A handful of the Probot personnel (left to right): Wino, Eric Wagner, Nick Raskulinecz, Dave Grohl, Greg Anderson, Snake
On July 3, 1983, 14-year-old Springfield, Virginia schoolboy Dave Grohl went to Washington DC for a free Rock Against Reagan festival headlined by Dead Kennedys. The gig would change his life.
“I had just discovered punk rock and here were some of the best punk bands in America playing on my doorstep,” he recalled in 2009. ‘When I showed up [Texan ‘crossover’ thrash/hardcore band] D.R.I. were onstage. I couldn’t even believe [what I was seeing], so much so that afterwards I bought their 22-song 7” [debut EP] from their singer out of their van.