DUI that haunts Foo Fighters’ frontman

EVERY time Dave Grohl comes to Australia, he braces for his brush with border control.

The Foo Fighters rocker, filmmaker and now author, will have to shamefully explain why he ticked “yes” next to the question asking incoming visitors if they have any criminal convictions.

Grohl relives the “embarrassing” incident which blemished the Nicest Guy In Rock’s record in his upcoming memoir

The Storyteller: Tales Of Life And Music.

It was the 2000 Big Day Out travelling circus and Grohl and his Foo Fighters drummer brother Taylor Hawkins had rented mopeds on the Gold Coast to explore the local beaches and ride to the festival site.

After their set – and a few beers and whisky shots – Grohl stupidly decided to head back to the hotel on the scooter and was pulled over at a RBT checkpoint where he blew 0.95.

With only his Big Day Out laminate for identification, he was thrown into a jail cell alongside snoring drunk and disorderly punters, some who had watched him play in front of 50,000 fans just hours before.

The rocker returned to the Gold Coast mid-tour to face court, after buying a $700 suit and tie, and pleaded guilty to the drink driving offence. He copped a $400 fine and a conviction.

“I still answer for that every time I come down; every time I have to tick that f…ing box,” Grohl says.

“They pull me aside at the airport and I have to tell them the story and … they laugh, and then I go and pick up my bag. It’s f…ing embarrassing.”

However, he says he learned an important life lesson.

The Storyteller: Tales Of Life And Music is out on Tuesday.