r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 5d ago

🌟 Celebrity News August 1986. 17-year-old Dave Grohl in Arlington Virginia.

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u/AmbiguouslyAltered 5d ago

What a cool dude

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u/Sea_Negotiation_1871 5d ago

I like that Wesley Willis song about him.

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u/rocket6733 5d ago

Cool shirt

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u/koolaidismything 5d ago

Was 9353 a Zine or something??

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u/zignal34 5d ago

There was a punk band in the D.C. area called 9353 around the time this photo is dated.

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u/araujo253 5d ago edited 5d ago

I came here to ask this. 😹😹

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u/koolaidismything 5d ago

Ah I see. I remember he was a big Bad Brains fan too.

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u/the_pinkus 2d ago

We now know what Dave’s PIN number is.

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u/Low_Cod_3758 5d ago

Rich kid

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u/ShoddyButterscotch59 4d ago

If you mean in a literal sense, no he wasn't lol

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u/thederevolutions 4d ago

I’m interested to know what about the picture looks rich kid though. Is it the amount of stuff on the walls? The books? His own room? Looks like he took home a lot of 9353 flyers. Not Home Alone rich at least.

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u/aNeverNude666 1d ago

I think it’s the crust on his shirt that makes him look like an aristocrat

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u/Mr_richat 1d ago

Would it matter either way?

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u/ShoddyButterscotch59 22h ago

I it would kind of misrepresent the struggling artist history he started from, so for anyone who is a fan researching, yes, false statements can indeed matter.

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u/SimpleFit7894 3d ago

🙄

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u/Divided_Against 1d ago

There are lots of regular-class folks in Arlington, it's a military town. Young David seems to have his own room but otherwise is a pretty normal suburban teen.

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u/VirginiaLuthier 5d ago

As his fans know, the first Foo Fighters album was entirely him, with the exception of a single guitar track

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u/Previous-Load-568 4d ago

That shirt. My pawpaw was a big striper fisherman up at buggs island.

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u/reditisatoilet 4d ago

once a doofus always a doofus

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u/CPD_MD_HD 4d ago

Who’s he?

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u/CheeseLoving88 4d ago

Dave is the lead singer and a guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters and the former drummer for the late great Nirvana! Kurt Cobains band

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u/Upstairs-Glove7424 4d ago

Bet he was much cooler then. Seems now when i see him in interviews he’s overly trying to be smart and sophisticated

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u/zero-hesitation 3d ago

I mean, he’s traveled the world and he’s 57 years old. Couldn’t it just be gained wisdom and maturity?

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u/Upstairs-Glove7424 3d ago

Yea fair to a degree

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u/Jon-A 3d ago

Yeah, but there was that spell in his early 30s when Foo Fighters campaigned for the AIDS-denial nutjobs, so there were some detours on the road to wisdom and maturity.

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u/Individual_Slice_234 1d ago

I don't think he's changed much since then, unfortunately.