Dave Grohl's Sea Hear Now wacky diagrams are being auctioned for Asbury Park charities

Chris Jordan, Asbury Park Press
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Dave Grohl wants to enhance your concert experience.

When he was at the Sea Hear Now festival in Asbury Park in September, Grohl, the Foo Fighters frontman, created two hand-drawn diagrams — one for making a DIY beer bong and the other on how to sneak hashish into a concert.

Now, Sea Hear Now, the Transparent Clinch Gallery, and Danny Clinch Photography are auctioning the works to raise funds for Asbury Park-area charities.

The diagrams were drawn on corrugated boards that list the festival's prohibited items on the reverse side. He made them moments before the Foo Fighters took the stage.

Dave Grohl backstage at the Sea Hear Now festival in Asbury Park on Sept. 17, 2023. He is drawing a diagram on how to create a beer bong for charity.
Dave Grohl backstage at the Sea Hear Now festival in Asbury Park on Sept. 17, 2023. He is drawing a diagram on how to create a beer bong for charity.

“Wait till you see the one about how to smuggle hash in a cassette,” says Grohl in a video accompanying the auction announcement.

The Foo Fighters closed the festival with a two-hour set on Sept. 17. The Killers, Weezer, the Beach Boys and more also played the two-day fest on the North Beach and Bradley Park in Asbury Park. Performers often show works of art, photography and more at the fest's Transparent Clinch Gallery pop-up on the grounds of Bradley Park.

Clinch, a Toms River native who has photographed the greats of music from Bruce Springsteen to Tupac Shakur, is a co-founder of Sea Hear Now. The festival dates and performers for the 2024 edition have not been announced yet.

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The Grohl auction ends on Dec. 27. Beneficiaries are the Boys and Girls Clubs of Monmouth County; the Cazzeek Brothers; Konscious Youth Development & Service, aka KYDS; Garden State Equality; Catsbury Park; Clean Ocean Action; and Operation Beachhead.

The auction is taking place on Propeller.

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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com

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