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Dave Grohl Discography
Dave Grohl is an American singer, songwriter, and musician whose discography consists of 16 studio albums, six live albums, eight compilation albums, six EPs, and four soundtracks, and also includes his other collaborations and work as a studio musician with 26 additional artists. A large portion of his releases have come as the drummer of Nirvana (1990–1994) and as the frontman of Foo Fighters (1995–present). Grohl began playing music in the 1980s and was a member of Freak Baby, whose name was later changed to Mission Impossible after Grohl switched from guitarist to drummer. The band recorded demos under both names and released a split EP with Lünch Meat, originally issued as ''Thanks'' (1986), later retitled ''Getting Shit for Growing Up Different''. After some lineup changes, Mission Impossible became Dain Bramage and released '' I Scream Not Coming Down'' (1986) before breaking up when Grohl auditioned for Scream and became the band's drummer. With Scream, Grohl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Grohl
David Eric Grohl (; born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He founded the rock band Foo Fighters, of which he is the lead singer, guitarist, principal songwriter, and only consistent member. From 1990 to 1994, he was the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana (band), Nirvana. In 1986, at age 17, Grohl joined the punk rock band Scream (band), Scream, replacing drummer Kent Stax. After Scream broke up in 1990, Grohl became the drummer for Nirvana. He first appeared on the band's second album, ''Nevermind'' (1991). After the 1994 suicide of Kurt Cobain, Nirvana disbanded and Grohl formed Foo Fighters as a one-man project. After he released the album ''Foo Fighters (album), Foo Fighters'' in 1995, he assembled a full band to tour and record under the Foo Fighters name. They have since released 11 studio albums. Grohl is also the drummer and co-founder of the rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, and has recorded and toured with Queens of the Stone Age and Tenacious D. He has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – ) was an American musician. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the grunge band Nirvana (band), Nirvana. Through his angsty songwriting and anti-establishment persona, his compositions widened the thematic conventions of mainstream rock music. He was heralded as a spokesman of Generation X, and is widely recognized as one of the most influential Rock_music, rock musicians. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and Aaron Burckhard in 1987, establishing themselves as part of the Seattle-area music scene that later became known as grunge. Burckhard was replaced by Chad Channing before the band released their debut album ''Bleach (Nirvana album), Bleach'' (1989) on Sub Pop, after which Channing was in turn replaced by Dave Grohl. With this final lineup, the band signed with DGC Records, DGC and found commercial success with the single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from their critically acclai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backbeat (soundtrack)
''Backbeat'' is the original soundtrack of the 1994 film ''Backbeat'' starring Stephen Dorff, Sheryl Lee, Gary Bakewell and Ian Hart. The music was produced by Don Was. A score based album with Don Was' original music was also released. Recording sessions for the album started on March 26, 1993 at Ocean Way Recording, in Los Angeles, California. Many of the songs on the album were first takes. Don Was stated in an interview with Variety, that "the makeshift band recorded 15 songs in three days with virtually no overdubs (except Pirner’s vocals, recorded on separate dates) and no more than two takes. “The self-imposed deadline was one of the devices that I used to keep it raw and spontaneous, so we wouldn’t scrutinize too much,” Was said. “Because at that stage the Beatles were a wild teenage band that compensated for their lack of finesse with a tremendous amount of energy". The promotional video for "Please Mr. Postman" was filmed in Germany, in March, 1994, for the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greatest Hits (Foo Fighters Album)
''Greatest Hits'' is a greatest hits album released by American rock band the Foo Fighters on November 3, 2009. Release ''Greatest Hits'' includes a selection of Foo Fighters hit singles. Two singles from their 1995 debut, ''Foo Fighters'' album (" This Is a Call" and "Big Me") are included. Three singles are included from 1997's ''The Colour and the Shape'' album ("Monkey Wrench", "Everlong" and " My Hero"). ''The Colour and the Shape'' remains the band's biggest selling album in the US. Two singles are included from 1999's '' There Is Nothing Left to Lose'' album (" Learn to Fly" and " Breakout") as are two singles from 2002's '' One by One'' album (" All My Life" and " Times Like These"). One single (" Best of You") is included from the band's biggest worldwide selling album '' In Your Honor'', released in 2005. "Best of You" remains the band's highest-charting hit on the U.S., UK and Australian singles charts. Two singles are included from 2007's '' Echoes, Silence, Patience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skin And Bones (Foo Fighters Album)
''Skin and Bones'' is a live acoustic album by Foo Fighters released on November 7, 2006. Background The 15-track set was recorded on August 29, 30 and 31, 2006 at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles and spotlights an expanded eight-piece lineup featuring violinist/singer Petra Haden, former Germs/Nirvana/Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear, Wallflowers keyboardist Rami Jaffee, and percussionist Drew Hester. Haden and Jaffee had appeared as guest musicians on the band's previous studio album, ''In Your Honor''. A three-song encore consists of Grohl's solo performances of "Friend of a Friend", " Best of You", and "Everlong". The album debuted at number 21 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling about 49,000 copies in its first week. This was also the album's peak position on the chart. Artist chart history for Foo Fighters (albums) Billboard.com. A DVD of the original shows, featuring a total of 21 songs, was released on November 28, 2006. It was directed by Danny Clinch, who appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foo Fighters (album)
