On October 11, 1990, Dave Grohl played his very first show with burgeoning grunge stars Nirvana. The performance took place in the North Shore Surf Club in Olympia, Washington.
Vocalist/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic first caught wind of Grohl's drumming when Melvin's frontman Buzz Osbourne took them to watch him in action with his previous band, Virginia hardcore group Scream, in San Francisco in August 1990. On watching the set, Cobain said, “That’s the kind of drummer we need", and later flew Grohl out to the Pacific Northwest for an audition after Scream's disbandment.
