He founded the rock band Foo Fighters , of which he is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter. From to , he was the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana. In , at age 17, Grohl joined the punk rock band Scream , replacing drummer Kent Stax.
After Scream broke up in , Grohl became the drummer for Nirvana. He first appeared on the band's second album, Nevermind After he released the album Foo Fighters in , he assembled a full band to tour and record under the Foo Fighters name. They have since released 11 studio albums. Grohl is also the drummer and co-founder of the rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures , and has recorded and toured with Queens of the Stone Age and Tenacious D.
He has organized side projects Late! Grohl began directing Foo Fighters music videos in He released his debut documentary, Sound City , in , then the documentary miniseries Sonic Highways and the documentary film What Drives Us. In , Rolling Stone ranked Grohl the 27th-best drummer of all time. Senator Robert Taft Jr. James was described as "a talented political observer who possessed the ability to call every major election with uncanny accuracy".
When he was seven, his parents divorced, [ 10 ] and he was subsequently raised by his mother. At the age of 12, he began learning to play guitar. He grew tired of lessons and instead taught himself, eventually playing in bands with friends.
We'd meet in the middle sometimes with Bowie and Siouxsie and the Banshees. At 13, Grohl and his sister spent the summer at their cousin Tracey's house in Evanston, Illinois. Tracey introduced them to punk rock by taking the pair to shows by a variety of punk bands. We went home and bought Maximumrocknroll and tried to figure it all out.
