Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer.

Turn off all ads on VICE.com

Exclusive New VICE Documentaries

Member Exclusive Features & Columns

Turn off all ads on VICE.com

Exclusive New VICE Documentaries

Member Exclusive Features & Columns

Turn off all ads on VICE.com

Exclusive New VICE Documentaries

Member Exclusive Features & Columns

4 Magazines Delivered to Your Door

5 of the Best Dave Grohl Songs That Aren’t by the Foo Fighters or Nirvana

Remember that time Dave Grohl was The Devil?

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

Share on X (Opens in new window)X

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Facebook

Share using Native toolsShareCopied to clipboard

Dave Grohl is a man of many, many hats. He was the drummer for the most iconic grunge band on the planet, Nirvana, and then went on to start one of the world’s next biggest rock bands: Foo Fighters.

But on top of that, he’s also taken on and been part of a plethora of side projects over the years. I mean, a few years ago, he and his Foo Fighters bandmates did a disco album as the Dee Gees and called it Hail Satin.

Then, the band made their own horror film, Studio 666, and Grohl crafted an album by the film’s fictional band, Dream Widow. And that right there is a great place to start when discussing some of the best music Grohl has made outside of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters.

‘March of the Insane’ by Dream Widow

The entire Dream Widow album is very blatantly inspired by 80s blackened-thrash metal. It’s some fast riffs, punky drums, deep bass, and a whole lot of occult imagery.

You should listen to the entire album, but if I can only convince you to jam one song, I’m picking “March of the Insane”. Everything about this track feels like it was pulled from the cutting floor of Slayer’s Hell Awaits album. I really love it when Dave lets his........

© Vice