Dave Grohl: That s*** was B-R-O-K-E

Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters. Photo / AP

US rocker Dave Grohl has written a hilarious open letter about the moment he broke his leg while performing in Sweden.

The Foo Fighters frontman is laying low after having six metal screws inserted in his leg to repair a broken fibular.

He has now given his first hand account of the moments leading up to the injury and his decision to play on with a broken leg.

"The funniest thing happened to me the other day in Sweden!," he writes on the Foo Fighters Tumblr blog.

"Two songs into our set at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, I made a mad dash to the right of the stage during Monkey Wrench to shred some tasty licks for the kids up front. It was a beautiful night, beautiful stadium, 52,000 screaming people.dream gig! Well. wait for it. I definitely shredded something (ZING!) Wound up feet first over the Edge (pun intended), dropping about 12 feet, dislocating my ankle and snapping my fibula like an old pair of take out chopsticks. Whoopsie daisy. Not good. Without realizing the extent of my injuries, I stood up to get back onstage and crumbled like a sack of Joe Theismanns (look it up, kiddies). That s*** was B-R-O-K-E."

Grohl hit headlines for his decision to play on despite his serious injury, saying he couldn't stand the thought of "such a perfect night going to waste!".

"I looked at our drummer Taylor and said, Bust out some Chevy Metal covers while they fix me up! So, as the band kicked in to Stay With Me by The Faces, the medics poured me onto a stretcher, took me off to the side, cut my favorite pants off (so bummed) and popped my ankle back into place."

A cast was then put on his leg and Grohl played on.

"Lets just say that singing our song Walk with a straight face was pretty goddamned hard. These Days was a good one, too. (Easy for you to say! Your leg has never been broken!).

The singer and former Nirvana drummer says the night was a triumph.

"All in all, it was without a doubt the single most bizarre Foo Fighters show in the entire 20 years of being a band. Hands down. What seemed like a tragedy at first turned into a triumph, and we all walked away with a new sense of appreciation for what we've got."

The Foo Fighters announced the cancellation of the rest of their European tour, which included a gig at Glastonbury, due to Grohl's injuries.

- AAP