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David Eric Grohl (/ ˈɡroʊl /; born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He founded the rock band Foo Fighters, of which he is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter. From 1990 to 1994, he was the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana. In 1986, at age 17, Grohl joined the punk rock band Scream, replacing drummer Kent Stax.
Sep 25, 2015 · How Dave Grohl Became a Member of Nirvana. In the fall of 1990, Nirvana were one of the fastest-rising young rock bands in the Northwest — but they were still waiting for the drummer that would ...
May 18, 2019 · During his 2011 interview with Howard, the Foo Fighters frontman looks back on his days as the drummer for Nirvana and his relationship with Kurt Cobain. Wat...
Sep 21, 2023 · On February 12, 1993 Cobain and Novoselic flew to Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport, where recording engineer Brent Sigmeth was waiting to take them to Pachyderm Recording Studio, a residential studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota: Dave Grohl joined them a day later. Nirvana were finally getting back to the business of being a working ...
Sep 29, 2024 · Dave Grohl (born January 14, 1969, Warren, Ohio, U.S.) is an American musician best known as the founder and lead singer of the alternative rock band Foo Fighters and the former drummer of the influential 1990s grunge rock band Nirvana. Grohl is known for his energy and musical proficiency, despite never having learned to read music.
Nov 2, 2023 · Nirvana biographer Michael Azerrad talks about the new revelations in his greatly ... “Scentless Apprentice” is an interesting case because Dave Grohl wrote the guitar riff as well as ...
Nov 5, 2024 · Dave Grohl “Eventually I figured out how to be a one-man band,” he said in that SXSW keynote in 2013. ... Later that year, Osborne informed Grohl that Nirvana were looking for a drummer and he flew to Seattle to audition and promptly landed the gig. The band’s debut album Bleach (1989) yielded positive reviews, ...
Oct 17, 2023 · Dave Grohl’s addition to the lineup injected a new energy into Nirvana, propelling them toward the mainstream success they would achieve with their breakthrough album, “Nevermind.”Grohl’s powerful drumming style complemented Cobain’s and Novoselic’s musical sensibilities perfectly, solidifying the trio’s iconic status in the rock world.
Apr 3, 2018 · Nirvana were technically between drummers when Kurt Cobain first caught Dave Grohl’s act at San Francisco’s I-Beam venue, playing for DC hardcore band Scream. ‘Technically’, because Mudhoney’s Dan Peters had played a show with Nirvana and recorded one single, Sliver, after Chad Channing had moved on.
Oct 12, 2017 · Flashback: Dave Grohl Plays First Gig With Nirvana in 1990. By the fall of 1990, the then three-year-old Nirvana had cycled through different band names and no less than five drummers before ...
