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Dave Grohl 'aides' trapped miners
Sat, 6 May 2006 06:39:37 +1000 alt.showbiz.gossip
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Meet me for a beer later, says Foo Grohl By Ben Cubby May 6, 2006 THEIR tiny steel cage is not much of a mosh pit, but the post-grunge groove of the Foo Fighters has helped Brant Webb and Todd Russell through some of the hairier moments of their entombment. And, after hearing Webb had requested some of his tunes on an iPod, the Foo Fighters singer Dave Grohl has sent a message of support to the Beaconsfield rescue effort. In a fax from Seattle, Grohl, whose songs include such pertinent titles as Miracle, Enough Space, Exhausted and Breakout, invited the two men out for a beer when they get free. The mine manager Matthew Gill, who has become noticeably more jovial as rescuers dig closer, was of the impression on Wednesday that the Foo Fighters were a country and western band. That suggestion caused much hilarity among the media pack, and Mr Gill has since been put right by his son. "My 16-year-old pointed out that the Foo Fighters aren't in fact country and western," Mr Gill said. "But I had a message from Dave Grohl - hi Dave, I have no idea who you are - I passed on his message to Brant and Todd - I read it to them - and they were both stoked by that, and I said that I'd pass it on to Brant through the food hole. "He said he'll collect the offer when he gets out. "He basically said, 'I'm thinking of you', and anywhere, any time, to catch up with two cold beers. "And Dave wanted to know if it was a deal, and I can tell Dave that those two say, 'Yes, it's a deal." Asked why the former Nirvana drummer had got in touch, Gill said he had probably been alarmed by the country and western reference and then moved to "correct the record". avery...
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