Foo Fighters

Formed: 1995 in Seattle, WA

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Group Members: Pat Smear, Dave Grohl, William Goldsmith, Nate Mendel, Franz Stahl, Chris Shiflett, Taylor Hawkins

Biography: During the last dark days of Nirvana in 1994, tapes of Dave Grohl's solo demos circulated among alt-rock royalty. Greg Dulli commented positively about them in more than one place, but few suspected that these homemade tapes would launch one of the biggest modern rock bands of the post-grunge era. As ...Read full biography

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Foo Fighters

Released: 1995

Label: RCA Records

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Essentially a collection of solo home recordings by Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters' eponymous debut is a modest triumph. Driven by big pop melodies and distorted guitars, Foo Fighters do strongly recall Nirvana, ...Read full review

Wasting Light

Released: 2011

Label: RCA

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Forget all that nonsense about Dave Grohl listening to the Bee Gees and ABBA when writing Wasting Light. You can even forget Bob Mould's killer cameo on "Dear Rosemary,” no matter how seamlessly the Hüsker ...Read full review

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