MOTHER'S
MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER DAVE GROHL FROM THE FOO FIGHTERS AND HIS
ON VIRGINIA ARE BEGINNING A
BRAND NEW SERIES ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROCK STARS
AND THEIR MOTHERS. WELL THIS
WEEK'S EPISODE FOCUSES ON
IMAGINE DRAGONS LEAD SINGER DAN
REYNOLDS AND HIS MOM CHRISTINE
.I HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN
WITH DAN AND HIS MOM TO TALK
ABOUT GOING FROM THE CRADLE TO
THE STAGE THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN A MOTHER AND A
MUSICIAN. IT'S EVERYTHING WE
ARE COMING UP HERE PRETTY
SHORTLY ON MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND
AND WE HAVE DAN DINELSON.
IMAGINE DRAGONS AND HIS
BEAUTIFUL MOM CHRISTINE JOINING
US. I GOT TO START WITH YOU,
DAN, ON THIS. WHAT IS THE ONE
PIECE OF ADVICE THAT MOM GAVE
YOU THAT REALLY STUCK OVER THE
YEARS? I THINK SHE REALLY
TAUGHT ME TO LOVE MYSELF AND
LOVE OTHERS SERVE SERVE OTHERS
AND YOU CAN'T REALLY SERVE
OTHERS UNTIL YOU LOVE YOURSELF.
CHRISTINE WHEN YOU SEE DAN
OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE KNOWN HIM HIS
ENTIRE LIFE. WHAT ARE YOU MOST
PROUD OF WHEN IT COMES TO DAN?
HE'S A PEACEMAKER ALL HIS LIFE
HE'S BEEN THAT WAY. BUT I LIKE
WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF HIM. I
WAS SO PROUD OF YOU, DADDY.
WHEN YOU CAME SANDY WE HAD
PIZZA TOGETHER EVERY SUNDAY OUR
WHOLE HUGE FAMILY AND WE HAVE
TEN DOGS. WE HAVE ALL THESE
FAMILIES AND ALL THESE DOGS AND
ALL THIS WE'RE ALL IN THE
BACKYARD AND DANNY WE HAD THE
LITTLE BAG AND WAS GOING AROUND
PICKING UP THE DOG AND I JUST
BOY DID THAT MAKE ME PROUD
OF YOU WHAT THE THINGS HE'S
DONE. THAT WAS THE MOMENT YOU
LOOKED OVER AT THAT LITTLE GUY.
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE
THAT'S WHO HE IS INSIDE. SO I
THINK REALLY WHAT GOT ME INTO
MUSIC MORE EVEN THAN MAYBE JUST
BEING NATURALLY PASSIONATE
ABOUT IT WAS WANTING TO FIT IN
WITH MY BROTHERS. DAN, YOU CAME
FROM A HUGE FAMILY, NINE OF YOU
TOTAL NINE KIDS IN THE FAMILY
AND YOU ALSO HAVE FOUR
CHILDREN. WHAT DID YOUR MOM
TEACH YOU ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF FAMILY AND SHE RAISED BY
EXAMPLE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT
I GO BACK TO THE MOST WITH
RAISING MY OWN KIDS IS KNOWING
THAT YOU COULD TELL YOUR KID A
THING A MILLION TIMES. BUT IF
YOU WANT THEM TO ACTUALLY DO IT
THEN YOU NEED TO PRACTICE IT A
MILLION TIMES IN FRONT OF THEM
INSTEAD OF TELLING IT TO ME FOR
MORMON MOM TO SAY YES TO YOUR
CHILD WANTING TO BE IN A ROCK
BAND NO MORE MY MOM IS GOING TO
SAY YES TO THAT. CHRISTINE,
WHEN YOUR SON COMES TO YOU AND
SAYS MOM, I'M GOING TO BE A
ROCK STAR, WHAT'S THAT MOMENT
LIKE? SCARY. IT WAS SCARY
BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THAT THE
TYPICAL ROCK STAR'S LIFE IS
LOOKS TO ME RATHER HARD BUT HIS
LOVE OF MUSIC AND HIS ABILITY
TO PERFORM WAS VERY PRESENT IN
HIM. ALWAYS, ALWAYS. IT TAKES
ME A COUPLE MONTHS TILL I FEEL
LIKE I UNDERSTAND HOW TO EXIST
AS A HUMAN IN THIS WORLD AGAIN.
DAN, YOU'VE BEEN REALLY OPEN
SINCE YOU WERE 12 YEARS OLD
THAT YOU STRUGGLED WITH
DEPRESSION. AT WHAT MOMENTS DID
YOU COME TO YOUR MOM AND SAY I
JUST NEED YOU RIGHT NOW? I
DON'T THINK I WAS VERY OPEN
ABOUT DEPRESSION WITH ANYONE
UNTIL MY LATE TEENAGE YEARS.
RIGHT, MOM? I DON'T KNOW. YEAH,
I THINK THAT IT'S JUST IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT AH THAT PEOPLE
IN POSITIONS OF POWER TALK
ABOUT STRUGGLES MORE THAN
ANYTHING. NOBODY CARES TO HEAR
ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS YOU KNOW
IT DOESN'T HELP ANYONE FOR ME
TO SAY WELL THESE ARE THE GOOD
THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND I
HAVE THESE THINGS HAPPEN FOR
GOOD FOR ME AND I'M GOOD AT
THIS. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IT'S
NOT GOING TO HELP ANY KID I CAN
DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE. DO MOM
EVER STOP WORRYING? NEVER NEVER
I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW
ANYONE OR DADS. NO, I THINK ALL
MOMS ARE WORSE. THE DADS KNOW
WE LOVE THEM. WE LOVE OUR
CHILDREN FOREVER ALWAYS. I
REMEMBER WHEN MY MOM WAS VERY,
VERY OLD AND ONE OF MY SONS
BECAME VERY, VERY SICK AND I
WAS SO FRIGHTENED FOR HIM AND I
WENT TO SEE MY MOM AND HERE SHE
IS THIS LITTLE OLD LADY AND I
JUST PUT MY HEAD DOWN HER LAP
AND SHE JUST HELD ME AND I
CRIED AND I'M BIG AND SHE'S AND
SHE'S HOLDING ME IN MY HAND
WHILE I'M CRYING. NO, I DON'T
THINK MOM'S EVER STOP LOVING
AND THEN BRING THESE YOU LEARN
TO LOVE. SO THE FIRST EPISODE