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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl paid tribute to Kiss Wednesday night (April 29th) during the ASCAP Pop Music Awards, recognized for their influence as songwriters. According to Rolling Stone, while presenting the award, Grohl recalled hearing his first KISS record.

“Everybody remembers their first Kiss record, and this is how I remember mine. With nuclear anticipation, I let the needle drop on that legendary intro to ‘Detroit Rock City,’ perhaps the greatest introduction to any rock & roll album ever recorded. It filled my speakers and my imagination. Thirty-four minutes later and 27 seconds later, Kiss had filled my soul. I was now a member of the infamous Kiss Army.”

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Grohl said he turned his bedroom into a “shrine” to Kiss, lining it with posters and action figures that he would look at before going to school. “They got me through those years and ultimately inspired me to follow this unreasonable dream of becoming a professional rock & roll musician.”

Grohl concluded, “These days I still spend every morning before school with Paul Stanley … in the parking lot of our kids’ elementary school, chatting about Zeppelin and Electric Lady (Studios) and touring and school fundraisers. So I’d say that my unreasonable dream definitely came true.”

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