Dave Grohl - Biography

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Born January 14, 1969 Warren, Ohio, USA Died {{{date_of_death}}} {{{place_of_death}}} David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is an American rock musician. He was the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana from 1990 until the band dissolved in 1994 after frontman Kurt Cobain's death. He formed the Foo Fighters in 1995. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, DC area bands, most notably the punk rock band Scream. When Grohl was a young child, his family relocated from Ohio to Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC. Three years later, his parents divorced, and Grohl grew up living with his mother. At the age of twelve, Grohl began tinkering with the guitar. He started with lessons, but eventually grew tired of them, and began to play in bands with friends. A year later, a summer stay at his cousin's house spawned Grohl's interest in punk rock. Grohl's cousin Tracy took him to numerous punk shows during that summer, and Grohl returned to Alexandria as a convert. Over the next several years, Grohl played in several local bands, including a stint on guitar in a band called Freak Baby. At the same time, he had been teaching himself to play drums by banging on various items in his bedroom. When Freak Baby kicked out its bass player, Grohl decided to switch to drums, and the new band coined itself Mission Impossible. He later joined a hardcore/post-punk band called Dain Bramage. During his developing years as a drummer, Grohl cited John Bonham as his greatest influence, and eventually had Bonham's three-circle logo tattooed on his wrist. Main article: Scream (band) At the age of sixteen, Grohl scored an audition with local DC favorites Scream to fill the vacancy left by the departure of drummer Kent Stax. To Grohl's surprise, the band asked him to join. After waffling for a brief period, Grohl accepted the offer. Not long after, he dropped out of high school to play drums full-time. Over the next four years, Grohl toured extensively with the band, recording a couple of live albums and one studio album, Fumble, on which Grohl penned and sang vocals on the song "Gods Look Down". While playing in Scream, Grohl became a fan of The Melvins and eventually befriended the band. During a 1990 tour stop on the west coast, The Melvins' Buzz Osborne took a couple of his friends, Kurt Cobain and Chris Novoselic, to see the band.