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[edit] If Dave Grohl = "a musician", Einstein = a patent office clerk ?
I noticed that my previous edit of Dave Grohl as a songwriter was removed. After all those Foo Fighters recordings with top hits that he has written, he is still then just a "rock musician". Please delete that and call him just "a drummer of Nirvana". Could you also please look, for example from wikipedia, what "songwriter" stands for. Wikipedia main pages mention that wikipedia wishes for more experts of related areas to write and edit articles. As I have been a professional musician for 20 years, as well as studied music full time for years, I hope that people wishing to delete the "songwriter" entry, to:
- read what songwriter means
- think for 30 seconds whether that really does not apply to Dave Grohl.
And then remove my edit if you really want to. I can not see the benefit in belittling Dave Grohls versatile talent.
[edit] Religion and ethnic backgroung
Where does the name Grohl come from (European?) is he Jewish?
Can anyone expand on the ethnic and religious background of Dave Grohl?
"Mission Imposible" is that a typo or the actual name of the band? - RoyBoy [∞] 02:56, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- That was the name of the band. They used to play the theme song too. 24.23.151.72 02:32, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I don't know if someone wants to reference this article somehow http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=98928
The page lacks a normal format discography, for an example check the Trent Reznor page. Since Grohl has been in and performed for many bands, he really should have a full discography. For instance, one naming exactly what tracks he drummed for on the NIN album "With teeth" - TheFearedMachina 15:24, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
this page cannot go on without more on Grohl's drumming. Cobaine compared him to Bonham and Erlewine dubbed him "most powerful drummer in the universe" after songs for the deaf. i'll play around with it tomorrow night. every drummer I know thinks the world of him. Binkymagnus 04:04, 2005 Mar 28 (UTC)
Regarding the link referring to the true origin of "Mountain View". The link doesn't work (forum has been moved to a completely different server-side program). Does anyone feel like trying to find another souce? --Catchwa 12:20, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Just a minor question - in the article Dave is referenced as being in the video for EoDM's "Want You So Hard" - didn't he actually also sing on of the "Just leave him alone 'cos the boy's bad news" lines as well? I'm pretty sure he did, but not 100% so don't want to just throw it on like that :) --JebJoya 18:47, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
no he just mimed over jesse.
[edit] The Who as an influence?
To what extent The Who influenced Dave's drumming is unknown. I doubt they influenced him too much as both he and Taylor have said he isn't a very big fan of The Who.
And this article mentions none of his punk and hardcore influences. And no mention of his time with Scream.
http://www.fooarchive.com/gpb/rebeljuke.htm--128.59.143.41 14:51, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Annandale or TJ?
Which school did Dave Grohl go to Annandale High School or Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology? Jobe6 July 3, 2005 20:47 (UTC)
to add to this http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/04/23/DI2005042300673.html after crt-f ing daves management said he went to TJ Jobe6
It wasn't a Science and Tech school (just normal TJHS) before 1985 or so. So the argument is, AnnandaleHS or TJHS? What about Bishop Ireton? Chronicidal
He went to Bishop Ireton for two years.
- It's probably both. Annandale High School students in those years were given the choice to go to TJ. Because TJ was merging it's students into Annandale and becoming a "magnet" school for science and technology. Don't know for certain - but he probably elected to go to TJ. Which is strange - because I don't remember him personally - and the hardcore punk scene was pretty small. I do, however, remember going to several parties where Mission Impossible played. 24.23.151.72 01:49, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] who did he last see
He dropped out of TJ and then transferred to AHS. His mother taught at AHS. (I go to AHS)
[edit] My changes
Someone put a stub randomly in the middle of the article about Grohl's involvement with Queens of the Stone Age. I thought that there was no information on this article about Grohl's other activities so I spent an hour writing one up. When I later saw that this was all under the "Foo Fighter" heading, I erased what I wrote and put it under another heading. I also created a scraem heading and rearranged some other info on the page Flyerhell 20:03, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] VH1 or MTV?
Anyone saw the series where bands competed and The Foo Fighters were one of the bands and I think they won. Can't remember if it aired in MTV or VH1. I think VH1.
- I don't believe there's ever been anything like that involving the Foo Fighters. VH-1 once had a show called Bands on the Run, but the Foos weren't involved, and the winner was a band called Flickerstick. -- ChrisB 21:04, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Photo
There's got to be a better picture of Grohl out there. I think another photo needs to be inserted, one that's modern and clearly shows his face. This problem is the same with Chris Shiflett's article, and Taylor Hawkins's. PJB 14:39, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Good photo PJB 18:40, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] German American?
Isn't Grohl a German-American? Shouldn't 'German-Americans' be added to his category section?
PJB 16:21, 24 February 2006 (UTC) (Talkin' to me?)
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- Added it. PJB 16:30, 24 February 2006 (UTC) (Talkin' to me?)
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[edit] HIV denialism
I don't know whether he still does, but at one time Grohl and the rest of the Foo Fighters spoke out in favour of AIDS reappraisal; for instance, see here. Anybody got any reason why this shouldn't be mentioned on the page? --Robert Merkel 18:02, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yep. It was a cause that Nate Mendel was in support of (the band was supporting him), and it's already discussed in the Foo Fighters article. -- ChrisB 23:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dave Grohl on new Pete Yorn album
Maybe it should be noted (maybe under "Other Projects?")that Grohl played drums on the track "For Us" off Pete Yorn's new album, Nightcrawler. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ny3ibkd9fakq
[edit] Nirvana?
Is it actually true that Dave made the negative comments about Nirvana? I mean, I have read where he has said he is more proud of the Foos, but I've never seen that quote. It doesn't sound like something he would say about his band, there's no citation and I can't find the quote using google.
[edit] Trivia
Why don't we add a trivia section. For example Mr Grohl was in an episode of X-Files as an extra.
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- I think he is also the only person to every be in 3 consecutive #1 videos on MTV2 - in Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age and the Nirvana post lawsuit single release.
