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90-657: The Gibson ES-339 is the descendant of the ES-335 . It is made from a solid maple center block and maple laminate top, back and sides. It is smaller than the ES-335, closer to the size of a Les Paul model. In terms of electronics, the ES-339 differs from the ES-335 with the use of what Gibson calls the Memphis Tone Circuit. The standard 339 is available with what is referred to as the "30 over 60" or 30/60 neck and

180-470: A Kurt Cobain T-shirt. And to me that meant: "You can't outrun this thing, so it's time … to push through and find some sort of continuation." So I flew home and I immediately started recording those Foo Fighter songs. In October 1994, he scheduled studio time at Robert Lang Studios and quickly recorded a fifteen-track demo. With the exception of a single guitar part on "X-Static" played by Greg Dulli of

270-756: A supergroup , Them Crooked Vultures . The trio performed their first show together on August 9, 2009, at Metro in Chicago. The band played their first UK gig on August 26, 2009, with a surprise appearance at Brixton Academy in London, supporting the Arctic Monkeys . The band released their debut album Them Crooked Vultures on November 16, 2009, in the UK and November 17, 2009, in the US. On October 23, 2010, Grohl performed with Tenacious D at BlizzCon . He appeared as

360-460: A 2022 interview with The Pit , Grohl noted: I was still in Seattle, and I just felt, "I gotta get out." I [had to] go somewhere where I could just disappear and sort through my life, and try to figure out what to do next... I was winding around these country roads – so beautiful – and I was finding peace… and I come upon this hitchhiker , and I was considering picking him up, and I saw that he had

450-459: A Marigold" and released this version as a B-side on the " Heart-Shaped Box " single, titled simply "Marigold". Grohl also contributed the main guitar riff for "Scentless Apprentice". Cobain said in a late 1993 interview with MTV that he initially thought the riff was "kind of boneheaded", but was gratified at how the song developed, a process captured in part in a demo on the Nirvana box set With

540-509: A Scream performance. Following the breakup of Scream, Grohl called Osborne for advice. Osborne informed him that Nirvana was seeking a drummer, and gave Grohl the phone numbers of Cobain and Novoselic, who invited Grohl to Seattle to audition. Grohl passed the audition and soon joined the band. In October 2010, Grohl told Q , "I remember being in the same room with them and thinking, 'What? That' s Nirvana? Are you kidding?' Because on their record cover they looked like psycho lumberjacks... I

630-447: A best-seller, and has been in continuous production since 1958. The first major update came in mid-1962, with the most visible change being the neck markers ; early models had dots (hence "dot neck"), later models had blocks. Some models (ES-347, ES-369) have a coil split switch, which allows the humbuckers to produce a "single-coil" sound. The ES-335 Pro, ES-335TD CRS, and CRR models had Gibson "Dirty Fingers" humbuckers, which had

720-708: A boom in the use of the EB-2 and its sibling, the Epiphone Rivoli , in the Merseybeat in England in the early sixties, production restarted in 1964, with a 2-pickup version called the EB-2D being added to the line in 1966. In 1972 the EB-2 line was discontinued. The CS-336 is a smaller version of the ES-335. The back and sides of this guitar are constructed from a single piece of carved mahogany, and its reduced size

810-624: 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 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 . While in high school, he played in several local bands, including

900-455: A higher output than the standard pickups. The company has produced a number of signature guitars as well, such as Trini Lopez -inspired model (1964–1970) with narrow diamond-shaped soundholes replacing the f-holes , a Firebird-style headstock with all the tuners on one side, and slashed-diamond inlays. In September 2007, Gibson introduced the DG-335, designed with Dave Grohl . A variation on

990-626: A much less expensive version of the ES-335 under its Epiphone brand, called the Dot (referring to its dot-style inlay ). Other Epiphone semi-hollowbody style models include the Sheraton (a fancier version of the co-developed ES-335, released the same week, it can make equal claim as the first semi-hollowbody), the Riviera, and the Dot Studio, though some of those are modeled after other guitars in

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1080-520: A one-week respite, " No One Knows " by Queens of the Stone Age took the number one spot. Between October 26, 2002, and March 1, 2003, Grohl was in the number one spot on the Modern rock charts for 17 of 18 successive weeks, as a member of three different groups. Grohl and Foo Fighters released their fifth album In Your Honor on June 14, 2005. Prior to starting work on the album, the band spent almost

