Long before he fronted the Foo Fighters and lived through Nirvana, Dave Grohl was just like us, writing fan mail to his idols. In this case, that idol was none other than Ian MacKaye, legendary founder of Dischord Records, Fugazi member, and Minor Threat frontman (and some would say, Mayor of D.C. Punk). It's clear the kid had ambition, because who else was trying to network in high school?

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Look what my hero Ian Mackaye (Minor Threat/Fugazi) just found: a letter I wrote to him when I was 14! Haha! pic.twitter.com/Ak8gxZz5m6 — Foo Fighters (@foofighters) May 28, 2015

Grohl recently directed an HBO miniseries made concurrently with the Foo Fighter's eighth studio album, Sonic Highways. Here, in this clip, he talks with MacKaye.

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