Dave Grohl Musical artist

David Eric "Dave" Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and producer who first gained recognition and fame as the drummer for the grunge band Nirvana. He is also the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, main songwriter and founder of the band Foo Fighters.He is also the drummer and co-founder of the rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures. Grohl has additionally written all the music and performed all the instruments for his short-lived side projects Late! and Probot, as well as being involved with Queens of the Stone Age numerous times throughout the past decade.He has performed session work (as a drummer) for a variety of musicians, including Garbage, Killing Joke, Kristeen Young, Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, The Prodigy, Slash, Iggy Pop, Juliette and the Licks, Tenacious D, RDGLDGRN, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Lemmy, Stevie Nicks, Zac Brown Band and Ghost.

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Alias (AKA)	Grohl David Eric Davy Grolton Dale Nixon Late! (pseudonym for his solo album Pocketwatch) and Dr. G (as Tenacious D's drummer)
Birth date	January 14, 1969
Birth place	Warren Ohio

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Career started	1982
associated musical artist	Nirvana (band) Killing Joke Scream (band) Them Crooked Vultures Stevie Nicks Queens of the Stone Age Rick Springfield Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Paul McCartney Slash (musician) Tenacious D Earthlings? Kristeen Young Zac Brown Band Trent Reznor Foo Fighters Probot Mondo Generator Dain Bramage The Prodigy Eagles of Death Metal
Background	Solo singer
genre	Heavy metal music Grunge Alternative rock Hardcore punk Hard rock Post-grunge
instrument	Gibson Trini Lopez Ampeg Gibson SG Gibson ES-335 Gibson Firebird
record label	DGC Records Capitol Records Dischord Records RCA Records