We love a good 'rock star as a kid' photo as much as the next person, but this one is particularly sweet.

We've all heard the stories of Dave Grohl supposedly being the 'nicest man in rock', but from the picture below, it looks like he might have been a pretty nice kid, too.

NME tweeted a picture of the drummer/guitarist as a 13-year-old with his mum Virginia Jean, when the idea of Nirvana, Foo Fighters or being an internationally adored rock star was still just a pipe dream.

See it below: