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.

The Drummer

In addition to Grohl's talents as a songwriter and guitarist, Grohl's true claim to fame among other musicians might be his drumming. As a youth in Washington, DC learning to play the drums, Grohl's influences were hard rock bands such as Led Zeppelin, Queen, Motörhead, The Who and Black Sabbath. The rocker got to live out a dream when he and his fellow Foo Fighters got to induct Queen into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, and they joined the legendary British rock band for a rollicking rendition of the Queen classic "Tie Your Mother Down". The influence of Keith Moon's and John Bonham's hard-hitting style would become increasingly apparent as Grohl moved away from the punk stylings of Scream and he joined Nirvana. Grohl's heaviest drumming is likely on the Queens of the Stone Age album Songs for the Deaf, a performance that prompted AMG music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine to describe Grohl as "the most powerful drummer in the universe", which is of course a debatable claim.http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:k2kqikmabbc9 Grohl was also featured as the drummer on Tenacious D's 2001 self-titled debut album and appears on the Nine Inch Nails' most recent album With Teeth.

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Songwriter - Hard rock - Led Zeppelin - Queen - Motörhead - The Who - Black Sabbath - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - British - Tie Your Mother Down - Keith Moon's - John Bonham's - Punk - Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf - AMG - Tenacious D's - Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

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