Foo Fighters
Biography
While he was drumming with Nirvana, Dave Grohl was recording original songs at home that never received public release. Those tapes would become the foundation of Foo Fighters, the band he formed in 1995, after the death of Kurt Cobain. Like Nirvana, Foo Fighters melded loud, heavy guitars with pretty melodies and mixed punk sensibilities with a sharp sense of pop songwriting.
Dave Grohl began playing guitar and writing songs in his early teens, as well as performing with a variety of hardcore punk bands. In the late '80s, when he was still in his teens, he joined the Washington, D.C.-area hardcore band Scream as their drummer. During the final days of Scream, Grohl began recording his own material in the basement studio of his friend Barrett Jones. Some of Grohl's songs appeared on Scream's final album, Fumble. After Scream's 1990 summer tour, Grohl joined Nirvana and moved to Seattle.
After Nirvana recorded Nevermind, Grohl went back to the D.C. area and recorded a handful of tracks that would appear on Pocketwatch, a cassette released by Simple Machines. For most of 1992 he was busy with Nirvana, but when the band stayed off of the road, he recorded solo material with Jones, who had moved to Seattle. The pair kept recording throughout early 1993, when Grohl returned to Nirvana to record In Utero. Grohl had toyed with the idea of releasing another independent cassette in the summer of 1993, but the plans never reached fruition. Following Kurt Cobain's suicide in 1994, the drummer kept quiet for several months. In the fall of 1994, booking time in a professional studio, Grohl and Jones recorded the album that became Foo Fighters' debut album in a week. Boiling down his backlog of songs to about 15 tracks, Grohl played all of the instruments on the album. He made 100 copies of the tape, passing it out to friends and associates. In no time, Grohl's solo project became the object of a fierce record company bidding war.
Instead of embarking on a full-fledged solo career, Grohl decided to form a band. Through his wife he met Nate Mendel, the bassist for Sunny Day Real Estate. Shortly before the pair met, Jeremy Enigk, the leader of Sunny Day Real Estate, had converted to Christianity and quit the band, effectively ending the group's career. Not only did Mendel join Grohl's band, but so did Sunny Day's drummer, William Goldsmith; former Germs and Nirvana guitarist Pat Smear rounded out the lineup. The band, named Foo Fighters after a World War II secret force that allegedly researched UFOs, signed a contract with Capitol Records. The band's self-titled debut, consisting solely of Dave Grohl's solo recordings, was released on July 4, 1995. It was an instant success in America, as "This Is a Call" garnered heavy alternative and album rock airplay. By early 1996, the album was certified platinum in the U.S.
Throughout 1996, Foo Fighters supported the album with an extensive tour, enjoying a crossover hit with "Big Me" that spring. Late in the year, the group began recording their second album with producer Gil Norton. During the sessions, William Goldsmith left the band due to creative tensions, leaving Grohl to drum on the majority of the album. Before the record's release in the spring of 1997, Goldsmith was replaced by Taylor Hawkins, who had previously drummed with Alanis Morissette. The Colour and the Shape, Foo Fighters' second album and the first they recorded as a band, was issued in May of 1997. Smear left the group in the wake of the album's completion, and was replaced by guitarist Franz Stahl, whose stay proved short-lived; 1999's There Is Nothing Left to Lose was recorded as a three-piece, with ex-No Use for a Name guitarist Chris Shiflett signing on soon after. One by One, the group's most polished production, appeared in late 2002, followed by 2005's In Your Honor, which narrowly missed the top of Billboard's album chart. After releasing a live album titled Skin and Bones in 2006, the band returned to Norton's studio and started constructing a dozen fractured and eclectic rock songs to be released in 2007 under the name Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Selected Discography

