IEThe Irish Times
How Dave Grohl’s chance meeting with a Kerry hitchhiker led to him forming the Foo Fighters
Musician had taken a trip to Ireland to escape the media frenzy surrounding Kurt Cobain’s death
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- 28 Aug 2026, 13:13 UTC
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- 29 Aug 2026, 04:59 UTC
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- 1 version
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- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 27 May 2026, 18:00 UTC
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- Byline
- John Kelly
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Musician had taken a trip to Ireland to escape the media frenzy surrounding Kurt Cobain’s death
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How Dave Grohl’s chance meeting with a Kerry hitchhiker led to him forming the Foo Fighters
Musician had taken a trip to Ireland to escape the media frenzy surrounding Kurt Cobain’s death
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- #3558
- Observed
- 28 Aug 2026, 13:13 UTC
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- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
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- metadata and excerpt