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"Apparently, things don&amp;apos;t go to 11&amp;#xA0;in Cornwall, England. As Plymouth Herald&amp;#xA0;reports, a teenage heavy metal band named Black Leaves of Envy, who reside in Cornwall and practice in a family garage, have been asked to turn things down. So, the band appealed to a higher rock power, writing to Dave Grohl&amp;#xA0;to ask that he support them. The Foo Fighters&amp;apos; frontman responded by writing an open letter to Cornwall Council in the UK.\r\n\r\nThe Cornwall Council asked the band to take their sound levels way down to 30-40 decibels. The noise restriction is about the equivalent of the hum from a refrigerator or noise of a dishwasher and one of the teen&amp;apos;s fathers told Plymouth Herald that the group has not been able to practice in three months since it can&amp;apos;t feasibly rehearse at that low level. In the open letter posted on Foo Fighters&amp;apos; website, Grohl addressed the Cornwall Council, explaining that &amp;quot;the band is having difficulty functioning within the current noise restrictions placed upon them.&amp;quot;\r\nHe also appealed to the greater good of music, referring to how he started in a garage as well and how it informed his adolescence and helped him through difficult times. &amp;quot;Music is not only a healthy pastime, it is a wonderful creative outlet for kids, and fosters a sense of community necessary to the emotional and social development of any child,&amp;quot; he wrote.\r\nGrohl stressed the importance of having an affordable locale to foster musical talents. &amp;quot;I believe that it is crucial that children have a place to explore their creativity and establish a sense of self through song,&amp;quot; he wrote. &amp;quot;The preservation of such is paramount to the future of art and music. Without them, where would we be?&amp;quot; He added that his own children are benefitting from his making that a priority at his own home.\r\n&amp;quot;For the sake of your local band Black Leaves of Envy, and for the generations of young musicians that they may eventually inspire, I ask that you reconsider the restrictions put upon the volume of their private rehearsal space,&amp;quot; he concluded. &amp;quot;I believe that in doing so, you will be sending a message that Cornwall is not only a home to music and the arts, but a place that encourages children to follow their dreams in a world where anything is possible.&amp;quot;\r\nWhile Grohl went to bat for some teens in Cornwall, the band also recently went to bat for themselves to once again refute rumors of their impending breakup via a funny video."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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