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
2007

Skin & Bones (Live)
2006

In Your Honor
2005

One By One
2002

There Is Nothing Left To Lose
1999
Seriously, can't we all just get along? This is a great forum for music lovers to voice their opinions. Which are SUBJECTIVE! There is no right or wrong. Nor any reason for all the anger and !!****!!!.
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holy crap some of these people have had a large gulp of haterade for breakfast wow!!!
i LOVE the foo! they rock!!! i have all they're cd's and i went to see them in chicago and they were, in a word, amazing!!!! love em'! keep it up boys! p.s. dave grohl is a silly b**ch :) |
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dave grohl is an arrogant sht, not a fan at all...and for everyone thats been hatin on porks, these message boards are for people to leave comments about the artist, it doesn't say anywhere that you have to leave a nice comment. its about speaking your mind, whether its criticizing a band or talking about how they're gods of rock and roll..which by the way i can't believe people said about grohl
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listen dude, "Ill stick around" is about Kurt, because in an interveiw Grohl says it is. another song dedicated to Kurt was Filter's "Hey Man Nice Shot". everyone knows that, but if your dumb enough to think that DAve Grohl is a rcok icon then your dumb enough to have not know that.....
shall i say NUff said"? which by the way i dont say that when did i ever say nuff said? |
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Ok there porkmeister, your lost. I'm a carpenter, and my 'profit' comes from honesty and hard work. Anyway, take it as you will, but after the loss of some very close family members when I was young, music is all I had from compleatly giving up and staying lost.
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Jay, how do you know " I'll stick around" is about Kurt? If you read the bio you'll know that most of the songs he wrote before Kurt was murdered. So as you like to say, nuff said.
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Dave Grohl is an inspiration for anyone who've profited off the death of a friend. "I'll stick around"(foo' s first single)... thats sweet Dave, real sweet of you. saying things like "I don't owe you anything" as lyrics in your music. i mean, its good to be credited as nirvana's 6TH drummer... but good for you, i'm glad you;ve moved on because the music industry sure as hell hasn't you sellout.
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F**k Yeah!!! Foo Fighters rock! Props to Dave for moving on! You are an inspiration to those who have lost our friends and family that were lost themselves. Rock on!!!
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I've seen the Foo live twice and each time I was completly blown away. Only truly gifted bands can reach out to a concert crowd and make you feel like you're the only one there! Dave is a phemon! Rock on Foo, Rock on!
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great band.
and all people talk shyt saying things like... "how courtney took kurt"....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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If you listen to this station, you also get to hear a ton of Nirvana tracks as well...consi d e r it as a 2 in 1 station.
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Everybody give it up for my main man David Grohl. Repect. Respect. Booyahkasha! ! !
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Okay, forgive me for saying this, but Nirvana didn't have "pretty" melodies. Part of their appeal was that Kurt couldn't really sing. Foo Fighters, on the other hand, are absolutely amazing, and have some simple yet amazing melodies. Personally, I think that Grohl is infinitely better at songwriting than Kurt ever was, but Kurt will always be more well-known because he's one of the "Rock Martyrs."
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Hey! There's nothing wrong with ABBA! I am shocked and appalled, sir. Wanna fight about it?
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Is there a big trophie for posting the most annoying comments as many times as you can on some band you dont listen to's page? Cause if there is, Jay Porks has definately earned it. If you dont like it, dont post on it. That simple. If you need to pick a fight, go make fun of those faggy douches who listen to some crap chickband like fallout boy or ABBA or some crap? I mean, don't you have schoolwork or a job? Or are you on a holy crusade to destroy Grohl?
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Absolutely love the first three albums. Can't stand the three newer ones which all sound the same and are full of songs in the mold of "Times Like These"; cheesy, arena type sing-alongs. Will always remain a Dave and Foos fan though.
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This band has some great ENERGY and very good song writing abilities. They are among the best with their instruments. Despite all of that, they only seem to release one to three good songs on any given album. They have the talent but don't get it done eight or nine times on an album. Is the cash really that important to them? Huh...
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Dave Grohl is a "Jack of all trades" musician. Cant knock that. The guy is talented. Even if an individual doesnt like his music.
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Like i said you 12 year olds, if you would like to debate this in an intelligent conversation and not rank me out in front of all your little buddies, then just come to my page and lets talk about it. and to crappy niles over there, i love your clever little one liners and im sure the foo fighters nation enjoys it as well.And im in every board dude, foo fighters, nirvana, alot of bands i hate, a lot of bands i like. can't some one have an opinion with out you people pileing on me?come 2 my page
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Are these guys STILL complaining? Dave Grohl IS a rock icon, and he's easily one of the best rock drummers out there. See how easy that was?
If this discussion keeps pissing you off, then why do you keep coming back...in one case on the VERY SAME DAY that you end a previous comment with "nuff said"? Obviously not... You're just pissing yourSELF off dude; you're not going to sway this group into putting the band down. Go back to the Nirvana page where people will stroke your ego... |
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At first, I thought the Foo Fighters were pretty lame. Their early songs reeked of bad writing. But they have come around-Dave G. must have found his muse somewhere~!I think that his newer material-The Pretender & Let It Die-seems like it is dredging up some old feelings and antagonisms left over from the untimely demise of Kurt Cobain & Nirvana. Whereever creativity comes from--I say go with it, DAVE & ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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