Dave Grohl

David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969), widely known as Dave Grohl, is an American rock musician, singer and songwriter who plays several instruments. He began as a drummer, playing in a number of bands around Washington, D.C., in the 1980s, including the hardcore punk band Scream. In 1990 he joined the grunge band Nirvana as its drummer. After Nirvana's frontman Kurt Cobain died by suicide in April 1994, Grohl formed his own band, Foo Fighters, as its lead singer and songwriter. He has also been invited to play in projects and performances with Queens of the Stone Age and others, and has served as a backing musician for many bands, including Killing Joke, Nine Inch Nails, the Prodigy and Tenacious D.