1170-464: A previously unreleased acoustic version of "Everlong" and two new tracks " Wheels " and "Word Forward" which were produced by Nevermind 's producer Butch Vig . Grohl said he felt the Greatest Hits was too early and "can look like an obituary". He did not feel they had written their best hits yet. Foo Fighters' seventh studio album, Wasting Light , was released on April 12, 2011. It became

1260-590: A solid maple wood block running through the center of its body with hollow upper bouts and two violin -style f-holes cut into the top over the hollow chambers. Gibson has released numerous variations and models based on the ES-335. The ES-335 is manufactured at the Gibson Nashville facility, as of 2024. It was also produced at Gibson Memphis from 2000 until the facility closed in 2019. Until 1952, Gibson produced only hollow-body guitars, which are prone to feedback when amplified loudly. That year saw

1350-486: A song called "Color Pictures of a Marigold", and the two subsequently worked on it together. Grohl later recorded the song for the Pocketwatch cassette. Grohl said in a 2014 episode of Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways that Cobain reacted by kissing him upon first hearing a demo of " Alone + Easy Target " that Grohl recently recorded. During the sessions for In Utero , Nirvana decided to re-record "Color Pictures of

1440-398: A stint as guitarist in a band called Freak Baby, and taught himself to play drums. When Freak Baby fired its bass player and reshuffled its lineup, Grohl switched to drums. The reconstituted band renamed itself Mission Impossible. Grohl said he did not take formal drum lessons; instead, he taught himself how to play the drums by listening to Rush and punk rock . Rush drummer Neil Peart

1530-643: A stop-tailpiece and a custom Pelham Blue finish is used by Dave Grohl as his primary stage guitar; the Gibson Custom Shop produced a market version known as the "DG-335" in 2015. The Trini Lopez Custom came in a standard cherry sunburst finish, had a thicker body and cutout bouts with pointed tips instead of the standard rounded tips (similar to the Gibson Barney Kessel Custom guitar), a more ornate pickguard, and different locations for its two selector switches, but otherwise had

1620-436: A year relocating Grohl's home-based Virginia studio to a brand new facility, dubbed Studio 606 , located in a warehouse near Los Angeles. Featuring collaborations with John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin , Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and Norah Jones , the album was a departure from previous efforts, and included one rock and one acoustic disc. Foo Fighters' sixth studio album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

1710-643: Is closer to that of the Les Paul . Also available, the CS-356 has gold plated hardware and multiple binding on the body, neck and headstock. In 2007, Gibson introduced the ES-339 with the size of the CS-336 and the laminate construction of the ES-335. Dave Grohl received an early 60s 335 from Axl Rose as a gift, which was handpicked by Slash. Grohl called it the “nicest I have ever played in my life”. His own version,

1800-404: Is of German, Slovak (on his father's side), Irish and English (on his mother's side) descent. 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". When he was a child, Grohl's family moved to Springfield, Virginia . When he

1890-690: The Billboard 200 . After the Concrete and Gold Tour , Grohl announced that the band would be taking a break. The tenth Foo Fighters studio album, Medicine at Midnight , was released on February 5, 2021, following delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic . It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200. The Medicine at Midnight tour was canceled following the death of Hawkins on March 25, 2022. The eleventh Foo Fighters studio album But Here We Are

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1980-515: The Gibson EB-0 .The pickup was actually a single coil with the polepieces on the lower edge of the black cover until mid 1959.The humbucking pickup has the poles in the center of a black cover. In 1959, a "baritone-switch" was added to filter the output from the neck humbucker and give it more of a guitar-like sound. The EB-2 was discontinued at the end of 1961, being replaced by the EB-3 . Due to

2070-728: The Matsumoku factory in Japan . Later Epiphones were constructed under contract with Samick in Korea. Since 2002, almost all Epiphones have been made in the 'Gibson' Qingdao plant in China. As of 2012, Epiphone also produces the ES-335 PRO, ES-339 PRO, ES-345 Stereo, ES-355, and the Lucille. The ES-335 Pro and ES-339 both feature coil-tapped humbuckers, activated by pull-push volume knobs;

