Dave Grohl has revealed that the whiskey-and-beer vocal regimen he long claimed kept his voice in top shape was "all a lie."
The Foo Fighters frontman, who has a busy tour ahead in support of the band's new album 'Your Favorite Toy,' recently admitted the truth during an intimate pop-up show at New York City's Irving Plaza on Thursday (April 30).
Just days earlier, Grohl had appeared on the Dish podcast, where he described his pre-show routine of drinking beer and whiskey — a practice he said was approved by his doctor.
"An hour before the show, I'll open a beer and I'll start drinking the beer. I might take an Advil because my knees hurt, my ankles hurt, whatever, I'm old," he told hosts Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett. "Then I have a shot of whiskey … then someone will say 15 minutes and I open one more beer and have one more shot. And then hit the stage."
He added that his doctor told him, "Just don't change what you're doing. It's working!"
But at the New York gig, Grohl came clean before launching into 'Monkey Wrench.' "Now listen, I know I make it seem like I don't do vocal warm-ups," he told the crowd. "I've been working on this scream for 30 years now."
Grohl did not elaborate on what his actual vocal warm-up routine entails, but he made clear the boozy ritual was a fabrication. The revelation adds a layer of humor to the frontman's famously raspy, high-energy performances.