Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl is a 16-time Grammy-winning musician and 2-time Emmy-winning director. 

Grohl has been one of the most beloved and respected figures on the international music scene since his recorded debut with Nirvana on 1991's generation-defining Nevermind. Grohl took center stage with Foo Fighters' 1995 self-titled debut, the first album in a massive 12-Grammy-winning catalogue that now includes The Colour & The Shape (1997), There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999), One by One (2002), In Your Honor (2005), Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007), Wasting Light (2011), Sonic Highways (2014), Concrete and Gold (2017) and, most recently, Medicine at Midnight (2021). 

Grohl has a well-earned reputation as a prolific collaborator: His endeavors include "Cut Me Some Slack,” with Paul McCartney and Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear; Them Crooked Vultures, formed with John Paul Jones and Joshua Homme; and collaborations with David Bowie, Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, Mick Jagger, Neil Young, Elton John, Nine Inch Nails, Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen. 

In 2013, Grohl made his debut as a feature director/producer with the acclaimed documentary Sound City, named for the Van Nuys, CA studio where Nirvana recorded Nevermind. Premiering at Sundance and achieving a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating, Sound City focused both on the history of the legendary studio and on the ongoing fight to preserve the human element of music. The Sound City – Real to Reel companion album took the 2013 Grammys for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Rock Song (“Cut Me Some Slack”). 

Grohl also directed the HBO docuseries Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways, which premiered in October 2014 and went on to win two Emmys. Described by Grohl as a love letter to the history of American music, Sonic Highways was comprised of eight episodes, each chronicling the creation of one song on Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways album, each of which was written and recorded in a different American musical landmark – Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle, and Washington, DC.