2160-540: The Ring Spiel Tour , opening for Watt and also playing, alongside Eddie Vedder, in Watt's supporting band. In January 1997, Grohl played a few songs with David Bowie for Bowie's 50th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden . In the early 2000s, Grohl spent time in his basement studio writing and recording several songs for Probot , a heavy metal music project, recruiting his favorite metal vocalists from

2250-679: The hardcore punk band Dain Bramage in December 1985. 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

2340-491: The 'Inspired by Gibson' line which comes in 4 colours: Natural, Pelham Blue, Cherry and Vintage Sunburst. This article relating to electric guitars is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gibson ES-335 The Gibson ES-335 is a semi-hollow body semi-acoustic guitar introduced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation as part of its ES (Electric Spanish) series in 1958 . It has

2430-487: The 1980s, including Lemmy of Motörhead , Conrad Lant from Venom , King Diamond , Scott Weinrich , Snake of Voivod and Max Cavalera of Sepultura . Probot released an album in 2004. In 2003, Grohl stepped behind the kit to perform on Killing Jokesecond self titled album, Killing Joke (2003 album) . This surprised some fans of Nirvana, which had been accused of plagiarizing the opening riff of " Come as You Are " from Killing Joke's 1984 song "Eighties". However,

2520-518: The 2010 Kennedy Center Honors along with No Doubt , Norah Jones , Steven Tyler , James Taylor , and Mavis Staples . He sang a duet version of " Maybe I'm Amazed " with Norah Jones on December 5, 2010. Grohl played drums on the tracks "Run with the Wolves" and "Stand Up" on the Prodigy 's 2009 album Invaders Must Die . In July 2009, Grohl along with Josh Homme and John Paul Jones formed

2610-619: The Actual Events . He also drummed on the song "Bad Boyfriend" on Garbage's 2005 album Bleed Like Me . Most recently, he recorded all the drums on Juliette and the Licks 's 2006 album Four on the Floor and the song "For Us" from Pete Yorn 's 2006 album Nightcrawler . Beyond drumming, Grohl contributed guitar to a cover of Neil Young 's "I've Been Waiting For You" on David Bowie 's 2002 album Heathen . In June 2008, Grohl

2700-564: The Afghan Whigs , Grohl performed all of the instruments himself. Grohl wondered if his future might be in drumming for other bands. In November, Grohl took a brief turn with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , including a performance on Saturday Night Live . He declined an invitation to become Petty's permanent drummer. Grohl was also rumored as a possible replacement for Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese and performed with

2790-645: The Banshees ." 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. Grohl recalled, "From then on we were totally punk. We went home and bought Maximumrocknroll and tried to figure it all out." In Virginia, he attended Thomas Jefferson High School as

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2880-650: The DG-335 is based on the Trini Lopez Standard specs, but in a different color and with a stop tailpiece instead of the Trini Lopez's trapeze tailpiece. Chris Cornell 335s are based on the Gibson ES-335. The Chris Cornell ES-335 Tribute was designed by Gibson and Chris himself based on the guitars he played in the 80's and 90's, mostly Gretsch Jet models, but in Gibson's own 335 style, using

2970-515: The ES series. From 1958 to 1970, Epiphone guitars were produced in Gibson's Kalamazoo, MI factory, and shared the similar design, materials and electronics as their Gibson counterparts. The Riviera, Sheraton , Rivoli and Newport models shared similarities with the Gibson ES-335, EB-2 and EB-0 models, respectively. In 1970, Epiphone production ceased in the Kalamazoo plants and Epiphones were made at

3060-618: The ES-347 (includes a coil tap, block markers on an ebony fretboard, fine tuning tailpiece and, on earlier models, a brass nut, and a greater sustain block), the ES-339 , essentially a 335 with the body reduced to Les Paul size; and the Gibson Les Paul signature bass . Although the ES-330 resembles the 335, it is actually fully hollow (as opposed to semi-hollow) and features two P-90 pickups (as opposed to 2 humbucking pickups), and it

3150-644: The ES-355, gold hardware and a Bigsby tremolo, while the ES-345 Stereo has a Bigsby and VariTone control. The Lucille meanwhile, also features a VariTone control and, in keeping with BB King's Gibson signature model, no f-holes and a fine tuning stop bar tailpiece. Other models based on the 335 include the ES-333 , the ES-340 (the toggle switch has settings of the pickups in-phase, pickups out-of-phase and standby),

