Dave Grohl pens letter defending teens in metal bands from noise complaints
There is no art expression more pure and necessary than teenagers venting their frustrations by making music in homes owned by their parents.
Dave Grohl understands this, so he came to the defense of British teen metal band Black Leaves of Envy, who were smacked with noise complaints for practicing their art, like every great band before them.
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Black Leaves of Envy is made up of 17-year-old Cerys Plenty and his 15-year-old brother Dylan as well as their friends 17-year-old Adam Jones and 15-year-old Lewis Cunningham.
The Plymouth Herald reports they were instructed by the Cornwall Council to keep the volume for their practices at 30 to 40 decibels, which is a joke when you're trying be the next Slipknot, or the next Enya, really.
"We're quite frustrated by the whole thing," band dad and garage owner Andrew Plenty told the Herald. "I would suggest, if they were playing jazz in the garage, it would not be a problem."
Plenty also mentions that the family lives in a fairly isolated area, and the only close neighbor, to their knowledge, did not file the complaint.
They were inspired by a Dave Grohl quote, in which the Foo Foo Fighters' frontman and former Nirvana drummer said that kids making noise in a garage is how another once-in-a-lifetime band like them will come.
So they wrote a letter to Grohl, and Grohl, in turn, wrote a letter to the Cornwall Council introducing himself should they not be aware of him and letting them know how vital music can be in the lives of young people
"Music is not only a healthy pastime, it is a wonderful, creative outlet for the kids, and fosters a sense of community necessary to the emotional and social development of any child," he wrote. "It is tremendously important, and helped me through those otherwise difficult years growing up."
Grohl pleaded to the Council to be lenient towards kids playing in garages and basements who may not have any other resources to let their passion thrive.
You can support the band on Bandcamp or check out their music on YouTube. It's what Dave Grohl would do.
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