Dave Grohl has shared the secret to having no vocal cord issues: beer, whiskey, Advil, more whiskey, more beer.
"Maybe eight years ago, I had to go get my vocal cords checked out and I'd never done that. And the [doctor] sticks the camera down into my throat. And he looks at my vocal cords and he goes, 'Wow, they look great." And I said, 'You're kidding.' He said, "No, they look amazing. Do you do vocal warm-ups?" I said, 'No, I don't.' And he goes, 'OK, do you do like vocal cooldowns after a show?' I said, 'No.' And he said, 'Well, what do you do before a gig?'
I said, 'Honestly? 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. Then I'll have a shot of whiskey. And then once the beer is done, I'll open another beer. Then we'll maybe have a group shot of whiskey, which we call 'band prayer.' Then someone will say '15 minutes' and I open one more beer and have one more shot and then hit the stage.'
And my doctor said, 'Just don't change what you're doing. It's working.' And I was like, 'OK, great.'"
(via Dish Podcast)
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