They ended up signing with Geffen Records. Soon the major labels became interested in Nirvana, offering contracts with large advances. He also dated Jennifer Finch from the all-female alternative band L7 around this time. so bright, so hot, so vital,” Novoselic said, according to the book Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana by Michael Azerrad.Īfter joining the group, Grohl lived with Cobain for a time. As soon as he played for them, both Cobain and Novoselic thought he would be perfect for their band. Grohl traveled to Seattle, hoping to become Nirvana’s new drummer. Grohl did not talk to his future bandmates that night but thanks to Buzz Osbourne of the Melvins, he did get to audition for Nirvana later that year. It was backstage at a Melvins gig that he saw Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic from Nirvana for the first time in 1990. Nirvanaĭuring one tour, Grohl met up with members of the Melvins, a punk band. Grohl appeared on three of the group’s albums and toured with them several times. After dropping out in his junior year, he joined the Washington, D.C.-based hardcore band, Scream. In high school, he played in a string of punk bands and started smoking pot. Not long after, he was introduced to punk rock by one of his cousins. He started out playing guitar and by the age of ten, Grohl formed the H. The son of a journalist and an English teacher, he lived with his mother and older sister Lisa after his parents divorced when he was six. He moved from Ohio to Virginia when he was three years old. First as a drummer in Nirvana and then as the frontman for the Foo Fighters, Grohl has become one of the leading figures in rock today. Early Lifeĭavid Eric Grohl was born on January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio. After singer Kurt Cobain's death, Grohl formed a commercially successful alternative band called the Foo Fighters. ![]() ![]() Nirvana went on to be an international hit. He dropped out of high school to play with the hardcore group Scream before auditioning for Nirvana. ![]() Musician Dave Grohl formed his first band at age 10.
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