''Foo Fighters'' is the debut studio album by American rock music, rock band Foo Fighters, released on June 26, 1995, through Roswell Records, Roswell and Capitol Records. Former Nirvana (band), Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl wrote the entire album. He recorded it himself in six days with the assistance of producer Barrett Jones at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle, Washington, in 1994. Grohl said that he recorded the album just for fun, describing it as a cathartic experience to recover from the Suicide of Kurt Cobain, suicide of Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain in 1994. The album is considered to have started the post-grunge genre. After Grohl completed the recordings, he chose the name "Foo Fighters" for the project to hide his identity, and passed cassette copies of the sessions to personal friends. When the tapes attracted record label interest, Grohl signed with Capitol and recruited a full band to perform the songs live. The album was promoted through extensive tours and six singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pocketwatch (album)
''Pocketwatch'' is a cassette album by Dave Grohl, under the pseudonym Late!, released in 1992, on the now-defunct indie label Simple Machines as part of their Tool Cassette Series. Background In the summer of 1991, Dave Grohl went into WGNS Studios and recorded four songs, playing all the instruments himself. The recording was combined with six songs from a previous Upland Studios session recorded in late 1990. Both sessions occurred after Grohl had joined Nirvana. A tape of the songs, given to Simple Machines co-founder Jenny Toomey by Grohl, immediately became a candidate for the label's Tool Cassette Series. The 1990 sessions emerged as Grohl, then the drummer of Scream, requested his producer friend Barrett Jones to record songs on his home 8-track tape recorder. Upon accepting Simple Machines' request for a demo tape, Grohl decided to hide his identity under the pseudonym Late!, "because I’m an idiot and I thought it would be funny to say to everybody, 'Sorry, we� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live At Reading
''Live at Reading'' is a live CD/DVD by American rock band Nirvana, released on November 2, 2009. It features the band's headlining performance at the Reading Festival in Reading, England, on August 30, 1992. Bootlegged for years, the new issues present the performance for the first time mastered and color corrected. ''Live at Reading'' marks the first time that Chet Powers received songwriting credit on a Nirvana release for the use of his lyrics from the song " Get Together" as the intro for "Territorial Pissings". Background Nirvana's appearance at the 1992 Reading Festival was the band's second performance at the annual music festival and their first since the success of their second album ''Nevermind'' had elevated them to the position of what ''Pitchfork'' called the "biggest" rock band in the world. It was also their final concert in the United Kingdom. The band's first appearance at Reading had been on 23 August 1991, when they played an approximately 40-minute set o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
With The Lights Out
'' With the Lights Out'' is a box set by the American rock band Nirvana, released on November 23, 2004. It contains three CDs and one DVD of previously rare or unreleased material, including B-sides, demos, and rehearsal and live recordings. The title comes from the lyrics of Nirvana's 1991 single " Smells Like Teen Spirit". ''With the Lights Out'' was planned for release in 2001, but was delayed by a legal battle with Courtney Love, the widow of Nirvana singer, Kurt Cobain. As of 2016, it had sold 546,000 copies in the US.Ask Billboard: Rihanna's (Quirky) Record in the Hot 100's Top 10 With 'Needed Me' billboard.com. Retrieved December 6, 2016. Background [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah
''From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah'' is a live album by American rock band Nirvana, released on October 1, 1996 by DGC Records. It features live performances recorded from 1989 to 1994. Compiled largely by bassist Krist Novoselic, it was released two years after the multi-platinum-selling live album, '' MTV Unplugged in New York'', which was the first Nirvana album to be released after the suicide of the band's songwriter, singer and guitarist, Kurt Cobain, in April 1994. ''From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah'' was intended to show the band's heavier side, in contrast to the acoustic ''MTV Unplugged'' album, and was originally meant to be packaged alongside the ''MTV Unplugged'' set in a double album called '' Verse Chorus Verse''. However, most of what became ''From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah'' was eventually recompiled. The album debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling nearly 159,000 copies in its first week of release. It spent 25 weeks on the chart an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Unplugged In New York
''MTV Unplugged in New York'' is the first live album by the American rock band Nirvana, released by DGC Records on November 1, 1994, nearly seven months after the suicide of Kurt Cobain. It was part of the cable television series ''MTV Unplugged'' and features a mostly acoustic performance. It was recorded at Sony Music Studios in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, on November 18, 1993''.'' The show was directed by Beth McCarthy and aired on the cable television network MTV on December 16, 1993. In a break with ''MTV Unplugged'' tradition, Nirvana used some electric amplification and effects, and played mainly lesser-known material and covers, with performances of songs by the Vaselines, David Bowie, Lead Belly and Meat Puppets. They were joined by the rhythm guitarist Pat Smear and the cellist Lori Goldston, alongside Meat Puppets members Cris and Curt Kirkwood for some songs. ''MTV Unplugged'' was released after plans to release the performance as part of a live album, '' Ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Of Kurt Cobain
On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain, the lead singer and guitarist of the American rock band Nirvana (band), Nirvana, was found dead at his home on Lake Washington Boulevard in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington. Forensic investigators and a coroner later determined that Cobain had died on April 5, three days prior to the discovery of his body. The Seattle Police Department incident report stated that Cobain was found with a shotgun across his body, had suffered a visible gunshot wound to the head and that a suicide note had been discovered nearby. Seattle police confirmed his death as a suicide. Following his death, conspiracy theory, conspiracy theories that Cobain was murdered were spread and reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, partially due to an ''Unsolved Mysteries'' List_of_Unsolved_Mysteries_episodes#Season_9_(1996–97), episode dedicated to Cobain's death. Background Kurt Cobain was the lead singer and guitarist of the American rock band Nirvana (ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
