History Music / DaveGrohl

* ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' (1991)

* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Is well known for behaving like, well, Animal from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' when he drums. To the point where he and Animal himself have a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHU_3Bw72y4 drum-off.]] (He also played Animool, the drummer for a Muppet tribute band called the Moopets, in ''Film/TheMuppets2011''). Ironically, Grohl has always claimed that his drumming ability is nothing special, even saying that Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins is far more talented than he is. It's thought that a lot of the attention given to Grohl's playing in Nirvana came from the fact that it was the first time the vast majority of people heard hardcore-style drumming.

* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Is well known for behaving like, well, Animal from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' when he drums. To the point where he and Animal himself have a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHU_3Bw72y4 drum-off.]] Ironically, Grohl has always claimed that his drumming ability is nothing special, even saying that Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins is far more talented than he is. It's thought that a lot of the attention given to Grohl's playing in Nirvana came from the fact that it was the first time the vast majority of people heard hardcore-style drumming.

* CoolOldGuy: While not exactly "old" yet, now that he's reached his 50s (he's currently 53), he's certainly on his way to being this, thanks to his "nicest guy in rock" reputation and that he's showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

[[caption-width-right:350:The nicest man in rock music (and also possibly the busiest.)]]

David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American rock musician and multi-instrumentalist mainly known for his work as the most famous drummer of Music/{{Nirvana}} and the creator and frontman of Music/FooFighters, but also involved with [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder a ridiculous number of side projects]].

Having spent his teenage years in hard-working but little known hardcore punk bands, Grohl's first exposure to popular attention in the world of music was as the last of several drummers for Nirvana. However, the band disbanded after the death of frontman Music/KurtCobain.

Grohl, knowing his perception in the public's mind as [[OvershadowedByAwesome just another drummer]], decided to start his own band, Foo Fighters, and is the creative force behind their output. Almost every single sound on their first album was him, whether it was made by drums, guitar, bass or voice. He did not intend for the band to be a long-term project and is on record stating that if he'd known it was going to last, he'd have chosen a better name. Nonetheless, the band is still going strong after two decades.

* ''With Teeth'' (2005; drums on "You Know What You Are?", "The Collector", "Every Day Is Exactly the Same", "Getting Smaller", "Sunspots" and "The Line Begins to Blur"; percussion in "All the Love in the World")

* GenreRoulette / NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: His variety of styles is impressive.

[[caption-width-right:350:The Nicest Man in Rock Music (and also possibly the busiest)]]

->''"A lot of nice people in Rock, but he’s the nicest."''

->''"[[AllDrummersAreAnimals You guys, you realise they gave this to a drummer, right?]] Okay."''
-->-- '''Dave Grohl''', receiving the 2011 NME God-Like Genius Award

David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American rock musician and multi-instrumentalist mainly known for his work with Music/{{Nirvana}} and creating Music/FooFighters, but also involved with [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder a RIDICULOUS number of side projects]].

Having spent his teenage years in hard-working but little known hardcore punk bands, Grohl's first exposure to popular attention in the world of music was as the (last of several) drummer for Nirvana, one of the most influential bands of TheNineties. However, Nirvana disbanded after the death of frontman Music/KurtCobain. Grohl, knowing his perception in the public's mind as [[OvershadowedByAwesome just another drummer]], decided to start his own band, Foo Fighters, and is the creative force behind their output; almost every single noise on their first album was him, whether it was made by drums, guitar, bass or voice. He did not intend Music/FooFighters to be a long term project and is on record stating that if he'd known it was going to last, he'd have chosen a better name. Nonetheless, the sub-optimally named band is still going strong after two decades. But Dave Grohl is also ''very'' busy with other stuff as well; while the discography below is somewhat exaggerated, it's not joking about how much he's in demand. Certain snarkers have even joked that the ''VideoGame/RockBand'' video games should be retitled "Dave Grohl Band," considering that he is or has been involved in at least ''six'' of the contributing acts (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge, Music/ThemCrookedVultures, Music/NineInchNails, Music/TenaciousD), which is more than basically everyone else on the planet. In fact, ''Rock Band 3'' has [[AscendedMeme an achievement with that very name]], which you get by beating three songs on whose recording Grohl was involved.


!Discography

* CoolOldGuy: While not exactly "old" yet, now that he's reached his 50s (he's currently 52), he's certainly on his way to being this, thanks to his "nicest guy in rock" reputation and that he's showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

* ''Heathen'' (2002; guitar on "[[Music/NeilYoung I've Been Waiting for You]]")