Thread by @RollingStone

.@foofighters appear on our October cover, in one of their most revealing interviews. Dave Grohl and his band of lifers on not being cool (and not caring), dreaming of Kurt Cobain, and why rock doesn't have to "come from a place of darkness."

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Grohl recently played on an as-yet-unreleased song by Miley Cyrus, who once got him and Smear superhigh backstage at a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony. “I do love that Miley is kind of fuckin’ becoming the next rock star,” he says. rol.st/3z6xtxq

Pat Smear explains the difference between Grohl and Kurt Cobain: "Dave is a life lover,” he says. “Every night when [Dave] sings, ‘I never want to die,' I think of Kurt. Because Kurt was, ‘I hate myself, and I want to die.’ That’s the opposite-ness of them."

Taylor Hawkins is one of rock's greatest drummers, but he has his insecurities. When Grohl played with Queens of the Stone Age, Hawkins felt, “there’s the best drummer in the world. I’m the little dumb shit that tries to play ‘Everlong’ as good as him and I can't."

Grohl is impressed with Taylor Swift's project of rerecording her catalog to foil venture capitalists who bought the rights to the originals. “Like, fuck yeah, girl,” he says. “Hell hath no fury. Now I’m scared of her! I would be so nerdy and into it. I think it’s so much fun.”