Arlington has some pretty amazing people come out of it, there's no way to know how many.
Dave Grohl went to Thomas Jefferson HS, then Transferred to Bishop Ireton.
"I went to the 9:30 club hundreds of times." Grohl said.
He lived right behind the park I went to every day growing up in my neighbor hood, then he joined the DC punk band
Scream then moved to Seattle and joined the band
Nirvana, ever heard of it? As Kurt died, so died the band.
After a short stint in
Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers, he started working on a solo album, which turned into the album
Foo Fighters He then drafted 2 new members from
Sunny Day Real Estate and his former
Nirvana Band mate Pat Smear to round out the band.
After that He formed
Queens of the Stone Age, and has some other projects most recently
Them Crooked Vultures which includes Josh Homme from the
queens of the stone age John Paul Jones of the legendary
Led Zeppelin who's drummer, John Bonham, Grohl cites as a main and essential influence in his drumming growing up.
"You are not me, Arlandria, Arlandria.
You and what army, Arlandria, Arlandria?
Oh, God you gotta make it stop.
My sweet Virginia, I'm the same as I was in your arm.
My sweet Virginia, I'm the same as I was in your heart."