Violet Grohl

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Violet Grohl
Born (2006-04-15) April 15, 2006 (age 18)
Los Angeles, United States
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2018–present

Violet Maye Grohl (born April 15, 2006) is an American singer. She is the eldest daughter of Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. She is primarily known for her live appearances with Foo Fighters and for her feature on their 2023 single "Show Me How".

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Early life

Grohl was born in Los Angeles, California, on April 15, 2006, to Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl and director Jordyn Blum. [1] [2] She spent her childhood in Los Angeles, alongside younger sisters Harper and Ophelia. [1]

Career

Grohl's first professional appearance as a musician occurred in 2018 when she was 12 years old. [1] [3] At a benefit concert held at the Fox Oakland Theatre to support the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, she and her father performed a rendition of Adele's "When We Were Young". [1] [2] [3] Discussing the performance, NME noted, "Grohl prove[d] that she’s very much on the way to becoming a star in her own right, showing off some seriously impressive pipes." [3]

At a 2020 charity event supporting The Art of Elysium, Grohl performed Nirvana’s song "Heart-Shaped Box" alongside the remaining members of the band, Dave Grohl, bassist Krist Novoselic, and touring guitarist Pat Smear, at the Hollywood Palladium. [4] She also performed vocals in sets with Beck and St. Vincent. [5]

In 2021, Grohl and her father released a cover of X's "Nausea". [1] [6] [7] Later in the year, she was featured on father's 2021 project The Hanukkah Sessions, where she covered Amy Winehouse's "Take the Box". [2] [8] She also contributed backing vocals to Foo Fighters's single "Making a Fire". [6] [9]

In 2022, Grohl participated in tribute shows to late drummer Taylor Hawkins that took place in Wembley and Inglewood, California. [2] She opened the concert in Inglewood singing a cover of "Hallelujah". [10] At Wembley she sang Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye" and "Grace", [2] as well as Amy Winehouse's "Valerie".

In 2023, Grohl was featured on the Foo Fighters's single "Show Me How", harmonizing with her father, and appeared alongside the band at the 2023 Glastonbury Festival, [1] [11] where the band performed under the pseudonym The ChurnUps. [12]

Discography

Solo work

  1. "Nausea" (2021)
  2. "Take the Box" on The Hanukkah Sessions2021 (2021)
  3. "At Seventeen" on The Hanukkah Sessions2022 (2022)

With Foo Fighters

  1. "Making a Fire" on Medicine at Midnight (2020)
  2. "Show Me How" on But Here We Are (2023)

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