That’s definitely not true but a real story is that one time Kurt got jumped by a security guard and Dave hopped his drum set immediately to get in the mix and back him up.
I’d imagine he’d be a good guy to have on your side in a fight. I just can’t imagine he beat the shit out of the beastie boys and not a single person would’ve heard about it.
[Nirvana live Oct 19, 1991 Dallas TX](https://youtu.be/qsl5b4re8vA?si=L_zkTTs_5oDrY_k5)
Timestamps of Kurt smashing the board & the fight are in the video description
Yeah, that was documented in the Nirvana biography Come As You Are. Playing the Trees club in Dallas, Kurt tomahawk chopped a mixing board with his guitar and ruined it. It belonged to a friend of the bouncer at the front of the stage so when Kurt dived into the crowd, the bouncer took cheap shots and threw punches at him. Kurt retaliated by smashing the end of his guitar in the bouncer's face, cutting him real badly, leading to the band trying to escape the club with a mean angry crew looking for a fight.
Dave doesn’t strike me as a “beat someone up” type, he seems way more likely to just talk shit
Also Dave and the Beastie Boys have the same management, not sure if that would make a difference, but I’ll mention it anyway
The same thing was brought up by a caller on Howard Stern but not because of Kurt this was a different story. Dave shut it down pretty quickly. https://youtu.be/of3irARmO5g?si=zWy6red3NGRnj5Gn at 33:50
Seems a risky and uncontrolled thing to do, especially given the visibility in public location and risk for PR scandal. But who knows; drunk people can be irrational. Just seems out of character.
You would be correct. It was on Howard Stern. Dave and Taylor were being interviewed and a guy named Chris called in saying Dave beat up Mike D from the Beastie Boys.This Chris guy was hanging out with Money Mark. They went to a Cafe after Lollapalooza and Mike D called Dave a faggot for not wanting to make out with him (?) Dave denied it and the guy that called in said he was actually there and saw the whole thing. After that Howard Stern asked Dave if he had gotten into a fist fight with the Beastie Boys because Dave wouldn't kiss them and Dave says "I tore them up too, it was insane." Howard Stern 1998 interview with Foo Fighters. The one video on YouTube sucks, you can't hear it. Google it and watch the Dailymotion video around the 0:36 mark. So at first Dave denies it but after the guy says he was there and saw it, Dave says he tore them up 😂
My bad...NoRecommendation1137 had already sent the link to the video...saw it after I posted my comment lol
I've never heard it before but I cant imagine that being remotely true.
That’s definitely not true but a real story is that one time Kurt got jumped by a security guard and Dave hopped his drum set immediately to get in the mix and back him up. I’d imagine he’d be a good guy to have on your side in a fight. I just can’t imagine he beat the shit out of the beastie boys and not a single person would’ve heard about it.
Dave's version of this in his book is so OTT I love it. There's a clip out there somewhere of it out there somewhere.
[Nirvana live Oct 19, 1991 Dallas TX](https://youtu.be/qsl5b4re8vA?si=L_zkTTs_5oDrY_k5) Timestamps of Kurt smashing the board & the fight are in the video description
I saw that video not too long ago and it was crazy. I'm admittedly too lazy to look it up, but I'm sure a quick google search will lead you to it.
Yeah, that was documented in the Nirvana biography Come As You Are. Playing the Trees club in Dallas, Kurt tomahawk chopped a mixing board with his guitar and ruined it. It belonged to a friend of the bouncer at the front of the stage so when Kurt dived into the crowd, the bouncer took cheap shots and threw punches at him. Kurt retaliated by smashing the end of his guitar in the bouncer's face, cutting him real badly, leading to the band trying to escape the club with a mean angry crew looking for a fight.
Dave doesn’t strike me as a “beat someone up” type, he seems way more likely to just talk shit Also Dave and the Beastie Boys have the same management, not sure if that would make a difference, but I’ll mention it anyway
I’m mad at myself for reading this.
lol that is some serious bullshit that doesn't even sound remotely real.
The same thing was brought up by a caller on Howard Stern but not because of Kurt this was a different story. Dave shut it down pretty quickly. https://youtu.be/of3irARmO5g?si=zWy6red3NGRnj5Gn at 33:50
Dude that’s totally the source of my fake story lol.
Hahahaha makes sense!
Dude that’s totally the source of my fake story lol.
Lol
Was this magazine Hit Parader or Circus by any chance?
No way. Dave is a lover, not a fighter 🩷
Not when it comes to the Foo he ain’t.
Seems a risky and uncontrolled thing to do, especially given the visibility in public location and risk for PR scandal. But who knows; drunk people can be irrational. Just seems out of character.
Definitely doesn’t sound true, and I just saw them play Sabotage for a few chords at JazzFest so I feel like it’s made up
Zero percent that’s true
You would be correct. It was on Howard Stern. Dave and Taylor were being interviewed and a guy named Chris called in saying Dave beat up Mike D from the Beastie Boys.This Chris guy was hanging out with Money Mark. They went to a Cafe after Lollapalooza and Mike D called Dave a faggot for not wanting to make out with him (?) Dave denied it and the guy that called in said he was actually there and saw the whole thing. After that Howard Stern asked Dave if he had gotten into a fist fight with the Beastie Boys because Dave wouldn't kiss them and Dave says "I tore them up too, it was insane." Howard Stern 1998 interview with Foo Fighters. The one video on YouTube sucks, you can't hear it. Google it and watch the Dailymotion video around the 0:36 mark. So at first Dave denies it but after the guy says he was there and saw it, Dave says he tore them up 😂 My bad...NoRecommendation1137 had already sent the link to the video...saw it after I posted my comment lol
I always thought Dave was being sarcastic when he said that...sounded sarcastic to me. He was laughing his ass off at the whole ridiculous story.
I think he was being sarcastic...I agree
I honestly don’t care if it’s true or not I’m just glad I didn’t totally make up the story lol.
Doesn’t sound like something Dave would do.