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One thing I did before Nirvana became popular was I stopped doing drugs.

–Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl
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Grohl performing with Foo Fighters in 2019
Background information
Birth name David Eric Grohl
Born January 14, 1969 (1969-01-14) (age 56)
Warren, Ohio, U.S.
Genres Alternative rock • hard rock • heavy metal • punk rock • grunge
Occupations Musician • songwriter • record producer
Instruments Vocals • guitar &bulll; drums
Years active 1986–present
Labels RCA • Capitol • Roswell • DGC • Dischord • Sub Pop • Sammich
Associated acts Nirvana
Foo Fighters

David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He is the founder of the rock band Foo Fighters, for which he is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter and drummer of Nirvana from 1990 to 1994, again from 1998 to 2007 and again from 2011 until 2015.

At 17, Grohl joined the punk rock band Scream after the departure of their drummer Kent Stax. Grohl became the drummer for Nirvana after Scream broke up in 1990. Nirvana's second album, Nevermind (1991), was the first to feature Grohl on drums and became a worldwide success. After Nirvana went on four year hiatus following Kurt Cobain's suicide attempt in April 1994, Grohl formed Foo Fighters as a one-man project. The first Foo Fighters album was released in 1995, and a full band was assembled to tour and record under the Foo Fighters name; they have released __ studio albums.

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In 2010, he was described by Classic Rock Drummers co-author Ken Micallef as one of the most influential rock musicians of the previous 20 years. Grohl was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Nirvana in 2014, one year before Nirvana's disbandment, and as a member of Foo Fighters in 2021.