Editing Dave Grohl (section)

==Early life==
Grohl was born in [[Warren, Ohio]], on January 14, 1969,<ref name=trumbull>{{cite web | url=https://www.exploretrumbullcounty.com/blog/trumbull-county-resident-spotlight-dave-grohl/ | title=TRUMBULL COUNTY RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT: DAVE GROHL | work=[[Trumbull County, Ohio]]| date=August 11, 2021 }}</ref> the son of teacher Virginia Jean (née Hanlon) and newswriter James Harper Grohl.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ks1JAAAAIBAJ&dq=virginia-hanlon-teacher-troth-told-is-bride-of-news&pg=5088%2C3102676 |title=Virginia Hanlon, teacher, is Bride of News Writer|newspaper=[[The Vindicator]] |location=[[Youngstown, Ohio]]|date=January 28, 1961|volume=LXXII|number=151|access-date=June 17, 2015}}</ref> He is of German, Slovak (on his father's side), Irish, and English (on his mother's side) descent.<ref>{{cite book|last=Apter|first=Jeff|title=The Dave Grohl Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gbnpNc_TZt0C&pg=PT21|access-date=May 27, 2014|date=November 5, 2009|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-021-2|page=21}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Brannigan|first=Paul|title=This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fPEo7gRnlSQC&pg=PT12|access-date=May 27, 2014|date=September 29, 2011|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=978-0-00-739124-0|page=12}}</ref> His father, James, was a journalist and the special assistant to U.S. Senator [[Robert Taft Jr.]] James was described as "a talented political observer who possessed the ability to call every major election with uncanny accuracy".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribtoday.com/obituaries/2014/08/james-h-grohl/|title=Obituary – James H. Grohl|year=2014|publisher=Warren (Ohio) Tribune Chronicle|access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref> When he was a child, Grohl's family moved to [[Springfield, Virginia]]. When he was seven, his parents divorced,<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/sep/14/popandrock.foofighters|title=Interview: 'I've never gotten off on chaos'|first=Keith|last=Cameron|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London, UK|date=September 14, 2007|access-date=June 17, 2015}}</ref> and he was subsequently raised by his mother. At the age of 12, he began learning to play guitar. He grew tired of lessons and instead taught himself, eventually playing in bands with friends.<ref name=azerrad148>{{cite book|last=Azzerrad|first=Michael|title=Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana|publisher=Doubleday|year=1993|page=148|isbn=0-385-47199-8}}</ref> He said, "I was going in the direction of faster, louder, darker while my sister, Lisa, three years older, was getting seriously into [[New wave music|new wave]] territory. We'd meet in the middle sometimes with [[David Bowie|Bowie]] and [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://diffuser.fm/dave-grohl-tears-for-fears/ | title=Dave Grohl Says Tears for Fears Got Him Through Puberty | first=Debra | last=Filcman | magazine=[[Townsquare Media]] | date=August 17, 2017}}</ref>

At 13, Grohl and his sister spent the summer at their cousin Tracey's house in [[Evanston, Illinois]]. Tracey introduced them to [[punk rock]] by taking the pair to shows by a variety of punk bands. His first concert was [[Naked Raygun]] at [[The Cubby Bear]] in Chicago in 1982.<ref>{{cite news | last=Ganz | first=Jacob | title=Dave Grohl: How To Make An Arena Feel Like A Punk Club | url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2011/04/07/133965436/dave-grohl-how-to-make-an-arena-feel-like-a-punk-club? | work=[[NPR]] | date=April 7, 2011}}</ref> Grohl recalled, "From then on we were totally punk. We went home and bought ''[[Maximumrocknroll]]'' and tried to figure it all out."<ref name=azerrad148/> In Virginia, he attended [[Thomas Jefferson High School (1964–1987)|Thomas Jefferson High School]] as a freshman, and was elected class vice president. In that capacity, he managed to play pieces of songs by punk bands like [[Circle Jerks]] and [[Bad Brains]] over the school intercom before his morning announcements. His mother decided he should transfer to [[Bishop Ireton High School]] in [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]] because his [[cannabis]] use was lowering his grades. He stayed there for two years, beginning with a repeat of his first year. After his second year, he transferred yet again to [[Annandale High School]].<ref name=azerrad148/> While in high school, he played in several local bands, including a stint as guitarist in a band called Freak Baby, and taught himself to play drums.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2018-11-21-you-can-now-listen-to-the-band-dave-grohl-was-in-long-before-nirvana/ | title=You Can Now Listen to the Band Dave Grohl Was In Long Before Nirvana | first=Katrina | last=Nattress | work=[[iHeartRadio]] | date=November 21, 2018}}</ref> When Freak Baby fired its bass player and reshuffled its lineup, Grohl switched to drums. The reconstituted band renamed itself Mission Impossible.<ref name=azerrad148/>

Grohl said he did not take formal drum lessons; instead, he taught himself how to play the drums by listening to [[Rush (band)|Rush]] and [[punk rock]].<ref name="theoffcamerashow">{{Citation|last=theoffcamerashow|title=Dave Grohl Proves You Don't Need Lessons to Rock|date=July 8, 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixo-MQ0u6SA| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ixo-MQ0u6SA| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=March 22, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Rush drummer [[Neil Peart]] was an early influence: "When I got ''[[2112 (album)|2112]]'' when I was eight years old, it fucking changed the direction of my life. I heard the drums. It made me want to become a drummer."<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 26, 2013|url=https://www.rttnews.com/2103300/dave-grohl-says-he-cried-after-meeting-rush-s-neil-peart.aspx|title=Dave Grohl Says He Cried After Meeting Rush's Neil Peart|website=RTTNews|access-date=October 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2020-01-11 |title=DAVE GROHL On NEIL PEART: 'His Power, Precision And Composition Was Incomparable' |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/dave-grohl-on-neil-peart-his-power-precision-and-composition-was-incomparable |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> During his developing years as a drummer, Grohl cited [[John Bonham]] as his greatest influence, and eventually had Bonham's [[Led Zeppelin IV#Cover|three-rings symbol]] tattooed on his right shoulder.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dave-grohl-reveals-tales-behind-his-trio-of-led-zeppelin-tattoos-182092/ |title=Dave Grohl Reveals Tales Behind His Trio of Led Zeppelin Tattoos | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=November 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617173202/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-grohl-reveals-tales-behind-his-trio-of-led-zeppelin-tattoos-20091116 |archive-date=June 17, 2015| url-status=live}}</ref> Mission Impossible rebranded themselves Fast before breaking up, after which Grohl joined the [[hardcore punk]] band Dain Bramage in December 1985.<ref>Azerrad, p. 149</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/seven-degrees-of-dave-grohl/ | title=The Six Degrees Of Dave Grohl | work=[[Universal Music Group]] | date=January 14, 2024}}</ref> In March 1987, Dain Bramage ended when Grohl quit without warning to join Scream, having produced the ''I Scream Not Coming Down'' LP. Many of Grohl's early influences were at the [[9:30 Club]], a music venue in Washington, D.C. In April 2010, he said, "I went to the 9:30 Club hundreds of times. I was always so excited to get there, and I was always bummed when it closed. I spent my teenage years at the club and saw some shows that changed my life."<ref name=freedom>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/16/AR2010041602110.html|title=Welcome to the Club: An oral history of D.C.'s 9:30 club on its 30th anniversary|date=April 18, 2010|newspaper=[[The Washington Post|Washington Post Magazine]]|access-date=August 17, 2011}}</ref>