3240-590: The Foo Fighters starred as themselves in the comedy horror film Studio 666 . In 2016, Rolling Stone ranked Grohl the 27th-best drummer of all time. Grohl was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Nirvana in 2014 and as a member of Foo Fighters in 2021. Grohl was born in Warren, Ohio , on January 14, 1969, the son of teacher Virginia Jean (née Hanlon) and newswriter James Harper Grohl. He

3330-479: The Foo Fighters' song " Learn to Fly ", indicating (in broken Italian), "... I promise [Foo Fighters will] see you soon". On November 3, Foo Fighters performed in Cesena, where Grohl invited some "Rockin' 1000" members onto the stage to perform with the band. On September 15, 2017, Foo Fighters released their ninth studio album Concrete and Gold , which became the band's second album to debut at number one on

3420-600: The Lights Out . Cobain said that he was excited at the possibility of having Novoselic and Grohl contribute more to the band's songwriting. Prior to Nirvana's 1994 European tour, the band scheduled session time at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle to work on demos. For most of the three-day session, Cobain was absent, so Novoselic and Grohl worked on demos of their own songs. They completed several of Grohl's songs, including future Foo Fighters songs "Exhausted", " Big Me ", "February Stars", and "Butterflies". Cobain arrived on

3510-766: The Trini Lopez Gibson, the Grohl model has a stopbar tailpiece and Gibson's new Burstbucker humbuckers. Other signature models have included the heavily customized Alvin Lee "Big Red" 335. A $ 4,000 reissue of the 1963 model was a 2014 "Editor's pick" in Guitar Player magazine. Two Trini Lopez signature models—the Trini Lopez Standard and the Trini Lopez Custom—were initially produced from 1964 to 1971, and reissues have been produced periodically since

3600-539: The United States. The album features eight songs, each inspired by a different U.S. city's musical history and culture researched by Grohl himself. On June 12, 2015, while playing a show in Gothenburg, Sweden, Grohl fell off the stage, breaking his leg. He left temporarily and returned with a cast to finish the concert. Afterward, the band canceled the remainder of its European tour. To avoid having to cancel

3690-399: The album with Grohl on drums. After the sessions were complete, Goldsmith announced his departure from the band, and was replaced by Former Alanis Morissette drummer Taylor Hawkins . Grohl later expressed regret, and said, "There were a lot of reasons it didn't work out, but there was also a part of me that was like, you know, I don't know if I'm finished playing the drums yet". The album

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3780-406: The album. With the album seemingly complete, Grohl headed home to Virginia with a copy of the rough mixes and found himself unhappy with the results. He wrote and recorded a few new songs, " Walking After You " and the hit single " Everlong ", alone at a studio in Washington, D.C. Inspired by the session, Grohl opted to move the band, without Goldsmith's knowledge, to Los Angeles to re-record most of

3870-420: The band for a song or two at three shows during Pearl Jam's March 1995 Australian tour. However, by then, Pearl Jam had already settled on ex- Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons , and Grohl had other solo plans. After his demo received interest from major labels, Grohl was signed by Gary Gersh , Nirvana's A&R rep-turned-president of Capitol Records . Grohl did not want the effort to be considered

3960-494: The band in the video for the song " No One Knows ".) After a brief tour through North America, Britain and Japan with the band and feeling rejuvenated by the effort, Grohl recalled the other band members to completely re-record their album at his studio in Virginia. The effort became their fourth album, One by One . While initially pleased with the results, in another 2005 Rolling Stone interview, Grohl admitted to not liking

4050-526: The band recruited Queen guitarist Brian May to add some guitar flourish to a cover of Pink Floyd 's " Have a Cigar ", a song which Foo Fighters previously recorded as a B-side. The friendship between the two bands resulted in Grohl and Taylor Hawkins being asked to induct Queen into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Grohl and Hawkins joined May and Queen drummer Roger Taylor to perform " Tie Your Mother Down ", with Grohl standing in on vocals for Freddie Mercury . May later contributed guitar work for

4140-636: The band's North American tour as the Broken Leg Tour . In 2016, Grohl lent his throne to Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses after Rose broke his foot. He lent it again in 2021 to Darin Wall, of the Seattle metal band Greyhawk, after Wall was shot in the leg. On July 31, 2015, Grohl posted a personal reply to Fabio Zaffagnini, Marco Sabiu , and the 1,000 participants of the "Rockin' 1000" project in Cesena , Italy, thanking them for their combined performance of

