David Grohl

David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is a rock musician, who was the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana from 1990 until the band split up in 1994 after frontman

David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is a rock musician, who was the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana from 1990 until the band split up in 1994 after frontman Kurt Cobain's death. He formed the Foo Fighters in 1995. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, DC area bands, most notably the punk rock band Scream.

When Grohl was a young child, his family relocated from Ohio to Washington, DC. Three years later, his parents divorced, and Grohl grew up living with his mother.