As the tracks gained positive responses, circulating in the industry, Grohl put together a band to support the album: Nate Mendel on bass. William Goldsmith on drums and guitarist Pat Smear — who had toured with Nirvana — joined Grohl on guitar. Bradley Cook, the engineer for the record, has explained that Grohl told him that the song was about Cobain.
However, this attribution has often polarized fans. Grohl has often denied or re-directed this interpretation in interviews. Like many artists, he encourages listeners to find a larger — less autobiographical — meaning in the song. He explained in But the real heroes in my life were people that I was close to. Pete Stahl who was the singer of Scream was one.
I was 17 years old when we hit the road and that guy showed me the ropes, so to me he was a hero. She raised two kids with no money and we managed to be a happy family, so she seems like a hero to me. After Kurt died, the whole idea of hero worship or idolatry warped into something I thought was strange. You take a human being and you turn them into a deity.
I remember I was driving around Ireland when I was trying to get away from that whole fiasco after Kurt died. I was in the middle of nowhere and it was beautiful.
But then I was driving down a country road and I saw a hitch hiker with a Kurt Cobain t-shirt on so my perception of a hero kind of changed. Just a regular person. And that is perhaps the perfect irony that Grohl captures in this song — Cobain, the idol, was to Grohl, an everyday friend.
To Grohl, Cobain was never a deity; he was a regular person. However, by , Grohl had definitely distanced himself from the idea.
When Grohl performed the track on The Howard Stern Show that the song was "loosely based on Kurt Cobain," the rocker scrunched up his face and replied: "Errr, it's kinda more about heroes that are ordinary. When the shock jock asked if it's because heroes disappoint you, he clarified: "Not at all. I look up to regular people, more than I up to Dave Grohl has never really official attributed My Hero to one person, instead suggesting it was more about the "common man".
In , the band released a statement when Republican candidate John McCain used the track without their permission. To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song. Got his Architecural Engineering degree, has a home now, nice truck beautiful girlfriend for 8 years Penelopeg on July 14, Link. I know that you posted this almost a year ago, but I hope you come back to read this.
The story of your son brought me near to tears. That doesn't happen often. I have a son and a daughter who I love very much.
I hear that in your 'voice'. You have that with your son. And you are amazed by him. I know the feeling. We are truly blessed. SoftBlue 58 year old father SoftBlue on May 21, General Comment Everyone, right now, is thinking about their ordinary hero For me, that person is Steve Irwin. But it could be anyone Tig45 on April 18, Link. No Replies Log in to reply. General Comment Love this song. I think it's been overplayed, wish it was a deep album track that only the faithful appreciated, but how can you stop a great song from becoming popular?
For me, I think of people like my father. Just an ordinary guy that works his ass off. Who is your hero? Some guy that can slam dunk or make a million dollars? Some hollywood actor?
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