“There weren't a lot of career opportunities in crazy-fast hardcore punk, so you didn't have a lot of ambition, just the love and passion to play music with your friends.”

American musician and songwriter

Dave Grohl is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the founder, lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter of Foo Fighters. Born in 1969, he first became widely known as the drummer for Nirvana. He played with Nirvana from 1990 until the band ended in 1994, then went on to build Foo Fighters around his own writing and performing. His public image is tied to rock music, especially the shift from drummer to frontman and the work that followed after Nirvana.