4230-674: The band's first album to reach No. 1 in the United States. Despite rumors of a hiatus, Grohl confirmed in January 2013 that the band had completed writing material for their follow-up to Wasting Light . Grohl and members of Foo Fighters sometimes perform as a cover band "Chevy Metal", as they did in May 2015 at "Conejo Valley Days", a county fair in Thousand Oaks, California. On November 10, 2014, Foo Fighters released their eighth studio album, Sonic Highways , which reached number two in

4320-454: The band's upcoming North American tour, Grohl designed a large "elevated throne" which would allow him to perform on stage with a broken leg. The throne was unveiled at a concert in Washington, D.C., on July 4, where Grohl used the stage's video screens to show the crowd video of him falling from the stage in Gothenburg as well as X-rays of his broken leg. Beginning with the show on July 4, Foo Fighters began selling new tour merchandise rebranding

4410-437: The beefier '59 neck profile. Both necks are made of mahogany. The 30/60 neck is based on the vintage slim neck design seen on most 335 models, with an additional .030 of an inch depth from front to back. The ES-339 comes with variations of pickups, pair of Gibson 57' classic humbuckers, a model reissue of a PAF pick up with Alnico II magnets or MHS Memphis Historic Spec or Burstbucker 1 & 2. The ES-339 Figured features all

4500-611: The character of Marty McFly in the 1985 comedy film Back to the Future . British guitar player John McLaughlin owns a Sunburst ES-345 modified with a Bigsby tailpiece and a scalloped fingerboard . He played this guitar in the One Truth Band and Trio of Doom . The ES-345 was discontinued in 1981, one year after the Gibson Lucille, which is based on the ES-355 (see below), was launched. The differences between

4590-406: The club and saw some shows that changed my life." As a teenager in Washington, D.C., Grohl briefly contemplated joining Gwar , a shock rock band that was seeking a drummer. At age 17, Grohl auditioned with local Washington, D.C., favorites Scream to fill the vacancy left by the departure of drummer Kent Stax . In order to be considered for the position, Grohl lied about his age, claiming he

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4680-484: The controversy failed to create a lasting rift between the bands. Foo Fighters covered Killing Joke's "Requiem" during the late 1990s, and were joined by Killing Joke singer Jaz Coleman for a performance of the song at a show in New Zealand in 2003. Also in 2003, at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards , Grohl performed in an ad hoc supergroup with Bruce Springsteen , Elvis Costello , and Steven Van Zandt in tribute to

4770-714: The devil in the song " Beelzeboss ", and performed on its soundtrack. He also performed drums for their 2012 album Rize of the Fenix . In 2002, Grohl helped Chan Marshall of Cat Power on the album You Are Free and played with Queens of the Stone Age on their album Songs for the Deaf . Grohl also toured with the band in support of the album, delaying work on the Foo Fighters' album One by One . In 2004, Grohl drummed on six tracks for Nine Inch Nails ' 2005 album With Teeth and played percussion on one more, later returning to play drums on 'The Idea of You' from their 2016 EP Not

4860-419: 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 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

4950-521: The electronic pickup circuit of the guitar in order to alter its resonant frequency and add "color" to the sound. The ES-345 also featured an optional stereophonic output jack, gold plated hardware, large split parallelogram fingerboard inlays (similar to ES 175), and a thicker three-ply edge binding than that of the ES-335. Notable users include Chuck Berry , B.B. King , Freddie King , Bill Nelson , Jorma Kaukonen , Fred Frith , Porl Thompson of The Cure , Steve Howe , Bob Welch , Elvin Bishop and

5040-411: The first position of the fretboard. In addition to the headstock, binding is also applied to the fretboard and both the front and the back edges of the body. Rather than the rosewood fretboard on a 335 or 345, both variations of the 355 have an ebony fingerboard for a 'smoother' sound. Reissues use a richlite fingerboard. Early models of Epiphone's limited edition budget version had an ebony fingerboard but

