>> grohl: there was spit and sweat, and that night, i just thought, "i can do this." >> cooper: grohld drums, and at 17, dropped out of high school to go on tour with a punk band. by 21, he was broke in los angeles with no way to get home. that's when he got a call about joining a seattle band called nirvana. ♪ ♪ nirvana's first album with grohl as drummer knocked michael jackson off the top of the charts and changed pop music forever. but less than three years later, nirvana's lead singer and songwriter kurt cobain killed himself after struggling with drug addiction. >> grohl: losing kurt was just earth shattering, and i was afraid of music after he died. >> cooper: you couldn't even listen to music? >> grohl: no, man. i swear, if i... if i heard a song that even touched on an emotion in me, i would turn it off. i was just so terrified. because, to me, that's what music always was. it was a direct connection to my heart. >> cooper: it took him several months, but grohl did start playing again, and went into a studio to record some of his own songs. he had no band, so he sang and play

david grohl and company will hit the stage this friday to celebrate their new hbo show sonic highways. tickets to friday's show will likely go fast. they're only 23 bucks. wow. >> waiting in the rain. >> i would do that. i almost called out sick until somebody saw me. and they said you can't go. >> not in weather like this. >> that's true too. and good thing they sold out quickly because they would be waiting in the rain, still coming down in parts of the region and fairly heavily. look outside now, towards the key bridge where we are right now in between some of those showers but you can see the traffic always a problem in this area. and it is again right now. storm team 4 radar showing that rain across the region. the heaviest rain coming through parts of maryland, northern virginia, really just about everywhere seeing at least some shower activity. and you have seen it and go through. so let's take a couple views for you. up towards the martinsburg area, shepherdstown, washington county and kreegerstown area, clarksburg seeing heavier rain. warrenton, fauquier county, this is where

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