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All used third-party trademarks belong to their respective owners. Contents Articles 1 2011 MTV Video Music Awards 11 24 Hours of Foo 17 19 32 (soundtrack) 38 39 44 46 Breakout (Foo Fighters song) 58 61 76 78 Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running) 90 92 DOA (song) 97 Dain Bramage 100 102 Dave Grohl discography 115 122 133 136 140 Exhausted (song) 143 Five Songs and a Cover 145 Foo Fighters () 146 Foo Fighters discography 155 Foo fighter 167 Foozer 171 173 175 Godzilla (1998 film) 178 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album 187 Greatest Hits (Foo Fighters album) 191 199 202 rock 205 Harmony and Dissidence 219 Have It All (song) 221 222 Heathen ( album) 225 I'll Stick Around 232 234 246 Iommi (album) 255 258 261 263 265 John Paul Jones () 285 296 308 314 317 Let It Die (song) 330 Live at (Foo Fighters DVD) 332 335 340 Low (Foo Fighters song) 343 MTV Video Music Award 345 Me First and the Gimme Gimmes 365 Medium Rare (Foo Fighters album) 368 370 Miracle (Foo Fighters song) 379 Monkey Wrench (song) 381 My Hero (song) 384 388 391 394 397 Nirvana (band) 418 No More Censorship 428 430 No Way Back/Cold Day in the Sun 434 One by One (Foo Fighters album) 436 448 453 Pocketwatch (album) 456 Post- 459 461 Queen (band) 466 493 RCA Records 505 515 519 Red Light Fever ( and the Coattail Riders album) 525 Resolve (song) 527 529 530 Rope (song) 569 Scream (band) 573 576 Skin and Bones 586 Skin and Bones (song) 592 593 Stacked Actors 603 606 Taylor Hawkins 612 Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders 616 618 630 The Fire Theft 640 The One (Foo Fighters song) 642 The Pretender (Foo Fighters song) 644 649 653 Them Crooked Vultures (album) 658 There Is Nothing Left to Lose 664 These Days (Foo Fighters song) 671 674 677 Times Like These (song) 680 684 Wheels (Foo Fighters song) 705 William Goldsmith 708 712 References Article Sources and Contributors 722 Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 742 Article Licenses License 747 Foo Fighters 1 Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters performing in November 2007. Background information

Origin ,

Genres [1][2] [3] , post-grunge, , grunge

Years active 1994–present

Labels RCA, Capitol

Associated acts Tenacious D, Nirvana,Sunny Day Real Estate, No Use for a Name, Jackson United, The Fire Theft, Scream, Them Crooked Vultures, Germs, Petra Haden, Ann Marie Calhoun

Members

Dave Grohl Nate Mendel Taylor Hawkins Chris Shiflett Pat Smear

Past members

William Goldsmith Franz Stahl

Foo Fighters is an American , formed in Seattle in 1994. It was founded by Nirvana Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the death of and the resulting dissolution of his previous band. The group got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II, which were known collectively as foo fighters. Prior to the release of Foo Fighters' 1995 debut album Foo Fighters, which featured Grohl as the only official member, Grohl recruited bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith, both formerly of Sunny Day Real Estate, as well as fellow Nirvana touring bandmate Pat Smear as guitarist to complete the lineup. began with performances in Portland, Oregon. Goldsmith quit during the recording of the group's second album, The Colour and the Shape (1997) when most of the drum parts were re-recorded by Grohl himself. Smear's departure followed soon afterward. They were replaced by Taylor Hawkins and Franz Stahl, respectively, although Stahl was fired before the recording of the group's third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999). The band briefly continued as a trio until Chris Shiflett joined as the band's lead guitarist after the completion of There Is Nothing Left to Lose. The band released its Foo Fighters 2

fourth album, One by One, in 2002. The group followed that release with the two-disc In Your Honor (2005), which was split between acoustic songs and heavier material. Foo Fighters released its sixth album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, in 2007. In 2010, it was confirmed that Smear had officially rejoined the band after touring with Foo Fighters as an unofficial member between 2006 and 2009. Over the course of the band's career, four of its have won 11 Grammy Awards winning Best Rock Album four times. The band's seventh studio album, Wasting Light, was released in 2011.

