Dave Grohl sculled a beer onstage at Foo Fighters’ Marvel Stadium show in Melbourne on Saturday night (14 November), then warned the crowd against giving in to peer pressure.
The can in the footage appears to be Hop Nation’s J-Juice Hazy IPA. The white-and-green design, stacked HOP NATION lettering and illustration match the can in Grohl’s hand. At 7.1% ABV, a 355mL can contains roughly two Australian standard drinks.
Grohl initially pushed back against the crowd’s demands. “Listen, I got bills to pay. I’m on the fucking clock,” he said. “I’ll see you after the show, and I’ll drink me into the fucking table, okay? But right now…”
He eventually gave in. “This is what you call peer pressure, right?” he told the audience. “Kids, stay in school. Don’t do drugs, and don’t listen to your friends when they tell you to fucking drink.” He finished the beer as the crowd cheered.
After the beer, Grohl told the story behind “Marigold”, which he wrote around the time he joined Nirvana. He recalled living in a small apartment with just one guitar, a left-handed acoustic. He would sit on the couch and play quietly while Kurt Cobain slept, worried about making too much noise.
He also repeated an old joke about what happens when you suggest a song to Nirvana: “Hey guys, I have a song I think we should play.” “Marigold” later appeared as a Nirvana recording and became part of Foo Fighters’ live repertoire.
BLUNT photographed the Melbourne show. See our Foo Fighters gallery from Marvel Stadium.
The beer identification is based on the visible packaging in the supplied footage. Hop Nation lists J-Juice at 7.1% ABV.
Watch: Dave Grohl Sculls a Beer in Melbourne
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