5130-409: The initial months with Nirvana traveling to various labels as the band shopped for a deal, eventually signing with DGC Records . In the spring of 1991, the band entered Sound City Studios in Los Angeles to record Nevermind , which is depicted in Grohl's 2013 documentary Sound City . Nevermind (1991) exceeded all expectations and became a worldwide commercial success. At the same time, Grohl

5220-404: The initial run. The Trini Lopez Standard has the same body shape and profile as the ES-335, with diamond-shaped holes in the place of the f-shaped holes, a Gibson Firebird headstock (of the ‘non-reverse’ style), split diamond inlays on the fingerboard, a trapeze tailpiece with a plaque with Trini Lopez's name, and a standard cherry red finish. A modified version of the Trini Lopez Standard, with

5310-469: The introduction of their first solid-body, the Gibson Les Paul , a significantly different instrument from Les Paul 's early electric guitar experiment, "The Log", which consisted of a center block with detachable chambers on both sides, a neck, hardware, and a pickup attached. By 1958, Gibson was making a few solid-body models that had much lower feedback and better sustain but lacked the darker, warmer tone and unamplified volume of hollow bodies. The ES-335

5400-403: The later issues had a rosewood board. The ES-355 was available with a Vibrola vibrato unit or a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece . It was also available with a stereo output and Varitone tone filter circuitry. When fitted with the optional stereo wiring and Varitone, the model was known as the ES-355TD-SV. The best-known user of the ES-355 is probably B.B. King , whose trademark guitar, Lucille ,

5490-649: The music cassette Pocketwatch under the pseudonym Late! on the now-defunct indie label Simple Machines . In 1993, Grohl was recruited to help recreate the music of the Beatles ' early years for the movie Backbeat . In 1993–94, he played drums in the Backbeat Band, an alternative rock supergroup that also included Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs , indie producer Don Fleming , Mike Mills of R.E.M. , Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth , and Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum . In 1994, Grohl played drums on two tracks for Mike Watt 's Ball-Hog or Tugboat? . In early 1995, Grohl and Foo Fighters played their first US tour:

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5580-476: The other band members and placed more pressure on Grohl. Grohl's demo was remixed by Rob Schnapf and Tom Rothrock and released in July 1995 as Foo Fighters' self-titled debut album . During a break between tours, the band entered the studio and recorded a cover of Gary Numan 's " Down in the Park ". In February 1996, Grohl and his then-wife Jennifer Youngblood made a brief cameo appearance on The X-Files third-season episode " Pusher ". After touring for

5670-438: The recently deceased singer/guitarist Joe Strummer . Grohl lent his drumming skills to other artists during the early 2000s. In 2000, he played drums and sang on a track, "Goodbye Lament", for Tony Iommi 's album Iommi . In 2001, Grohl performed on Tenacious D 's debut album, and appeared in the video for lead single " Tribute " as a demon . He later appeared in the duo's 2006 movie Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as

5760-407: The record: "Four of the songs were good, and the other seven I never played again in my life. We rushed into it, and we rushed out of it." On November 23, 2002, Grohl achieved a historical milestone by replacing himself on the top of the Billboard modern rock chart, when " You Know You're Right " by Nirvana was replaced by " All My Life " by Foo Fighters. When "All My Life" ended its run, after

5850-487: The recording in two weeks, and immediately joined Foo Fighters to work on their follow-up. During the initial sessions for Foo Fighters' second album, tension emerged between Grohl and drummer Goldsmith. Goldsmith said, "Dave had me do 96 takes of one song, and I had to do 13 hours' worth of takes on another one...It just seemed that everything I did wasn't good enough for him, or anyone else". Goldsmith also believed that Capitol and producer Gil Norton wanted Grohl to drum on

5940-545: The rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures , and has recorded and toured with Queens of the Stone Age and Tenacious D . He has organized side projects Late! , which released the album Pocketwatch , and Probot . Grohl began directing Foo Fighters music videos in 1997. He released his debut documentary, Sound City , in 2013, then the 2014 documentary miniseries Sonic Highways and the 2021 documentary film What Drives Us . In 2021, Grohl released an autobiography, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music . In 2022, he and

6030-420: The same construction of a typical 335 with the 3ply maple top, maple center block, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, but with Lollartron™ pickups in the neck and bridge, resembling the classic look on the Filter'tron™ pickups, used extensively by Gretsch . Also they feature one model (Olive Dab Green) with a Bigsby B7 vibrato tailpiece and another (Satin Ebony) with a Tune O Matic tailpiece. Gibson also markets

