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Dave Grohl named NME Godlike Genius

By | Published on Tuesday 11 January 2011

Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl has been announced as this year’s NME Godlike Genius, which is nice.

The Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer said of the award: “It’s really flattering and really good company to be in. It’s a nice thing to be acknowledged for doing something that you love to do, but in truth I don’t consider it a body of work because I don’t consider it work, I just consider it this incredible luxury that I get to play music and travel the world and feed my kids. It’s pretty great. Awards and lists can get silly sometimes but I’m very appreciative of this. It’s really cool to be called a godlike genius!”

NME editor Krissi Murison added: “An NME Godlike Genius is a very rare thing. To qualify, an artist must not only be a musical visionary, have an unparalleled legacy and a decade-spanning career, but also still be meaningful to young bands and music fans today. Whether it’s headlining the world’s greatest festivals, staging his own mega-gigs, releasing a series of hugely successful albums, collaborating with everyone from The Prodigy to Paul McCartney or still surprising fans with projects like Them Crooked Vultures, Dave Grohl is at the centre of everything interesting that is happening in music”.

She continued: “But the Godlike Genius Award is no victory lap. It marks recognition of a stellar career thus far, and signals there’s a lot more to come. With a new Foo Fighters album, festival appearances and giant gigs around the globe booked this year, the NME is recognising an artist who is still in his ascendancy and one we confidently predict will dominate music for a long time yet”.

Grohl will collect his godlike gong at the NME Awards at Brixton Academy on 23 Feb before running through a few songs with the rest of the Foo Fighters. Should be better than last year when they gave it to Paul Weller.



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