Dave Grohl began his music career with the band Scream in Washington DC at the age of only 17 years old in 1986. To increase his odds of getting the position as drummer, he lied about his age and upon their acceptance of him into the group, he dropped out of high school as a junior.
He first met Kurt Cobain when Buzz Osbourne of the Melvins took him to see Scream in 1990. When Scream disbanded a few months later, Osbourne gave him Cobain’s phone number. He was invited to audition for Nirvana and ended up joining the band. Grohl would spend the next 5 years with Nirvana until Kurt Cobain committed suicide in April of 1994. After Nirvana disbanded, Grohl received multiple different offers for a position as drummer, including one from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and even a rumor that he may join Pearl Jam due to performing with them for two or three shows during their Australian tour in spring of 1995.
But, he eventually decided to do some recordings of his own where he played all of the instruments and sang all of the tracks. He released an album’s worth of material under “Foo Fighters”. He recruited Nate Mendel, William Goldsmith, and Pat Smear to join him in the band. It debuted on February 23, 1995.
Genre
Alternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, punk rock, grunge, post-grunge
Labels
RCA
Capitol
DGC
Dischord
Sub Pop
Sammich
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Discography
With Scream
No More Censorship (1988), RAS Records
Live at Van Hall in Amsterdam (1988), Konkurrel Records
Your Choice Live Series Vol.10 (1990), Your Choice Records
Fumble (Recorded 1989 / Released 1993), Dischord Records
With Nirvana:
Nevermind (1991), DGC
Hormoaning (1992), DGC/Geffen
Incesticide (1992), Sub Pop/DGC
In Utero (1993), DGC/Geffen
MTV Unplugged in New York (1994), DGC/Geffen
Singles (1996), DGC/Geffen
From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (1996), DGC/Geffen
Nirvana (2002), DGC/Geffen
With the Lights Out (2004), DGC/Geffen/Universal
Sliver: The Best of the Box (2005), DGC/Geffen/Universal
Live at Reading (2009), Geffen
Icon (2010), Universal
With Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters (1995), Roswell/Capitol
The Colour and the Shape (1997), Roswell/Capitol
There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999), RCA
One by One (2002), RCA
In Your Honor (2005), RCA
Five Songs and a Cover (2005), RCA
Skin and Bones (2006), RCA
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007), RCA
Greatest Hits (2009), RCA
Wasting Light (2011), RCA
Medium Rare (2011), Roswell/RCA
Sonic Highways (2014), RCA
Concrete and Gold (2017), RCA
With Tenacious D
Tenacious D (2001), Epic Records
Pick of Destiny (2006), Epic Records
Rize of the Fenix (2012), Columbia Records
Post-Apocalypto (2018), Columbia Records
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