Grohl’s generous contributions were not always a one-way street. After gigging with them for the summer, Grohl later accepted an invitation to help them to record their 2002 album, Songs for the Deaf. After a tumultuous recording process of the band’s fourth studio album One by One, the band took a break and Grohl blew off some steam, playing drums with the (then) underground hard rock outfit Queens of the Stone Age. In 2000, Dave Grohl even lent his vocals and contributed drum tracks to metal hero, Tommy Iommi of Black Sabbath, for his self-titled solo record. One could easily base an entire trivia night around Grohl’s countless collaborations. His varying taste in side projects has led to him working with everyone from Tom Petty to Norah Jones and even Diddy. While most musicians would be content being the frontman of one of the most successful bands in music history, not Grohl, who spent most of his tenure as Foo frontman, playing, touring and making music with other bands. Solidifying their line-up with the arrival of drummer Taylor Hawkins, and later lead guitarist Chris Shiflett, the group widened their fan base with each release, further distancing Grohl (the singer, songwriter and guitarist of Foo Fighters) from the Grohl (the ex-drummer of Nirvana). With the Foo Fighters, he was able to retain his original sound tempered by melodic mid-tempo radio rock that would evolve over time and lead to nine successive studio albums. Upon the band’s self-titled 1995 release, Foo Fighters, Grohl had to deal with the shadow of his former band tainting all the reviews.īut Dave Grohl wasn’t going to cease being a hard-edged punk rocker. After enlisting an ad-hoc band consisting of ex-Germs/Nirvana guitarist Pat Smear and ex-Sunny Day Real Estate members William Goldsmith (drums) and Nate Mendel (bass), Grohl put his drumming days behind him (temporarily) and embraced his role as frontman. Grohl always described himself as the “quiet one” in Nirvana, but while the band was blowing up, Grohl found time to write and record several demos (recording all the instrumentals and vocals himself) titled Pocketwatch, which later become the basis of the first Foo Fighters album. ![]() After Scream broke up in the late ’80s, Dave Grohl relocated to Seattle and tried out for a little-known band with a drum vacancy. He would later recruit his old scream bandmate Franz Stahl to join the Foo Fighters for a stint, while the other former Scream member, Peter Stahl served as road manager for Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age. With the future of Dain Bramage up in the air, Grohl joined one of most seminal hardcore bands at just 17 years old. After making a name for himself in the hardcore community, Grohl saw a note that the band Scream was looking for a drummer and he jumped at the chance to audition for one of his idols. Shortly after the band would change their line-up and name once more, forming Dain Bramage in 1985. ![]() After the band dissolved, some of the remaining members reshuffled their line-up, with Grohl transitioning to drums and a new name: Mission Impossible. After teaching himself to play drums and guitar, Grohl first joined the hardcore band Freak Baby as their second guitarist. If music tastes are said to be solidifiedbetween the ages of 14-24, then this explains how DC hardcore music makes up much of Grohl’s musical DNA. Since starting the Foo Fighters decades ago, Grohl remains an unstoppable force.īefore he was enmeshed in the Seattle grunge world with Nirvana, Grohl, born on January 14, 1969, was just another teenager punker in the 80s DC punk scene. ![]() For someone who thought they were going to be a drummer for hire for the rest of their life, he has lived up to that promise partially and assumed the mantle of rock’n’roll preservationist. In the history of rock, has there ever been a musician who switched bands and even instruments simultaneously and achieved such an astounding level of success? Back in his early days drumming with Nirvana, no one could have anticipated that Grohl would turn into such a great songwriter, but then again, Dave Grohl is full of surprises. With the unrivalled energy and ambitious hunger of someone who’s just starting out in the game, Dave Grohl has the air of someone who can’t quite believe his own luck.
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