David Eric Grohl

 David Eric Grohl 

Born on January 14, 1969, he is an American musician best known as the founder, lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Foo Fighters. Prior to forming Foo Fighters, he served as the drummer for the iconic grunge band Nirvana from 1990 to 1994.

In 1986, at 17, Grohl joined the punk rock band Scream, stepping in for drummer Kent Stax. When Scream disbanded in 1990, Grohl became the drummer for Nirvana, making his debut on their groundbreaking second album, Nevermind (1991). Following Kurt Cobain's death in 1994, Nirvana disbanded, and Grohl launched Foo Fighters as a solo project. After releasing the debut album Foo Fighters in 1995, he put together a full band for touring and future recordings. Since then, Foo Fighters have released 11 studio albums.

Grohl is also the drummer and co-founder of the rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures and has both recorded and toured with Queens of the Stone Age and Tenacious D. He has pursued several side projects, including Late!, which released the album Pocketwatch, and Probot. In 1997, Grohl began directing Foo Fighters music videos. His directorial debut, the documentary Sound City, was released in 2013, followed by the 2014 documentary miniseries Sonic Highways and the 2021 documentary What Drives Us. Grohl published his autobiography, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music, in 2021. In 2022, he and Foo Fighters starred in the comedy-horror film Studio 666.

In 2016, Rolling Stone ranked Grohl as the 27th greatest drummer of all time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice—first as a member of Nirvana in 2014 and again with Foo Fighters in 2021.