The former band member played for Foo Fighters as drummer between 1995 and 1997 contributing to their second album, The Colour And Shape.
However he later discovered that Grohl had re-recorded most of his part.
Speaking with the Daily Mail, Goldsmith said: “Apparently Dave was going to re-record a few of the songs.
“I don’t know if the producer told him to keep going, or what. But the next thing you know, all of the work I had done was gone except for one or two of the tracks.”
The drummer claimed he was left “creatively raped”, continuing: “It was a way of describing how it felt – when you put that much of yourself into something, and then without you even knowing, it is completely destroyed from existence.
“Management, the producers and Dave, I think they all wanted Dave to play drums on that record.
“I would have been cool if it had been half me and half him. Or even if there had been some kind of communication about what they were doing. But they basically dragged me through the coals.
“It was brutal and I think maybe the producer was hoping I would give up but I didn’t. I found out he had redone all the tracks and got rid of everything, and then he still wanted me to be in the band and tour live.”
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He continued: “I was like, man, there are some people that are hired and session musicians and that’s cool. But that’s not why I set out to play music. That’s not what I did it for.”
Goldsmith also compared Growl to a school bully, adding: “He was a bit like the kid who is popular but is mean and everyone likes them.”
The drummer eventually turned to drink and drugs, before leaving the band in December 1997, feeling under-appreciated.
He added: “I remember once Dave said in an interview that touring with me was like touring with a punching bag.
“At the same time at that point in my life, my ability to set boundaries and my own self-confidence was lacking and I made it that much easier for him. As time has gone on I have gone through some experiences which turned me into a man.”
Goldsmith added: “People aren’t allowed to pull bulls*** with me any more. I am as much at fault for allowing myself to get treated like crap.
“The way I look at it now is if it hadn’t have happened the records I made afterwards wouldn’t have been made and I wouldn’t have had the children I have.”
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