6120-436: The same design specifications with exception to the wood construction, which is curly maple (also known as flamed maple ). This model is even more expensive than the standard ES-339. There is also a ES-339 studio version. Epiphone also made 3 versions of the ES-339, called the ES-339 Pro, ES-339 P90 Pro and the Ultra-339. They are considerably less expensive than the Gibson version. They currently make one model called under

6210-410: The same tailpiece, fingerboard, headstock, and electronics as the Trini Lopez Standard. The Gibson ES-345 (semi-hollow) was first produced in 1958 as an upscale version of the ES-335. Although the design is very similar to the 335, the 345 featured a multi-position "Varitone" switch located just above the lead tone and volume controls, which added various combinations of inductors and capacitors to

6300-431: The self-titled album for more than a year, Grohl returned home and began work on the soundtrack to the 1997 movie Touch . Grohl performed all of the instruments and vocals himself, save for vocals from Veruca Salt singer Louise Post on the title track, keyboards by Barrett Jones (who also co-produced the record) on one track, and vocals and guitar by X's John Doe on "This Loving Thing (Lynn's Song)". Grohl completed

6390-525: The song "Gods Look Down". During a Toronto stop on their 1987 tour, Grohl played drums for Iggy Pop at a CD release party held at famed club the El Mocambo . In 1990, Scream unexpectedly disbanded midtour following the departure of bassist Skeeter Thompson . While playing in Scream, Grohl became a fan of the Melvins and eventually befriended them. During a 1990 tour stop on the West Coast , Melvins guitarist Buzz Osborne took his friends Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic , both then with Nirvana , to see

6480-492: The song "Tired of You" on the ensuing Foo Fighters album, as well as on an unreleased Foo Fighters song called "Knucklehead". Near the end of 2001, Foo Fighters returned to the studio to work on their fourth album. After four months in the studio, with the sessions finished, Grohl accepted an invitation to join Queens of the Stone Age and helped them to record their 2002 album Songs for the Deaf . (Grohl can be seen drumming for

6570-410: The start of 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). He and Novoselic decided against Novoselic joining; Grohl said it would have felt "really natural" for them to work together again, but would have been uncomfortable for

6660-614: The third day, and the band recorded a demo of " You Know You're Right ". It was Nirvana's final studio recording before the suicide of Kurt Cobain on April 8, 1994. Two decades later, on April 10, 2014, Grohl was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Nirvana. Following Cobain's suicide in April 1994, Grohl went into isolation and retreated for several months, unsure what to do next. He ended up leaving Seattle entirely, winding up in County Kerry , Ireland. In

6750-507: The two models are: As of 2020, The ES-345 is back in production. Instead of the Varitone switch and stereo output, this new version differentiates from the ES-335 mostly in its traditional aesthetics, but does feature a thermally-engineered maple centerblock and quartersawn adirondack spruce bracing. The Gibson ES-355 (Thinline semi-hollow , Double pickups) was at the top of Gibson's range of thinline semi-hollowbody electric guitars. It

6840-743: Was Paul McCartney 's special guest for a concert at the Anfield football stadium in Liverpool , in one of the central events of the English city's year as European Capital of Culture . Grohl joined McCartney's band singing backup vocals and playing guitar on " Band on the Run " and drums on " Back in the U.S.S.R. " and " I Saw Her Standing There ". Grohl also performed with McCartney at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards , again playing drums on " I Saw Her Standing There ". Grohl also helped pay tribute to McCartney at

6930-414: Was an attempt to find a middle ground: a warmer tone than a solid body produced with almost as little feedback. Though semi-hollow-bodies like the ES-335 are essentially a compromise of earlier designs, they are for this reason extremely flexible, as shown by the ES-335's popularity in a wide range of music, including blues , jazz , and rock . Initially offered at a basic price of $ 267.50, it quickly became

7020-442: Was an early influence: "When I got 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." During his developing years as a drummer, Grohl cited John Bonham as his greatest influence, and eventually had Bonham's three-rings symbol tattooed on his right shoulder. Mission Impossible rebranded themselves Fast before breaking up, after which Grohl joined

