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Success is often achieved by those people who work harder every day and manage their time properly, this line is very well proved by Dave Grоhl who is a musician, ѕіngеr, mоvіе dіrесtоr, ѕоngwrіtеr аnd rесоrd рrоduсеr. Moreover, he is eminently known аѕ thе fоrmеr drummеr оf thе рорulаr bаnd, Nіrvаnа.

In fact, he also got huge prominence as thе fоundеr оf thе rосkіng bаnd саllеd Fоо Fіghtеrѕ. Recently, he came into the spotlight on April 30, 2021, when the first authorized Dave Grohl documentary was released as What Drives Us.

Height / Weight / Age

Born on 14 January 1969. He seems enough tall with his height which is 183 centimeters and 6 feet. He seems very fit and healthy with a weight of 78 kilograms and 172 lbs in pounds.

Moreover, he is very conscious about his physique and follows a regular and healthy diet in order to keep himself fit as a fiddle.

Net Worth

As a musician, Dave has gathered an impressive amount of money and fame through his profession in the field of the music industry. According to the sources, his estimated net worth is $320 million approximately. Having started his career at an early age, he has amassed an enormous wealth with all his endeavors as a top musician.

Education / Family

Born and grew up in Warren, Ohio, the US, Dave belongs to a mixed ethnicity. He is the loving and caring son of James Grohl (father) and Virginia Jean (mother).

However, when he was six years old his parents divorced. Then his mother raised him along with his sister Lisa Grohl. As for his education, Dave enrolled at Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia.

Later, he joined Bishop Ireton High School where he stayed for two years before getting admitted to yet another school, Annandale High School, Virginia.

Name	Dave Grohl
Nick Name	Dave
Birth Place	Warren, Ohio, United States
Profession	Musician
Sexual orientation	Straight
School	Thomas Jefferson High School Bishop Ireton High School Annandale High School
College	Not Known
Religion	Christianity
Nationality	American
Home town	Warren, Ohio, United States
Zodiac Sign	Capricorn
Fathers name	James Grohl
Mothers name	Virginia Jean
Brothers	Not Known
Sisters	Lisa Grohl

Career / Fashion and Style

Talking about his career, during his high school, Dave started to play extensively with several local bands including Freak Baby. Moreover, he also learned to play drums on his own. In fact, Dave went to the 9.30 club regularly in his late teens. This live music concert venue in Washington DC highly influenced his life and shaped up his naive mind.

Later, at the young age of 17, he auditioned and got selected as a drummer in a hardcore punk band Scream for this, he also dropped out of high school in his junior year. Furthermore, with the band, he traveled extensively and recorded many live albums with them out of which Fumble and No More Censorship became very popular.

Later, Scream got disbanded in the late 1990s and Grohl went to Seattle to audition for Nirvana. After getting selected, he joined the band full-time and signed a deal in due course of time with a major record label, DGC Records. After that, the band released their first album Nevermind.

Thereafter, he went on to compose lyrics and songs all by himself. In the year 1992, he released his cassette Pocketwatch on Indie label Simple Machines under the pseudonym Late!. Other than this, Dave also played drums on Buzz Osborne’s solo-EP for which he earned the pseudonym Dale Nixon.

Apart from that, Grohl and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana fame completed many of his songs until the arrival of Cobain. Later, the duo recorded a demo of the song entitled You to know you’re right which proved to be the band’s last studio recording.

However, the band came to a halt with Kurt Cobain’s death in April 1994. Additionally, he recorded a fifteen-track demo at Robert Lang’s Studio in Seattle where he played all of the instruments on his own. In the year 1995, Dave formed his rock band including various music artists such as William Goldsmith, Nirvana guitarist Pat Smear and Nate Mendel of Sunny Day Real Estate.

Besides this, in July 1995, he released an album with them as their debut album under the band name Foo Fighters. Furthermore, he composed several soundtracks for the movie Touch where he played all the instruments himself along with lending his voice to the songs in the year 1997.

In the same year, the Foo Fighters came out with their second album, The colors, and the shape which became a chartbuster including several smash-hits such as Ever-Long, My Hero, etc. Later, he came out with his fifth album In Your Honor after shifting from his home-based Virginia Studio to Studio 606, Los Angeles on June 14th, 2005. In fact, the album also featured a collaboration with Josh Homme, John Paul Jones, and Norah Jones.

After some time, this eminent musician joined Paul McCartney’s band in June 2008 for a concert at the Anfield Football Stadium, Liverpool which was organized as one of the major events of the English city’s year as the European Capital of Culture.

Dave also added his name to the list of contributing rock star voice cameos in mid-2010 for Cartoon Network’s heavy metal parody/tribute show, Metalocalypse. In fact, he provided his voice to the controversial Syrian dictator, Abdul Malik in the season 3 finale, Doublebookedklok.

On April 12th, 2011, their seventh album, Wasting Light was released which received mostly positive reviews from music critics and was claimed to be a hard-hitting rock with soaring choruses. Further, he filled in as host of Chelsea Lately for a week in February 2013. Previously, he has also hosted the show during the first week of December 2012 as part of “Celebrity Guest Host Week”.

On December 1st, 2015, he made his appearance on an episode of The Muppets where he competed in a “drum-off” with Animal. After that, in February 2019, he got appeared in the 50th anniversary season of Sesame Street. Recently, on February 5, 2021, the band’s tenth studio album, Medicine at Midnight was released which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200.

Girlfriend, Affairs, Wife, and More

Moving towards his personal life, Dave is a married man who tied the sacred knot of marriage with Jordyn Blum on 2nd August 2003. Moreover, the couple first met in April 2002 and started to date each other. Later, they were blessed with three daughters named Violet Maye, Ophelia Saint, and Harper Willow.

As of now, this lovely couple is living a happy and blissful life with each other. Previously, Grohl was married to Jennifer Youngblood in 1994 after meeting the year before in 1993. However, their relation couldn’t last long and came to an end in 1997. In fact, he has also dated several celebrities like Louise Post, Tina Basich, Kari Wuhrer, and Melissa Auf der Maur.

Girlfriend	Louise Post,   Tina Basich, Kari Wuhrer, Melissa Auf der Maur, Jennifer Youngblood, Jordyn Blum
Marital status	Married
Wife	Jennifer Youngblood (1994-1997)   Jordyn Blum (Present)
Children	Daughters: Violet Maye, Ophelia Saint, and Harper Willow

Favorite Things

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Some Interesting Facts About Dave Grohl

• His Zodiac sign is Capricorn.

• His mother, Virginia has also appeared in Foo Fighters’ “Breakout” video.

• He doesn’t read music and plays only by ear.

• Dave is also an advocate for LGBT rights.

• In the year 2021, The Foo Fighters supported president Joe Biden, playing at the “Celebrating America” concert on the day of Biden’s inauguration.

• Grohl received a ‘Grammy Award’ along with his band ‘Foo Fighters’ in the year 2000 for their music video ‘Learn to Fly’.

• The first instrument, he learned to play was the trombone.

• During high school, he wanted to be a UFO investigation expert.

• He is also very active on Instagram having a huge fan following.

• Dave wrote his first song about a dog.

• He got the Foo Fighters’ logo tattooed on his neck in London.

• Grohl’s daughter, Violet was named after his grandmother.

• He has also served as an ambassador for the climate change campaign Global Cool along with Heather Graham, Sienna Miller, Brandon Flowers, Josh Hartnett, and Johnny Borrell.

Social Media Profile(s)

1. Instagram – @davestruestories
2. Twitter – @FooDGrohl
3. Facebook – @Davegrohl