It was during this period that he taught himself to play drums. While in high school, he played in several local bands, including a stint as guitarist in a band called Freak Baby. After his second year, he transferred yet again to Annandale High School. He stayed there for two years, beginning with a repeat of his first year.
His mother decided he should transfer to Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria because his cannabis use was negatively impacting his grades. In that capacity, he managed to play pieces of songs by punk bands like Circle Jerks and Bad Brains over the school intercom before his morning announcements. We went home and bought Maximumrocknroll and tried to figure it all out." In Virginia, he attended Thomas Jefferson High School as a freshman and was elected class vice-president. Grohl recalled, "From then on we were totally punk.
His first concert was Naked Raygun at The Cubby Bear in Chicago in 1982. Tracey introduced them to punk rock by taking the pair to shows by a variety of punk bands. We'd meet in the middle sometimes with Bowie and Siouxsie and the Banshees." Īt the age of 13, Grohl and his sister spent the summer at their cousin Tracey’s house in Evanston, Illinois. He said, "I was going in the direction of faster, louder, darker while my sister, Lisa, three years older, was getting seriously into new wave territory. He grew tired of lessons and instead taught himself, eventually playing in bands with friends. At the age of 12, he began learning to play guitar. When he was seven, his parents divorced, and he was subsequently raised by his mother. When he was a child, Grohl's family moved to Springfield, Virginia. and was described as "a talented political observer who possessed the ability to call every major election with uncanny accuracy". In addition to being an award-winning journalist, James had also served as the special assistant to Senator Robert Taft Jr. He is of German, Irish, and Slovak descent. ĭavid Eric Grohl was born in Warren, Ohio on January 14, 1969, the son of teacher Virginia Jean (née Hanlon) and newswriter James Harper Grohl (1938–2014).
In 2021, Grohl released an autobiography, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music. It was followed by the documentary miniseries Sonic Highways (2014) and the documentary film What Drives Us (2021). Grohl began directing Foo Fighters music videos in 1997 and released his debut documentary film, Sound City, in 2013. He has also participated in side-projects called Late! and Probot. Grohl is the drummer and co-founder of the rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures and has recorded and toured with Queens of the Stone Age. Grohl was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Nirvana in 2014 and as a member of Foo Fighters in 2021. In 2010, he was described by Classic Rock Drummers co-author Ken Micallef as one of the most influential rock musicians of the last 20 years. Since becoming a full band, Grohl has been the primary singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist for the band, he also has played drums on several of their songs and albums. The first Foo Fighters album was released in 1995 and a full band was assembled to tour and record under the Foo Fighters name. After Nirvana disbanded following the death of lead singer Kurt Cobain in April 1994, Grohl formed Foo Fighters as a one-man project. Nirvana's second album, Nevermind (1991), was the first to feature Grohl on drums and became a worldwide success. He became the drummer for Nirvana after Scream's disbandment in 1990.
He is best known as the drummer for the Seattle grunge band Nirvana and the frontman and guitarist of Foo Fighters.Īt 17, Grohl joined the punk rock band Scream after the departure of their drummer Kent Stax. David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American musician, songwriter, filmmaker, and author.
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