While the Grohl family had always been musical-the family sang together on long
car trips, harmonizing to Motown and David Bowie-Virginia never expected her son
to become a musician, let alone a rock star. But when she saw him perform in
front of thousands of screaming fans for the first time, she knew that rock
stardom was meant to be for her son. And as Virginia watched her son's star
rise, she often wondered about the other mothers who raised sons and daughters
who became rock stars. Were they as surprised as she was about their children's
fame? Did they worry about their children's livelihood and