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Topic: Foo Fighters

Harper Grohl, Jordyn Blum, Dave Grohl, Ophelia Grohl, and Violet Grohl attend the 65th GRAMMY Awards on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Jon Kopaloff/WireImage/Getty Images)

Grohl fathers child outside marriage

Beyoncé performs onstage during the "RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR" at Rogers Centre on July 08, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood)

Musicians against Trump using their song

Dave Grohl performs with the Foo Fighters at Fenway Park on July 21, 2024. (Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Foo Fighters slam Trump for song use

Andre 3000 (Photo by Kai Regan)

André 3000's comeback, Beatles hit No. 1

Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters performs on stage at GHMBA Stadium March 4, 2022 in Geelong, Australia. (Photo by Paul Rovere/The Age/Fairfax Media via Getty Images)

Remembering Taylor Hawkins

Dave Grohl (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Dave Grohl: deaf like me

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters at Global Citizen VAX LIVE: The Concert To Reunite The World (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Global Citizen VAX LIVE)

Anti-vaxxers protest Foo Fighters

A photo of the author with her son, Dave (courtesy of the author)

Rocking the f-bomb

Virginia Hanlon Grohl

Pearl Jam (Getty/Samir Hussein)

Pearl Jam makes history

Dave Grohl performs at the Oscars, Feb. 28, 2016. (AP/Chris Pizzello)

Oscars have a Grohl problem

David Letterman hosts his final broadcast of the Late Show with David Letterman (John Paul Filo/CBS)

Backstage as Dave said goodbye

(The Late Show with David Letterman)

Foo Fighters salute Letterman

Colin Gorenstein

Norm's epic Letterman tweet

Robert Christgau (Nina Christgau)

Robert Christgau tells all

(Nela Koenig)

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