History

Formation and debut album (1994–1995)

Dave Grohl joined the grunge group Nirvana as its drummer in 1990. During tours, he took a with him and wrote songs. Grohl held back these songs from the rest of the band; he said in 1997, "I was in awe of [frontman Kurt Cobain's songs], and [I was] intimidated. I thought it was best that I kept my [4] songs to myself." Grohl occasionally booked studio time to record demos and covers of songs he liked and even issued a cassette of some of those songs called [5] Pocketwatch under the pseudonym "Late!" in 1992. Frontman Kurt Cobain was found dead in his Seattle home on April 8, 1994, and Nirvana subsequently disbanded. Grohl received offers to work with various artists; he almost accepted a permanent position as drummer in and the Heartbreakers. Ultimately Grohl declined and instead entered Robert Lang Studios in October 1994 to [5] record fifteen of the forty songs he had written. With the exception of a guitar Dave Grohl (pictured in 2006) part on "X-Static," played by Greg Dulli of , Grohl played founded Foo Fighters after his [6] every instrument and sang every vocal on the tracks. "I was supposed to just previous band Nirvana broke up in join another band and be a drummer the rest of my life," Grohl later said. "I 1994. thought that I would rather do what no one expected me to do. I enjoy writing music and I enjoy trying to sing, and there's nothing anyone can really do to discourage me." Grohl completed an [5] album's worth of material in five days and handed out cassette copies of the sessions to his friends for feedback.

Grohl hoped to keep his anonymity and release the recordings in a limited run under the title "Foo Fighters", taken [5] from the World War II term "foo fighter", used to refer to unidentified flying objects. However, the demo tape [7] circulated in the music industry, creating interest among record labels. Grohl formed a band to support the album. Initially, he talked to former Nirvana band mate Krist Novoselic about joining the group, but both decided against it. "For Krist and I, it would have felt really natural and really great", Grohl explained. "But for everyone else, it would have been weird, and it would have left me in a really bad position. Then I really would have been under the [8] microscope." Having heard about the disbanding of Seattle-based rock band Sunny Day Real Estate, Grohl drafted the group's bass player, Nate Mendel, and drummer, William Goldsmith. Grohl asked Pat Smear, who served as a [9] touring guitarist for Nirvana after the release of its 1993 album, , to join as the group's second guitarist. [5] Grohl ultimately licensed the album to Capitol Records, releasing it on his new , . Foo Fighters made its live public debut on February 23, 1995 at the Jambalaya Club in Arcata, and then March 3 at The in Portland. They followed that with a show at the Velvet Elvis in Seattle on March 4. The March 3 show had been part of a benefit gig to aid the finances of the investigation into the rape and murder of The [9] Gits singer . Grohl refused to do interviews or tour large venues to promote the album. Foo Fighters undertook its first major tour in the spring of 1995, opening for Mike Watt. The band's first single, "This Is a Call", [6] was released in June 1995, and its debut album Foo Fighters was released the next month. "I'll Stick Around", "For All the Cows", and "Big Me" were released as subsequent singles. The band spent the following months on [9] tour, including their first appearance at the Reading Festival in in August. Foo Fighters 3

The Colour and the Shape (1996–1997) After touring through the spring of 1996, Foo Fighters entered Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, Washington with producer Gil Norton to record its second album. While Grohl once again wrote all the songs, the rest of the band collaborated on the arrangements. With the sessions nearly complete, Grohl took the rough mixes with him to , intending to finish up his vocal and guitar parts. While there, Grohl realized that he was not happy with [4] how the mixes were turning out, and the band "basically re-recorded almost everything". During the L.A. sessions, Grohl had played drums on the songs. Unhappy with Goldsmith's drumming, Grohl removed it from the recordings and re-recorded the drum tracks. As Goldsmith was about to come down to L.A to find out why he wasn't being called upon to re-record his parts, he called Mendel from Seattle inquiring if he should make the trip. Grohl then called Goldsmith saying, "Dude, don't come down here, I'm recording some of the drum tracks." Shocked by this, Goldsmith met up with Mendel in Seattle and repeated Grohl's claim to be re-recording "some" of the tracks. Mendel asked, "Is that what he told you?" Goldsmith affirmed it, and Mendel stated, "No, man -- he did them all." Grohl explained that he'd wanted the drums to sound a certain way on the album. He wanted Goldsmith to play for the tour even though it would not be his drumming but Grohl's on the album. Feeling betrayed, Goldsmith left the band. To this day Grohl still feels guilty for his decision, saying "I was an immature kid at ." However, he felt that he did what he had to do to give the record the right sound and [10] make it successful.

