Violet Grohl

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".

Violet Grohl
Born	(2006-04-15) April 15, 2006 (age 18) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	2018–present
Parents	Dave Grohl (father) Jordyn Blum (mother)

Early life

Violet 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] Following an incident in September 2024 involving her father, Grohl temporarily disabled her social media accounts.^[3]

Career

Grohl's first professional appearance as a musician occurred in 2018 when she was 12 years old.^[1][4] 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][4] 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."^[4]

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.^[5] She also performed vocals in sets with Beck and St. Vincent.^[6]

In 2021, Grohl and her father released a cover of X's "Nausea".^[1][7][8] 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][9] She also contributed backing vocals to Foo Fighters's single "Making a Fire".^[7][10]

In 2022, Grohl participated in tribute shows to late Foos drummer and close friend of her family's, Taylor Hawkins that took place in Wembley, England and Inglewood, California.^[2] She opened the concert in Inglewood singing a cover of "Hallelujah".^[11] At Wembley she sang Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye" and "Grace",^[2] as well as the Zutons'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][12] where the band performed under the pseudonym the ChurnUps.^[13]

On January 30, 2025, the surviving members of Nirvana (Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear) reunited for the first time in five years to perform a surprise four song set at the Fire Aid benefit concert in Los Angeles. Violet Grohl joined the band on lead vocals for the final song, "All Apologies".^[14]

Discography

Solo work

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

with Foo Fighters

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

References

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3. Sacks, Hannah (September 10, 2024). "Dave Grohl's Daughter Violet Appears to Deactivate Instagram Account amid His * Announcement". People magazine. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
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8. Reilly, Nick (April 23, 2021). "Dave Grohl teams up with daughter Violet to cover 'Nausea' by LA punk legends X". NME. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
9. Kinane, Ruth (December 3, 2021). "Watch Dave Grohl's 15-year-old daughter perform soulful Amy Winehouse cover". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on July 7, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
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11. "Violet Grohl opens up Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert with haunting version of Hallelujah". Loudersound. September 28, 2022. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
12. Paige, Ashley (June 24, 2023). "Dave Grohl's Daughter Violet, 17, Sings Onstage at Glastonbury with Foo Fighters: 'That's My Girl'". People. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
13. Hassan, Beril Naz; Mata, William; Hewitt, Sian (June 27, 2023). "Who are The ChurnUps? Foo Fighters revealed as Glastonbury mystery act". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
14. Aswad, Jem (January 30, 2025). "Three-Fourths of Nirvana Reunite for Bruising FireAid Set With St. Vincent, Kim Gordon, Joan Jett and Violet Grohl". Variety. Retrieved January 31, 2025.