Dave Grohl is probably the biggest rock superstar nowadays. The guy just has the vibe - whatever he does it turns to immediate international attraction. Let’s not forget that it was only when he joined Nirvana that the band gained global attention. Did he try to profit on Cobain's death? No, he took up a guitar, wrote some songs, and recorded a demo tape on which, except a single guitar part on "X-Static" played by Greg Dulli, Grohl performed all of the instruments himself. But as I said, this guy is really lucky - Nirvana's A&R rep Gary Gersh had subsequently taken over as president of Capitol Records and lured Grohl to sign with the label. Grohl did not want a solo career, so he recruited other band members: former Germs and touring Nirvana guitarist Pat Smear and two members of the recently disbanded Sunny Day Real Estate, William Goldsmith (drums) and Nate Mendel (bass). Rather than re-record the album, Grohl's demo was given a professional mix by Rob Schnapf and Tom Rothrock and was released in July 1995 as Foo Fighters' debut album. The rest is history.
Before joining Nirvana, Dave Grohl had a two-year career with the hardcore band Scream. But even before then, he was a part of the Washington DC hardcore scene. The video in the background is a testimony of Grohl’s awesomeness behind the drum set, early in his teenage years. The uploader explained in the notes that “with the recently released HBO series on the Foo Fighters "Sonic Highways," including an episode on Dave Grohl's growing up in the DC area (Oct. 17 2014), we thought we'd share a piece of that history. The clip begins with Dave already behind the camera 30 years ago. Check out the DC episode and the whole series! This was shot by Sohrab Habibion whose documenting of shows during that period was substantial. His tapes have been donated to the DC Public Library's new DC Punk Archive.”
