Dave Grohl is easily one of the most accomplished rock musicians alive today. He may not have achieved that success, however, had his mom not bought him a “Radio Shack cassette player” as a kid, which he used to self-therapize. The Foo Fighters frontman reflected on some of his earliest memories during an appearance on The Writer’s Block show, from SiriusXM’s The Spectrum. Opening up to host David Fricke, Grohl explained that the thoughtful gift from his mom gave him the space to process his feelings and eventually realize his full potential. Videos by VICE “At an early age, I found this music thing to help me through life, you know, and also to find this voice,” he began. “Even if no one was listening, just to like, to hear it. Grohl then went on to recall how it all started. “I don’t know if I ever told you this, but when I was young, my mother bought me a cassette player,” he said. “It was just like one of those Radio Shack cassette player things, and you could record on it and play back.…