Dave Grohl
Musician, songwriter and director
Dave Grohl is an American musician who drummed for Nirvana and founded Foo Fighters. He wrote the memoir The Storyteller.
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American Born 1969 in Warren, United States
About Dave Grohl
David Eric Grohl was born on January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio. He joined the punk band Scream at 17, then became Nirvana's drummer, first appearing on the album Nevermind (1991). After Nirvana ended in 1994, he formed Foo Fighters as a one-man project. The project grew into a full band that has released 12 studio albums, and he is its lead singer, guitarist and main songwriter. He is also a co-founder and the drummer of Them Crooked Vultures, and he has made records and gone on tour with Queens of the Stone Age and Tenacious D. Grohl has also directed films and TV, including the documentary Sound City (2013) and the miniseries Sonic Highways (2014). In 2021 he published his autobiography, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music. Nirvana's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame came in 2014, and Foo Fighters followed in 2021, with Grohl a member of each band.