I recently read an interview with Dave Grohl who was the famous drummer of Nirvana, a band whose lead singer was Kurt Cobain who was also an ABBA fan and used Björn Again as their concert tour supporting act during the 1990’s. Dave Grohl answered the importance of his role as the drummer of Nirvana which created the band’s unique and special drum-playing sound.

Obviously Ola Brunkert was indeed as unique and special to ABBA’s music as far as the creativity and originality of the drum playing as Dave Grohl was to Nirvana’s music.

In ABBA Benny Andersson created the special keyboards/synthesizers sound to ABBA’s music; Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad created the trademark vocals sound to ABBA’s music; and of course Ola Brunkert created the many great drums sound to ABBA’s music!

All of us ABBA fans worldwide would like to thank Ola Brunkert for his gifted talent as a creative musician and drummer to one of the world’s greatest musical groups ever and we send our sincerest condolences to his family for their great loss which is a great loss to the music world as well!

Ola Brunkert’s drumming will always live through the music of ABBA and whenever we play the majority of their songs we will always be listening to the gift of Ola Brunkert’s great musicianship!

Bellow is part of the article in which Dave Grohl answers the question to the significance of his input as a drummer to Nirvana’s songs!

Kind Regards

Samuel Inglles

The Rolling Stone Rock & Roll YearBook 2007 Issue 675. By Gavin Martin

Question: So were Nirvana three guys who changed the world, or a maverick genius with two guys along for the ride? It’s a question Grohl has face a lot in the years since Cobain’s death, but it’s also one that he has a very clear perspective on.

Dave Grohl Answers: “We were just three guys trying to make our way playing music,” he begins. “I think the effect the band had was more to do with everyone else than the band, y’know. When the three of us went to a rehearsal space in Tacoma, Washington to write music, there wasn’t a whole lot of world domination in mind. We’d begin every practice with an impromptu freeform noise jam and a lot of songs came of that – from “Smells Like Teen Spirit” to “Come As You Are”. All those quiet-loud dynamic songs came out of jams, we were just trying to make music that would make us proud because it was badass.

“I was Nirvana’s fifth drummer, and if you listen to the recordings with the other drummers you will notice it sounds different. The fact that the three of us together made this specific sound had something to do with our chemistry. Kris and I have been called sidemen for years – that lawsuit is done with, y’know? We’ve been called hired guns and I just laughed. Anyone who has ever been in a band, hell anyone who has ever listened to a band, understands what happens when one of those elements is removed from the combination. The whole thing falls apart.”