David Eric Grohl (born 14 January 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is an American rock musician and songwriter. He was the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana from 1990 until the band dissolved 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.

In Nirvana and Foo Fighters