Dave Grohl explained why he wrote Ian MacKaye that letter all those years ago
Dave Grohl has explained that thrash-friendly letter he sent to Ian MacKaye back in the early ’80s. In a video interview with NME, Grohl said that he wrote MacKaye because he wanted MacKaye’s label, Dischord, to put out his band Mission Impossible’s demo. That didn’t pan out, obviously, but Grohl says he still holds out hope, joking that “if the Foos could do a Dischord single, then we could break up. Done deal.” (Attention: Dischord Records accounting department.)