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As one of the original fans of Nirvana (R.I.P. Kurt Cobain), I’m well acquainted with Dave Grohl. Actually, not so much, but whenever I hear about him or see him in an interview, I always like him. He seems like a really funny, down-to-earth guy. A few years after Nirvana died with Kurt Cobain, Grohl started up Foo Fighters, this time with himself as the lead singer. After hanging tough with withering criticism that Foo Fighters were nowhere near as good as Nirvana, Grohl and his bandmates went on to become extremely successful and popular. Grohl even has side projects with Queens of the Stone Age, Nine Inch Nails and Probot, amongst others.
I didn’t know much about Grohl’s personal life, other than it in no way resembled Kurt Cobain’s. After his first marriage ended in 1997, Grohl settled down with Jordyn Blum sometime in 2001-2002. The couple married in 2003, and they welcomed their first child together in 2006, a daughter they named Violet Maye. Dave and Jordyn just welcomed their second child on April 17, another little girl. They named her Harper Willow. Nice.
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, 40, and his wife Jordyn Blum, 32, welcomed their second daughter on April 17, the singer announced in a statement.
Harper Willow Grohl is named after Grohl’s great uncle Harper Bonebrake and, according to dad, is “7 lbs. 8 oz., 20-inches long and loud as hell.”
Harper joins 3-year-old big sister Violet Maye, who will hopefully influence her new sibling’s taste in music.
“Violet loves the Amy Winehouse record,” he told PEOPLE last fall. “It’s all about the ‘Rehab’ song. If she hears ‘Try to make me go to rehab,’ Violet will go, ‘No no no.’ I know, it’s a little weird, but it’s really cute!”
[From People Magazine]
That’s interesting that Harper is a family name – whenever I hear it, I always think that somebody’s parents were obsessed with To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. It’s also really cute that Violet loves Amy Winehouse. In past interviews, Dave has said that Violet also loves The Beatles (who doesn’t?) and Mozart.
Congratulations to Dave, Jordyn and their two girls! It’s Dave’s lot in life to be surrounded by women!
Here are Dave and Jordyn at Music Cares man of the year dinner honoring Neil Diamond on February 6th. Images thanks to WENN.com .
Written by Kaiser
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16 Responses to “Foo Fighter Dave Grohl & wife welcome second daughter, ‘Harper Willow’”
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lovely name! congrats to the happy family!
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I like the name too.
And Kudos to Jordyn for being significantly thinner than her husband even while 7 months preggers.
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His wife is so pretty! I wish I could have looked like that while I was prego!
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My baby also loves Mozart and my husband’s dad has that interesting theory that it’s music kids are sensitive to as he wrote some of it when he was a kid himself.
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That’s a sexy looking couple. I bet their kids are gorgeous.
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Harper is a beautiful name. I once had a really nice neighbour who used to babysit for us whose name was Harper, and when she died her hair red one day, I accidentally said “How does the new colour work with the rest of your whoredrobe?” Totally unintentional, but she never babysat for us again.
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thank God he became famous or he would have never landed a hottie like that
he looks like a fish
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Congrats to the lovely couple. Beautiful name…although am slightly biased as my little one’s middle name is Willow too ;o)
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Love him and he’s actually quite hot most of the time but I love drummers. Lol. They look so happy. I wouldn’t be surprised if that accounted for his weight gain. I don’t care. I love that musical mind. What a lovely couple.
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I like the name, different but not cruel. I have a cat named Willow, otherwise known as Siamese Pussy.
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Aw, my friend’s daughter is named Harper! And while my friend is not OBSESSED with To Kill a Mockingbird, that IS where she got the name, yes
I like Dave Grohl. Not sure why, must be the “Nirvana was the soundtrack to my teen years” thing – hard to shake something like that
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I love Dave Grohl!
Saw Foo Fighters live and they were amazing
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“whoredrobe” lol!!
Er hope the baby doesnt get mommys chin!
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congrats
i love dave he is the best drummer and one of the best frontman i ever saw kurt cobain bets him in frontman but he is the best drummer anyway congrats on a another little dave lol
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I LOVE YOU DAVE!
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HEYYYYY
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH
LOVE YOU DAVE & JORDYN AND VIOLET AND LITTLE HARPER! TOOOO
THE GREATEST FAMILY EVER!!!!!!
I’M FROM URUGUAY,
GROHL FAMILY SHOULD VISIT ME!
YEAHHHHHHHH
ROCK AND GROHL FOR EVERRRR FUCKERS!!!!
((FOOLOVER))
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