Foo Fighters

Formed: 1995 in Seattle, WA
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Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Grunge, Post-Grunge
Group Members: Pat Smear, Dave Grohl, William Goldsmith, Nate Mendel, Franz Stahl, Chris Shiflett, Taylor Hawkins
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 ...Read full biography
Foo Fighters
Released: 1995
Label: RCA Records
Critics' Rating:
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
In Your Honor
Released: 2005
Label: RCA Records
Critics' Rating:
Although it was as big a commercial success as Foo Fighters' three previous albums, 2002's One by One seemed flat and tired, as if their leader, Dave Grohl, had reached a songwriting slump or as if the ...Read full review
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