Dave Grohl, A Rock Star Possessed, Drums Up Scares In ‘Studio 666’ – Deadline Q&A

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Dave Grohl hasn’t sat still for more than 30 years, so it’s not much of a surprise that he’s ended up creating and starring in his own feature film.As Pat Smear, one of the founders of L.A.

punk legends The Germs, touring guitarist in Nirvana and a cornerstone of Grohl’s Foo Fighters, told him, “Drummers are like sharks, if they stop moving, they’ll die.”In Studio 666, a horror comedy in the vein of The Evil Dead, perpetual movement doesn’t necessarily prevent death either. (Watch the trailer below.)Grohl, who came up with the idea of the Open Road Films-distributed film that debuts theatrically on February 25, is a fascinating creature.For some, he is best known as the drummer of Nirvana; for many he is the founder and frontman of Foo Fighters, a group that began as a solo project and turned into one of the most successful, stadium-ready groups of the past 25 years.

I’m sure there’s also still a few punks left who might have seen him playing squat shows with DC hardcore band Scream.He is equally comfortable discussing Naked Raygun or Voivod as he is professing his love for Billie Eilish or honoring his friend Lemmy with a story of the time he met Little Richard.

In recent years, he has also become a curator of musical history through documentaries such as Sound City, Sonic Highways and What Drives Us, projects that feature contributions from artists as diverse as blues legend Buddy Guy or Big Black frontman and In Utero engineer Steve Albini.Grohl also is a horror movie fan, devouring such films as The Amityville Horror and The Exorcist, as well as band movies such as The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night and KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park — a combination that led to Studio 666.The film tells the story of how The Colour