Dave Grohl = Nicest Guy In Rock

Ok, so not only is Dave Grohl the most amazing rock star I've ever seen (witness "Everlong" at Live Earth above), but he's also the nicest (witness Billboard article excerpt below).

At the other end of the spectrum, "The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners" finds Grohl and guest guitarist Kaki King flexing their fingerpicking. "This song is almost banjo-picking style with hammer-ons and pull-offs," Grohl says. "I showed it to her once and she shredded it 10 times better than I've ever played it."

That song was inspired by two Tasmanian miners who were tapped underground for two weeks and, while awaiting rescue, requested an iPod with Foo Fighters music on it to help lift their spirits. Grohl was alerted of the situation by a staffer at the band's Australian record company and wrote a note to the two men.

"I was in tears, man," he recalls. "I said, 'Hey guys, it's Dave. You're in our thoughts and prayers. When you get out, there's two tickets and two cold beers waiting for you wherever you want to see the band.'"

The men were eventually brought to safety, and when one of them came to see the Foos play the Sydney Opera House, "I thought I'd write something for him," Grohl says. "I came up with this little instrumental thing. After the show, we went and got f*ckin' wasted in the hotel bar and I was like, 'Dude, I promise I'm going to put this on the record.'

Who else would do that for dedicated fans?

The new Foo Fighters album Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace will be released on September 25th via Roswell/RCA and will be produced by Gil Norton (producer of The Colour and the Shape).

Via P4K.