Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl (born David Eric Grohl; January 14, 1969 in Warren, Ohio) is a rock musician, who is the frontman for the Foo Fighters Before the Foo fighters he was the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana from 1990 until the band split up in 1994 after frontman Kurt Cobain's death. He formed the band Foo Fighters later that year.

Foo Fighters

Following Cobain's death Grohl recorded a fifteen-track demo, on which he again played all instruments, with the exception of a guitar part on "X-Static" played by Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs. The demo gained considerable buzz and was released, unchanged except for trimming three tracks, in 1995 as the Foo Fighters' debut album. Grohl did not want the effort to be considered the start of a solo career, so he recruited other band members: former Nirvana member Pat Smear (guitar), and two members of the band Sunny Day Real Estate, William Goldsmith (drums) and Nate Mendel (bass).

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Afghan Whigs - 1995 - Debut album - Pat Smear - Sunny Day Real Estate - William Goldsmith - Nate Mendel

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The band released their second album, The Colour and the Shape, in 1997. Considered by many as the band's finest work to date, it consists of hits such as "Everlong", "My Hero", and "Monkey Wrench". Smear and Goldsmith left the band soon after its release, replaced by Franz Stahl and former Alanis Morissette drummer Taylor Hawkins, respectively. Stahl later left the group in the midst of a world tour and was replaced shortly thereafter by Chris Shiflett.

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The Colour and the Shape - 1997 - Everlong - My Hero - Monkey Wrench - Alanis Morissette - Taylor Hawkins

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The Foo Fighters' tremendous success led once again to a life of touring and traveling for Grohl, who throughout the 1990s lived in Seattle and Los Angeles before returning to his native Alexandria, Virginia, where he turned his basement into a recording studio where the 1999 album There Is Nothing Left to Lose was recorded. He has been known to frequent Falls Church, Virginia's Cue Recording Studios.

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1990s - Seattle - Los Angeles - Alexandria, Virginia - 1999 - There Is Nothing Left to Lose

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In 2002 the Foo Fighters returned to the studio and released their fourth album, One by One, considered by many fans to be an excellent sequel to their previous work and widely described as one of their more accomplished albums. In a Rolling Stone interview, Dave Grohl later admitted to not liking the record, saying that recording and writing was rushed and most of the songs were rubbish.

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2002 - One by One - Sequel - Rolling Stone

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Grohl and the Foo Fighters released their fifth album In Your Honor on June 14, 2005. Featuring collaborations with many artists, it had been over a year in the making which is the longest time it has ever taken the Foo Fighters to record an album.

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In Your Honor - 2005

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