Dave Grohl's First Wife: All We Know about Jennifer Youngblood and Their Marriage

Posted by Zora Stowers on Monday, May 20, 2024

Dave Grohl. | Source: Getty Images

Dave Grohl is one of the most famous and influential musicians in the business, but many know nothing about his first marriage to Jennifer Youngblood.

Fans of Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl know all about his marriage to his wife of 20 years Jordyn Blum, but few remember that he had been married before.

Dave Grohl's first wife was Jennifer Youngblood, a woman who was there to see him through the heartbreak and depression of Kurt Cobain's suicide.

Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters in 2000. | Source: Getty Images

Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dave Grohl is known in the music world as one of the most devoted of family men. He has been married to producer and director Jordyn Blum with whom he shares three beautiful daughters since 2003.

The couple welcomed their daughter Violet Maye in 2006, Harper Willow in 2009, and Ophelia Saint in 2014. Grohl is a doting dad, and his girls seem to have inherited his musical talent.

Grohl's split from Youngblood affected him profoundly, but years later he admitted that it was due to his infidelities.

Many don't know that Jordyn Blum is Grohl's second wife, and that he was married to Jennifer Youngblood for over three years, and the end of their relationship shook the Foo Fighters.

Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl in 1991. | Source: Getty Images

Dave Grohl Used to Be Married to Photographer Jennifer Youngblood

The cover of Foo Fighters' first album in 1995 featured a disintegrator pistol used by sci-fi character Buck Rogers. The author of the photo was photographer Jennifer Youngblood, Grohl's first wife.

Youngblood's contribution to Foo Fighter's first album is greater. She was the inspiration behind the music project's first single, the song "This Is A Call." Grohl wrote the song in his hotel room, on his honeymoon with Youngblood in Dublin, Ireland in 1994. He said:

“The verse is just [expletive], it’s nothing, I wrote it in a bathroom, but the chorus on the other hand means a lot to me. This was me finally saying goodbye to my past.”

Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, with Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins and Nate Mendel of Foo Fighters at the 16th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, in 2001. | Source: Getty Images

Dave Grohl and Jennifer Youngblood’s Marriage Lasted Only a Few Years

Very little is known about how Youngblood and Grohl met, but they married in 1994, and the musician explained that they were very young when they married. He revealed:

"I was 25, my wife was even younger. We weren't ready to get married. I miss her a ton, she's the funniest [expletive] weirdo you ever met in your life. Absolutely adorable. It would have been better had we not got married. But you live and you learn."

Dave Grohl and Pat Smear of the Foo Fighters performing in San Bernardino. | Source: Getty Images

Dave Grohl’s Divorce from Jennifer Complicated the Situation with His Band

The chaos of Grohl's divorce from Youngblood in 1997 spilled over into the Foo Fighters. Pat Smear, who was close to Youngblood, left over the split.

The Foo Fighters were on the verge of collapse, and Smear and Grohl were estranged for years. They eventually made up their differences, and Smear rejoined the Foo Fighters in 2005.

Little is known about Youngblood, and she has kept a low profile for the last 26 years. She might have remarried, or could be raising a family in her native Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Wherever she is, or whatever she is doing, Jennifer Youngblood will forever be part of the history of rock & roll.

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