Even rock superstars were young kids once, dreaming of the day they were going to make it big. At least that was the case with Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, who grew up in the Washington, D.C., area and worshipped the local punk rock scene.

Grohl recently posted a piece of fan mail on Twitter he had sent to Ian Mackaye of Minor Threat when the singer was only 14-years-old.

"Look what my hero Ian Mackaye (Minor Threat/Fugazi) just found: a letter I wrote to him when I was 14! Haha!" Grohl wrote in the tweet.

The singer asked in the fan letter for numbers of people to get in touch with, presumably to help get himself noticed, telling Mackaye that it would help him. He even posted his phone number (at the time) in the letter and included his personalized signature.

According to Spin, Grohl has a long -documented presence in the D.C. punk rock scene, which he also clearly has roots in.

Grohl has been recently engaged in an HBO documentary series titled "Sonic Highways," and a recent episode of the show brought him back to his youth days in Washington, D.C. He got an interview with Mackaye and the punk band Bad Brains, according to Spin.

Their chat with Grohl was very revealing for the sub-culture of the time, which included the rise of punk rock and hardcore music. The music in the area and around the country somewhat defined a generation of young and aspiring artists who were heavily attracted to the emerging scene.

That episode also reached a summit that included the completion of "The Feast and the Famine," which will be their second single for the Foo Fighters eighth studio album.

The band has enjoyed many years of success, and Grohl himself has proven to be one of the most diverse musicians in the industry, filling the roles of drummer, guitarist and vocals in several chart-topping bands.

See video below of the HBO episode.