Dave Grohl almost gave up on music

Dave Grohl has revealed that he almost gave up on his music career after the death of Kurt Cobain and the demise of Nirvana.

The Foo Fighters frontman, who was the drummer for Nirvana, admitted that Cobain's suicide in 1994 left him in doubt that he would continue to make music.

Grohl said: "When Nirvana was finished I didn't really know what to do. Our lives and our world were turned upside down. It's hard to imagine playing music after something like that. It was hard for me. I had always written and recorded songs by myself. I wouldn't really play them for anyone.

"After Nirvana was finished I spent a lot of time just travelling around and thinking, and then I thought, 'I know what I will do. I'll book six days in the studio down the street from my house and I'll record my favourite 12/13 songs I've ever written.'

"I never thought I'd still be here doing this. Never."