' were by no means calm. The spotlit existence imposed by his celebrity status, the bellowed vilification by his critics and his high-speed lifestyle proved a dangerous cocktail.

With an account of Grohl’s life that is more personal than anything written before, more startling, more thrilling, more heart-rending and more inspiring, Paul Brannigan reveals Dave fully for the first time.

This is the story of the man who changed music forever. And he’s not finished yet.

• This is the paperback edition of THIS IS A CALL, the fascinating biography of Dave Grohl by his close professional friend, Paul Brannigan. It draws on previously unpublished interviews between Dave and the author.

• Dave drummed for Nirvana during a prodigious period of creativity and success. ‘Nevermind’ has sold over 30 million copies worldwide and ‘In Utero’, the band’s final album, has sold 10 million copies worldwide since its release.

• Foo Fighters have sold over 30 million albums and headlined rock festivals and stadiums throughout the world. Their latest album, ‘Wasting Light’, was recorded in Grohl’s garage. It debuted at number one in 12 countries, was nominated for six Grammys and won five, including Best Rock Album.

• The band’s last two tours played to sold-out crowds at the UK’s biggest venues, including Wembley Stadium and the National Bowl. Their worldwide tour to support ‘Wasting Light’ has 94 dates, concluding in April 2012.

• Foo Fighters have recently been nominated for Best International Group at the 2012 BRIT Awards.

• Grohl has been accoladed for decades but was crowned in February 2011 with the ‘Godlike Genius’ Award by the NME.

• In hardcover this has been a major international hit, receiving glowing reviews.

• Paul Brannigan has interviewed a host of rock icons to secure exclusive information for the book. These include Queens of the Stone Age/Them Crooked Vultures frontman Josh Homme, Washington DC punk legend Ian MacKaye, and Nevermind producer Butch Vig, who produced ‘Wasting Light’.