Dave Grohl Biography

Dave Grohl, Musician
Born asDavid Eric Grohl
Known asDavy Grolton Dale Nixon, Late!
Occup.Musician
FromUSA
BornJanuary 14, 1969
Warren, Ohio
Age55 years
David Eric "Dave" Grohl is an American rock musician that is known as a member of Paradise and Foo Fighters later on.

Grohl played in a number of relatively unidentified bands like Freak Baby, which later ended up being Mission Impossible, which was fixed. After Fast separated Dave belonged to Daina Bramage, and also when he was 16 he ended up being a participant of the band Scream. Scream quickly started to tour both the U.S. and also Europe, however they were never large. However suddenly in 1990 throughout a concert on scenic tour in Europe, was Kurt Cobain as well as Krist Novoselic of Nirvana in the audience. Kurt was not totally happy with Chad Channing that played drums in Nirvana, however was extremely excited about playing for Dave, so after the show, they spoke with Dave Grohl, as well as they asked if he would sign up with Nirvana. Dave joined, because Nirvana was a slightly bigger band despite the fact that they had actually not had the large advancement. He played drums in the grunge band Nirvana from 1990 up until the band broke up after Kurt Cobain's death in 1994.

After Nirvana's dissolution, he began the group Foo Fighters, which truly was not meant to be a huge rock band. On the initial disc player and also Dave all the instruments himself. Foo Fighters is among the largest band, which went on with the very same punk-influenced rock-and-roll. In 2000, the opening substitute Red Hot Chili Peppers at several concerts.

In 2003, Grohl of the page an experimental hefty steel project he called Probot, and also released the album with this project in February, 2004. On this record he has actually made all the melodies as well as lyrics created himself, he also plays several instruments. He has actually every song gotten with a known metal singer, consisting of Lemmy from Motorhead.
Grohl has actually likewise visited as a drummer for Queens of the Stone Age. He was also the drummer on their album Songs for the deaf. In 2009 he started the incredibly group Them Crooked Vultures with Josh Homme and also John Paul Jones.

Grohl wed Jordyn Blum in 2003, as well as it was Easter Eve 2006 moms and dads for the very first time when they got a woman named Violet. She is called after Grohl grandmother.

Our collection contains 19 quotes who is written / told by Dave.

Related authors: Trini Lopez (Musician), John Paul Jones (Soldier), Krist Novoselic (Musician), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Juliette Lewis (Actress), Joshua Homme (Musician), Kurt Cobain (Musician)

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19 Famous quotes by Dave Grohl

Small: I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started
"I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started"
Small: I mean, I never liked being told what to do. Its one of the reasons I dropped out of school. Give me so
"I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school. Give me something to assemble, I won't look at the directions, I'll try to figure it out by myself. It's why I love Ikea furniture"
Small: Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music thats stripped down
"Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down"
Small: I never needed much, and I never thought Id get more than what I had. A trip to Burger King was the big
"I never needed much, and I never thought I'd get more than what I had. A trip to Burger King was the biggest thing in the world to me. Heaven"
Small: Dude, maybe not everyone loves Glee. Me included. I watched 10 minutes and it wasnt my thing
"Dude, maybe not everyone loves 'Glee.' Me included. I watched 10 minutes and it wasn't my thing"
Small: When you have kids, you see life through different eyes. You feel love more deeply and are maybe a litt
"When you have kids, you see life through different eyes. You feel love more deeply and are maybe a little more compassionate. It's inevitable that that would make its way into your songwriting"
Small: Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America - land of the free, home of the brave
"Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America - land of the free, home of the brave"
Small: When youre thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side
"When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side"
Small: Ive always been a fan of melody and emotional melancholy, whether it was Rites of Spring or Tears for F
"I've always been a fan of melody and emotional melancholy, whether it was Rites of Spring or Tears for Fears or Neil Young. If I hear a song that has a sweet melody, I'm a sucker for it, whether it's Linkin Park or Little Richard"
Small: I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake doing
"I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake doing both of them. But drumming comes more natural to me, and it just feels better"
Small: I love everything about my job, except being away from the kids
"I love everything about my job, except being away from the kids"
Small: I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but
"I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it'd take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn't want to retreat"
Small: Theres a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getti
"There's a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you get married, you fall in love with the person even more"
Small: All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work
"All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work"
Small: When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately h
"When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family"
Small: The whole slacker generation totally didnt apply to us musically
"The whole slacker generation totally didn't apply to us musically"
Small: I love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs?
"I love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs?"
Small: There werent a lot of career opportunities in crazy-fast hardcore punk, so you didnt have a lot of ambi
"There weren't a lot of career opportunities in crazy-fast hardcore punk, so you didn't have a lot of ambition, just the love and passion to play music with your friends"
Small: I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death
"I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death"