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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.

Trivia

  • In the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002, Grohl achieved a new record of having a part in 10 of the top 100 songs, including the Nirvana track "You Know You're Right", over the release of which he and Novoselic had spent years battling with Cobain's widow Courtney Love.
  • Recently, one of Grohl's demo tapes from 1993 has surfaced, which features early versions of some of the songs that ended up on the first Foo Fighters album. The demo also contains a previously unreleased song called "Mountain of You" (which was originally thought to be titled "Mountain View", but Grohl has confirmed the real title in a posting on the official Foo Fighters message board).
  • Dave Grohl can be seen in Tenacious D's video for "Tribute" as the devil.
  • Dave Grohl can be seen in Queens Of The Stone Age's video for "No One Knows" as the deer, and playing the drums in the band shots.
  • Dave Grohl attended the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, or TJHSST, but he did not graduate.