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Originally Posted by Derek
A lot of you will disagree with me on this but I think Dave Grohl has ultimately influenced a generation of drummers to think that the main goal is to be a powerhouse. This influence has somewhat eliminated the subtleties and restrain brilliant drummers usually have. You could point out things such as, "oh but... he was subtle and restrained in Unplugged!". Yeah, he had to be, but that's not the drummer he is really.
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I could agree with this but it seems a rather inadvertent occurrence, as Dave has spent most of his time the past 15 years trying to accentuate his own guitar playing and singing/song writing. Dave has been in far more projects as a drummer, true, and I of course always believe his drumming is his best work as a musician, and I adore much more of his drum work than his guitar work (aside from a few rather good tunes from the earlier years)..
I think that Dave's influence has been more subtle, which is ironic considering your point is that his own drumming blew out subtlety in mainstream drum work (which I also agree with by the way)
I think its the whole media hype behind how big Nirvana got, and then the fact that Dave managed a very successful solo career after, which both kept in the mainstream spotlight but also kept people reminded that he was the "drummer from Nirvana" in a way that didn't work for other drummers like say Ringo Starr..