“I swear to God”: the genre Dave Grohl says has “a big place in his heart”

Dave Grohl says 1970s AM radio has a lasting place in his heart, recalling how it first opened up a wider world of music to him. The memory matters because those early broadcasts helped shape his enthusiasm for music, even though the artists he heard differed from the rock he later made with Nirvana and Foo Fighters.

Grohl singles out 10cc, Andrew Gold and Gerry Rafferty, whose melodic, pop-inflected songs he remembers hearing as a child. The article describes AM radio as a source of discovery and anticipation, with music that could be casual background listening or deeply absorbing for those who paid attention.