Births on January 14

Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer

David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, director and actor. He is the founder of Foo Fighters, for whom he is the singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter. He played drums for Nirvana from 1990-1994.At 17, Grohl joined the punk rock band Scream after the departure of their drummer Kent Stax. He became the drummer for Nirvana after Scream's disbandment in 1990. Nirvana's second album, Nevermind (1991), was the first to feature Grohl on drums and became a worldwide success. After Nirvana disbanded following the death of lead singer Kurt Cobain in April 1994, Grohl formed Foo Fighters as a one-man project. The first Foo Fighters album was released in 1995 and a full band was assembled to tour and record under the Foo Fighters name. Since becoming a full band, Grohl has been the primary singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist for the band, he also has played drums on several of their songs and albums. The band has released ten studio albums.

In 2010, he was described by Classic Rock Drummers co-author Ken Micallef as one of the most influential rock musicians of the last 20 years. Grohl was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Nirvana in 2014 and as a member of Foo Fighters in 2021.Grohl is the drummer and co-founder of the rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures and has recorded and toured with Queens of the Stone Age. He has also participated in side-projects called Late! and Probot. Grohl began directing Foo Fighters music videos in 1997 and released his debut documentary film, Sound City, in 2013. It was followed by the documentary miniseries Sonic Highways (2014) and the documentary film What Drives Us (2021). In 2021, Grohl released an autobiography, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music.