BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl brought a rock n’ roll sensibility to the usually buttoned-down atmosphere of the summer TV critics’ tour.
His enthusiasm for his new HBO project “Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways” was evident with F-bombs sprinkled throughout his description of the eight-part documentary series.
Later, Grohl’s cellphone rang (“Sorry, I’m new to this,” he said, fumbling to fish the phone out of his jeans pocket) and then the mic clipped on his rumpled black jacket fell off in his lap Thursday.
Not quite the typical presentation from the carefully spoken and groomed TV directors, producers, writers and actors who come to the well-heeled Beverly Hilton to talk up their latest projects.
Grohl admitted his love of playing music anytime, anywhere led him to a sit-in with a cover band at a dive bar near his house in suburban Encino a night earlier, “just because I didn’t want to go to bed at 10 o’clock.”