Editing Dave Grohl (section)

== Advocacy, philanthropy and views ==
In May 2006, Grohl sent a note of support to the two trapped miners in the [[Beaconsfield mine collapse]] in [[Tasmania]], Australia, who had survived the initial rockfall. In the initial days following the collapse, one of the men requested an [[iPod]] with the Foo Fighters album ''[[In Your Honor]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/181/9 |last=Daniel |first=Troy |title=Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl Helps Trapped Miners | work=Stereoboard.com |date=May 9, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719195758/http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/181/46/ |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2006, one of the miners took up his offer, joining Grohl for a drink after a Foo Fighters acoustic concert at the [[Sydney Opera House]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rocker-has-a-miner-problem/news-story/4bc6d99a40fb0d0789f5ae660a331b8d |title=Rocker has a miner problem | last=McCabe| first=Kathy | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] | date=October 4, 2006 | archive-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201065657/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/rocker-has-a-miner-problem/news-story/4bc6d99a40fb0d0789f5ae660a331b8d |url-status=live}}</ref> Following the event, Grohl wrote "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners", an instrumental piece,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051091/foo-fighters-let-it-rip-on-sixth-album |title=Foo Fighters Let It Rip on Sixth Album | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=July 6, 2007}}</ref> which was included on Foo Fighters' 2007 release ''[[Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace]]'', and features [[Kaki King]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the_amazing_story_behind_foo_fighters_song_ballad_of_the_beaconsfield_miners-136280 | title=The Amazing Story Behind Foo Fighters Song 'Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners' | first=Justin | last=Beckner | work=[[Ultimate Guitar]] | date=August 7, 2022}}</ref>

He has worn a [[White Knot]] ribbon, a symbol of support for [[same-sex marriage]], to various events; when questioned about the knot, he responded, "I believe in love and I believe in equality and I believe in marriage equality."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/98982/foo-fighters-dave-grohl-white-knot-for-gay-marriage |title=Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl: White Knot for Gay Marriage |last=Malkin |first=Marc| work=[[E!]] |date=February 7, 2009}}</ref> Grohl's [[gay rights]] activism dates back to the early 1990s, when Nirvana performed at a benefit to raise money to fight [[Oregon Ballot Measure 9 (1992)|Oregon Ballot Measure 9]], which forbade governments in Oregon from promoting or facilitating homosexuality.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Nirvana sets benefit show in Portland for gay rights |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19920808&id=LUVWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6669,1568864 |journal=[[The Register-Guard]] |date=August 8, 1992 }}</ref> Grohl participated in two counter-protests against the [[Westboro Baptist Church]] for their anti-gay stance: in 2011, by performing "Keep It Clean" on the back of a flatbed truck and in 2015, by [[Rickrolling]] them.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://slate.com/culture/2015/08/foo-fighters-rickroll-westboro-baptist-church-dave-grohl-counterprotested-at-the-bands-kansas-city-concert-video.html | title=The Foo Fighters Rickrolled the Westboro Baptist Church and It Was Beautiful | first=Sharan | last=Shetty | work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] | date=August 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-foo-fighters-rickroll-westboro-baptist-church-67455/ |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=Watch Foo Fighters Rickroll Westboro Baptist Church | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824072141/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-foo-fighters-rickroll-westboro-baptist-church-20150823 |archive-date=August 24, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite growing up with a firearm, Grohl is an advocate for [[gun control]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.powells.com/book/the-storyteller-9780063076099 | title=The Storyteller: Tales of Life & Music | work=Powell's City of Books}}</ref> In a 2008 interview, Grohl said he had never used [[cocaine]], heroin, or [[speed (drug)|speed]], and that he had stopped smoking [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] and taking [[LSD]] at the age of 20.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8634675/Foo-Fighters-Dave-Grohl-kicks-brawler-out-of-Roundhouse-concert.html |url-access=subscription | title=Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl kicks brawler out of Roundhouse concert | first=James | last=Lachno | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=July 13, 2011 | location=London |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8634675/Foo-Fighters-Dave-Grohl-kicks-brawler-out-of-Roundhouse-concert.html | archive-date=January 10, 2022 | url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He contributed to a 2009 anti-drug video for the [[BBC]]. He has described himself as a coffee addict who drinks an average of six cups of coffee every morning; in 2009, he was admitted to a hospital with chest pains caused by a caffeine overdose.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://consequence.net/2018/06/dave-grohl-neil-peart-coffee-addiction/ |title=Dave Grohl on replacing Neil Peart and being addicted to coffee |last=Kaye |first=Ben | work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |date=June 29, 2018}}</ref>

Grohl supported [[Barack Obama]]'s [[Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign|2012 presidential campaign]] and performed "[[My Hero (song)|My Hero]]" at the [[2012 Democratic National Convention]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/foo-fighters-289-1265084 | title=Foo Fighters dedicate 'My Hero' to President Obama at Democratic National Convention | first=Nick | last=Levine | work=[[NME]] | date=September 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/foo_fighters_dedicate_my_hero_to_barack_obama.html | title=Foo Fighters Dedicate 'My Hero' To Barack Obama | work=[[Ultimate Guitar]]}}</ref> Foo Fighters supported [[Joe Biden]]'s [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|2020 presidential campaign]] and played at the "Celebrating America" concert during [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|Biden's inauguration]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-foo-fighters-perform-times-like-these-at-biden-inauguration-event/ | title=Watch Foo Fighters Perform "Times Like These" at Biden Inauguration Event | first=Matthew Ismael | last=Ruiz | work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=January 20, 2021}}</ref> In 2018, he said that [[Donald Trump]] "seems like a massive jerk".<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dave-grohl-trump-seems-like-a-massive-jerk-628251/ | title=Dave Grohl: Trump 'Seems Like a Massive Jerk' | first=Daniel | last=Kreps | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=April 28, 2018}}</ref> After Trump used the band's song "My Hero" at a rally without their permission, a Foo Fighters spokesperson announced that the band would donate any royalties from the usage to the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://people.com/foo-fighters-donate-my-hero-royalties-to-kamala-harris-campaign-8701472 | title=Foo Fighters Donate 'My Hero' Royalties to Kamala Harris' Campaign After Donald Trump Uses Song at Rally | first1=Ilana | last1=Kaplan | first2=Sarah | last2=Michaud | work=[[People (magazine)|People]] | publication-date=August 26, 2024}}</ref>