Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters are a multi award-winning, successful alternative rock band, formed and fronted by Dave Grohl - vocals, guitars and drums, Pat Smear - guitars, Nate Mendel - bass, Chris Shiflett - guitars, Rami Jaffee - keyboards, and Josh Freese on drums.
They released their debut album, "Foo Fighters" in 1995, featuring just Dave Grohl and spawning the single "This is a Call". Follow-up album, "The Colour and the Shape" was released in 1997, followed by: "There Is Nothing Left to Lose" (1999), "One by One" (2002), "In Your Honor" (2005), "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" (2007), "Wasting Light" (2011), "Sonic Highways" (2014), "Concrete and Gold" (2017) and 2021's: "Medicine at Midnight".
Other significant songs include "Monkey Wrench", "My Hero", "Breakout", "All My Life", "Best Of You", "The Pretender" and "Rope".
In 2012 the band received no less than five Grammy awards for their 2011 album "Wasting Light", in the categories: Best Rock Album, Best Long Form Video, Best Rock Song , Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance plus Best Rock Performance. 2021 album, "Medicine at Midnight" won a 2022 Grammy as did the songs: "Making a Fire" and "Waiting for a War". "But Here We Are" was released in 2023, the first album since "There Is Nothing Left to Lose" to feature Dave Grohl on drums.
2022 saw the release of the film, "Studio 666", conceived by, and starring Dave and co.
Long term drummer, Taylor Hawkins, passed away in 2022.
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Band member(s)
- Dave Grohl
- Chris Shiflett
- Josh Freese
Covered By
- Oxide
Has Worked With
- Bob Mould
- Kaki King
- Krist Novoselic
Similar
- Tin Soldiers
Tribute Act(s)
- Foo Fifers
- Foo Fighters GB
- Foo Fighters the Tribute
- Foo Fighterz
- Foo Fixers
- Food Fighterz
- Fool Fighters
- Fore Fighters
- Four Fighters
- Fu Fighters
- Something from Nothing
- The Faux Fighters
- The Fooz
- Times Like These [Foo Fighters Tribute NI]
- ToFu Fighters
- UK Foo Fighters
- Foo Fighters Tribute
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