Dave Grohl of The Foo Fighters Talks about his love of The Descendents 

For all the "I love you Dave" comments, I love you Bill Stevenson. The heart and soul behind three of the greatest punk bands of all time.

Bill Stevenson is by far one of the greatest punk rock drummers and one of the greatest drummers period! And he loves the Beach Boys and that makes me respect him even more!!

I got to intern at The Blasting Room Studios that Bill owns. I only saw him maybe 10 times in the two years I worked there, but he is a super nice guy and obviously killer drummer. One of the greatest compliments I’ve ever received was him walking in while my band was listening back to our recording and said “Who are these guys, they are really good!?” Life complete

Milo Goes to College...one of the greatest punk rock albums of all time. South Bay Punk.

it's so great that some bands that have made it big give shoutouts to these hugely influential bands that are still kind of under the radar to a lot of people. another example would be that Travis Barker from Blink 182/Transplants has a baby Milo tattoo.

This is some really great footage, especially that tattoo bit at the end.

I learned the drums the same way, not with the pillows or anything, but by listening mainly to Descendents and ALL. I notice that with ALL, Karl and Bill step it up a notch. Amazing band, even more amazing live.

Just watched filmage the other night. Great stuff 🐸🍺🔪🔥

I HAVE FOLLOWED U FOR MANY YEARS DAVE I CAN ROCK THE HOUSE ALWAYS NO MATER WHAT BROKEN & ALL U PULLED IT OFF TY FOR THE ❤️ & YEARS OF PLAYING DON'T STOP PLZ😊❤️💯

Hope brought me here, which is a classic and one of the bands which made me want to join a band. "Take a quaalude, relax your mind." Excellent and great to hear Dave talk about his punk roots. Bill Stevenson what a multi talented man he is. Milton Keynes Sept 2015 I was there. Break a Leg, as per my T, Dave. My hero as a young drummer was DH Peligro and I was lucky enough to meet him a few years ago and he was an absolute gent and chatted with me quite a while and great hugger too.

This is gold!

He's so adorable!! Love him!

I love Dave Grohl

He acts like he is the only drummer that played on books listening to their favorite music.

Get to see him with Descendents tonight in St Louis 40+ years after I saw him before! Amazed and not surprised DIY PUNK LIVES AND APPARENTLY BREEDS

Bills drumming on Allroy’s Revenge is inspiring.

Nice backpack.

I don't believe in heroes, but Dave Grohl is the man i am jealous of, because i think he's one of the coolest people on the planet, he's in my top 3 P= favorite men on the planet. He's a great modern day artist.

Dave grohl are really nice, such a good personality!

Oh my GAWD!! ONE of the greatest song intros EVER!!! And best drumbeats and playing sessions ever! Nirvaner is my fave band and I have a BLK flag tattoo I gave myself on my arm! With errthang bad in life right now!.... this video just gave me a HUGE spark of happiness!🤘🎸🤘🎸🤘🍹🍹💚🖤💚🖤😎😎🥰🥰🤘

the nicest guy in rock and roll??? you play in NZ even though you broked your leg on stage.. went to te hospital, got fixed and came back to finish the show, the man! who the fuck would do that! only you, sooo much respect for that, and it was a great show !!!! we waited for you , and you dindt disappoint us, love you man just for that

Grohl is right Bill Stevenson is one of the pantheon of drumming greats. And the Decsendants mastered teen age alienation in thier music. Blink 182, say thanks to Milo and Bill for paving the way

I love The Descendants and Nirvana!

This is what if you really want something you’ll go to any length to get it like I was playing on pillows I just came back from a walk guitar strap to my chest learning new chords 41 years old. You learn a lot by playing music about yourself it’s just not about music determination all these great things, especially get older

He's almost Kenneth from 30 Rock in this video

Is there a band that DG didn't love and get influenced by?

AWESOME in so many levels!!!

When did you meet Dave? My guess is this is 2002 when they released One by One judging by the hairstyle. Did you run into him backstage? Did you ask him beforehand to meet him to talk about ALL?

i knew IT !!! when i heard that QOTSA song i told to my friend that the intro drums was soooo similar to slip it in... but i didn't knew it was on purpose XD

Ahh the descendents...so called hope : ) I love them

Wow, nice!

Scream's first record is one of the best things in the world. Dave wasn't in the band then though.

Bill Stevenson is drum royalty!

Been listening to a lot of ALL lately and been thinking how much the Foo Fighters must have been influenced by them. ALL is better of course :)

Dave...just meet him. I'm sure he'd be glad to finally meet you!!

This is cool. Which year is that? 🎪🤩

This is what it would look like if Dave went to college after Nirvana.

I used to do the same thing with the pillows when i first started to play drums.. At the age of 5 ♥

he should have mentioned them on the stern interview. he did talk about seeing naked raygun. throw 'em a bone!

Just saw bill down here in fort lauderdale, and his old fat self was still as much of a beast as he's always been... hes such a talented punk, a true drum ogre.

Lol, I play big rides and learned to play drums because of Dave.

I love u Dave G

what a gem

Bill Stevenson is my hero. To this day.

Awesome

When's this from?

Stevenson was probably the best drummer black flag had but Robo drummed during their best years

Watching in 2019 -- this is an old vid -- maybe '04 or '05?

Did you submit this to Filmage?

Fucking LoVe stories like this

dave grohl being interviewed in science class

Duuuude Bill Stevenson is just fuckin god! Got to listen to ALL Descendents albums, or Black Flag ones with Bill, just listen to black flag's avant garde hardcore punk brilliant EP The Process of Wedding Out it's just mind-blowing. So much respect to Dave knowing that he idolizes fucking Bill Stevenson and John Bonhan as fucking drums gods they are.

This is the coolest fucking video I've ever watched!

Crazy how small the descendants are, yet NIRVANA KNOWS OF THEM

28" ride!!!

It's funny how drummers all have similar stories.

Bill Stevenson’s favorite band- Propagandhi

cool

haha yeah. that's great!

I like the idea of it...

This was cool.

whats the brand of his jacket ?

The Filmage guys sat down with Dave Grohl.

wow this is cool!

I don't really ear a lot of Stevenson in Grohl's drumming style tho...

We get it. Dave Grohl was influenced by a lot of "iconic"(overused word but what the hell) artists. JOIN THE CLUB, Dave.

ripped off a " Down by Law" song as well

thanks＆love　☆♪★

Bill is the best hardcore drummer.

Wake up early! Mad at you! Go to school! But where were you? You should have told me! I should have known. But now you're gone! And I'm alone!

this guy kind of looks like the guy from nirvana

e foda,não se esqueça de foda :)

Oh shit ALL...give me dag nasty original

Bill is by far the most iconic member of the descendents!

Dave Girl

2006 ish at a guess

Rad

It's just DESCENDENTS. There is no "The" in their name.

Go home Dave Grohl! You're Drunk..j/k you are always drunk, and we Always love you

how many fucking pillows does he have

if Queens of the Stone Age are such fans of Black Flag, why does their music suck something awful. Grohl is awesome tho

that doesnt deserve a response...my god,,,

Are you mistaking them for someone else? Check out sick, sick, sick. Most of there music is punk as fuck.

You remind me of Andy Kauffman in this video for some reason. Tank you very much.

From which Year was this Interview ?

From what Year is that ?

How did that happen ?

cool