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When I joined Nirvana, I was the fifth or sixth drummer - I don't know if they'd ever had a drummer they were totally happy with. And they were strangers. There was never much of a deeper connection outside of the music.

Dave Grohl

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Dave Grohl
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 14
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