Dave Grohlâs What Drives Us probes what makes bands want to tour and perform The directorial debut of the Foo Fighters frontman shines a spotlight of some of his peers and why they do what they do. Author: By John Curley What Drives Us, the excellent directorial debut of Dave Grohl, premiered on Friday, April 30th, on The Coda Collection via Prime Video in the USA and on Prime Video in other markets around the world. The film delves into what makes touring musicians want to do what they do and the sacrifices that they have to make. To get to the heart of it, Grohl interviewed an array of musicians including Ringo Starr, St. Vincent, Ben Harper, U2’s The Edge, Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Exene Cervenka of X, L7’s Jennifer Finch, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Slayer’s Dave Lombardo, No Doubt’s Tony Kanal, Slash and Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, Fugazi’s Ian Mackaye, Black Flag’s Kira Roessler, D. H. Peligro from The Dead Kennedys and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Charlie Gabriel of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Grohl also spends time with the young bands Radkey and Starcrawler in the film to get the perspective of bands that are on their way up at the moment. Setting the tone for the film, Grohl discusses the importance of the vans that young bands use to tour and how the musicians bond during the time on the road.