Virginia Hanlon Grohl

The Foo Fighters are my favorite band, and probably in my enthusiasm to read more about them my brain glossed over the end of the title of the book. The part that explains what the book is about. I probably would have read it regardless, but I was not as interested in this book as I would have been otherwise. (Probably because, having come of age in the '90s, I stopped giving AF about new music after 2000 and don't know probably half of the musicians in this book.)

This book consists of essays about the mothers of several famous musicians. Most of the essays could be summarized as "my kid was very energetic and such a handful and did poorly in school, then they started playing music and became famous." It was really... meh. In between the essays Virginia Grohl will talk about her son, Dave Grohl. I mean, she's his mom, and Dave Grohl is legit the coolest famous person ever (not that I've met him but I am going to assume he's awesome), but the essays were mostly sappy and "look how many awesome things I got to do and famous people I've gotten to meet because my son is so famous!" It got old.

Recommended for die hard music fans. Otherwise... maybe skip this one.… (mehr)