Glen Friedman and contracts Foo Fighters Dave Grohl about his first expierience with making contracts with Glen Friedman Clash Magazine 2007 My very first experience in the professional music world I got sued A guy named Glen Friedman I hope you print this because the world needs to know When I was in Scream before Nirvana there was a guy named Glen Friedman he s kind of a well known photographer who took a lot of pictures for Def Jam and he took a lot of pictures of famous skateboarders in the 70s along with a lot of pictures of famous punk rock bands He actually had a book called Fuck You Heroes that was pictures of all the hardcore bands in the 80s He makes himself out to be this real sort of do it yourself punk rock guy with a strong set of ethics and morals My band Scream he heard a tape that we had made and he said I m gon na start a label and I m gon na find you guys a deal so sign this contract So we signed this contract in a van in a parking lot of a fuckin Denny s We had nothing we didn t have any money to eat or anything so we signed this contract sent it to him A month and a half later the band breaks up And then a while later I joined Nirvana and maybe like eight months later we signed a record deal And I get the call Well I still got you under contract I m like Glen Scream broke up Pete called you We re not a band anymore He said Well sorry you got ta fuckin pay me off I m like What So I had to give him 40 000 right off the bat That was my first experience