7110-460: Was compiling and recording his own material, which he released on a cassette called Pocketwatch in 1992 on indie label Simple Machines. Rather than using his own name, Grohl released the cassette under the pseudonym "Late!" In the later years with Nirvana, Grohl's songwriting contributions to the band increased. In Grohl's initial months in Olympia, Washington , Cobain overheard him working on

7200-554: Was designed as the successor to the Gibson ES-225 . Dave Grohl David Eric Grohl ( / ˈ ɡ r oʊ l / ; born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He founded the rock band Foo Fighters , of which he is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter. From 1990 to 1994, he was the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana . In 1986, at age 17, Grohl joined the punk rock band Scream , replacing drummer Kent Stax . After Scream broke up in 1990, Grohl became

7290-470: Was like, 'What, that little dude and that big motherfucker? You're kidding me'." When Grohl joined Nirvana, the band had already recorded several demos for the follow-up to their debut album Bleach , and had spent time recording with producer Butch Vig in Wisconsin . Initially, the plan was to release the album on Sub Pop , but Nirvana received a great deal of interest based on the demos. Grohl spent

7380-534: Was manufactured from 1958 to 1982, fitted with the Varitone Stereo option (SV), as the ES-355TD-SV released in 1959. This guitar is now available in reissues from Gibson's main line or custom shop. The headstock has a split-diamond inlay rather than the smaller crown inlay on the 335/345, in addition to a multiple-layered binding. The fingerboard inlays are inlaid mother-of-pearl blocks, beginning at

7470-572: Was older. To Grohl's surprise, the band asked him to join, so he dropped out of high school in his junior year. He has been quoted as saying, "I was 17 and extremely anxious to see the world, so I did it." Over the next four years, Grohl toured extensively with Scream, recording a live album (their show of May 4, 1990, in Alzey, Germany, being released by Tobby Holzinger as Your Choice Live Series Vol.10 ) and two studio albums, No More Censorship and Fumble , on which Grohl penned and sang vocals on

7560-426: Was recorded. It was recorded following the departure from Capitol and their former president Gary Gersh. Grohl described the recording experience as "intoxicating at times" because the band members were left completely to their own devices. He added, "One of the advantages of finishing the record before we had a new label was that it was purely our creation. It was complete and not open to outside tampering." In 2000,

7650-488: Was released in May 1997 as The Colour and the Shape . It produced several singles, including "Everlong", " My Hero ", and " Monkey Wrench ", and cemented Foo Fighters as a staple of rock radio. The following September, Smear left the band, citing a need to settle down after a lifetime of touring. Smear was replaced by Grohl's former Scream bandmate Franz Stahl . Stahl departed before the band recorded its third album and

7740-412: Was released on June 2, 2023. The album is dedicated to Hawkins and Grohl's mother, Virginia, both of whom died in 2022. Grohl frequently participates in music projects apart from his main bands. In 1992, he played drums on Buzz Osborne 's Kiss -styled solo-EP King Buzzo ; he was credited as "Dale Nixon", a pseudonym that Greg Ginn adopted to play bass on Black Flag's My War . He also released

7830-458: Was released on September 25, 2007. It was recorded during a three-month period between March 2007 and June 2007, and its release was preceded by the first single " The Pretender " on September 17. The second single, " Long Road to Ruin ", was released on December 3, 2007, followed by the third single, " Let It Die ", on June 24, 2008. On November 3, 2009, Foo Fighters released their first Greatest Hits collection, consisting of 16 tracks including

7920-444: Was replaced by touring guitarist Chris Shiflett , who later became a full-fledged member during the recording of One by One . Grohl's life of non-stop touring and travel continued with Foo Fighters' popularity. During his infrequent pauses he lived in Seattle and Los Angeles before returning to Alexandria, Virginia . It was there that he turned his basement into a recording studio where the 1999 album There Is Nothing Left to Lose

8010-448: Was seven, his parents divorced, 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. 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 territory. We'd meet in the middle sometimes with Bowie and Siouxsie and

8100-435: Was the basis for a 1981 signature model. It has the optional stereo wiring and Varitone circuitry as standard. It differs from the ES-355 by having a maple neck instead of mahogany, the name "Lucille" on the headstock, and the lack of an F-hole on its top. The EB-2 was first produced in 1958 as the bass version of the ES-335. Having the same body as the ES-335, it held a 30.5" scale neck and hardware borrowed directly from

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