In need of a replacement for Goldsmith, Grohl contacted Alanis

Morissette's touring drummer Taylor Hawkins to see if he could Long-time drummer Taylor Hawkins (pictured in recommend anybody. Grohl was surprised when Hawkins volunteered 2012) joined the band in 1997. [4] his own services as drummer. Hawkins made his debut with the group in time for the release of its second album, The Colour and the Shape, in May 1997. The album included the singles "Monkey Wrench", "My Hero ", and "Everlong".

Pat Smear announced to the rest of the group that he wanted to leave the band claiming exhaustion and burnout but agreed to stay with the band till a replacement could be found for him. Four months later in September 1997 at the MTV Video Music Awards, Smear simultaneously announced to the public his departure from the band and [11] introduced his replacement, Grohl's former Scream bandmate Franz Stahl. Stahl toured with the band for the next few months, and appeared on two tracks that the band recorded for movie soundtracks, a re-recording of "" for The X-Files and "A320" for Godzilla. A B-side of the album, "Dear Lover", appeared in the horror film Scream 2.

There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1998–2001) In 1998, Foo Fighters traveled to Grohl's home state of to write music for its third album. However, Grohl and Stahl were unable to co-operate as ; Grohl told Kerrang! in 1999, "in those few weeks it just seemed like the three of us were moving in one direction and Franz wasn't". Grohl was distraught over the decision to fire Stahl, as the two had been friends since childhood. Shortly after that, Mendel called Grohl to say he was quitting the [12] band to reunite with Sunny Day Real Estate, only to reverse his decision the next day. The remaining trio of Grohl, Mendel, and Hawkins spent the next several months recording the band's third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose, in Grohl's Virginia home studio that he bought and built. The album spawned several singles, including "Learn to Fly", the band's first single to reach the US . Before the release of the album, Capitol president Gary Gersh was forced out of the label. Given Grohl's history with Gersh, Foo Fighters' contract had included a "key man clause" that allowed them to leave the label upon Gersh's departure. They subsequently left Capitol and signed to RCA, who later acquired the rights to the band's Capitol [12] albums. Foo Fighters 4

After recording for There Is Nothing Left to Lose was completed, the band auditioned a number of potential guitarists, and eventually settled on Chris Shiflett, who performs with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, and previously performed with California punk band, No Use for a Name. Shiflett initially joined the band as touring [13] guitarist, but achieved full-time status prior to the recording of the group's fourth album. Around 2001, Foo Fighters established a relationship with rock band Queen, of whom the band (particularly [14] [15] Christ and Hawkins ) are fans. In March of that year, Grohl and Hawkins inducted the band into & [16] Roll Hall of Fame and joined them on stage for a rendition of the Queen 1976 classic "Tie Your Mother Down", with Hawkins playing drums alongside Roger Taylor, while Grohl was playing and handling vocal [17] duties. Guitarist Brian May added a guitar track to Foo Fighters' second cover of 's "Have a Cigar", which appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Mission: Impossible II. In 2002, guitarist May contributed guitar work to "Tired of You" and an outtake called "Knucklehead". The bands have performed together on several occasions since, including VH1 Rock Honors and Foo Fighters' headlining concert in Hyde Park.

One by One (2001–2004) Near the end of 2001, the band reconvened to record its fourth album. After spending four months in a Los Angeles studio completing the album, the album "just didn't sound right" and the band had no confidence in the album to sell many records. With the album not reaching their expectations, and much infighting amongst the members, Grohl spent some time helping Queens of the Stone Age complete their 2002 album Songs for the Deaf. Once the Queens of the Stone Age album was finished, and touring had started for both Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age, the band was on the verge of breaking up entirely as the animosity grew amongst the members. Grohl reconvened with Hawkins, Shiflett and Mendel to have them play at the Coachella Festival, with Queens of the Stone Age playing one day and Foo Fighters the following. After the Queens of the Stone Age played, Hawkins and Grohl talked about retrying the One by One album and had agreed to finishing it and seeing where they would go from there. The group went and re-recorded nearly all of the album (save "Tired of You") in a ten-day stretch at Grohl's home studio in [13] [18] Alexandria, Virginia. The original version of One by One, referred by the band as "Million Dollar Demos", has never been heard in its entirety, except for snippets which leaked before the album's premiere, and a few more snippets leaked by a fan on the band's website in 2007. The final album was released in October 2002 under the title One by One. Singles from the album included "All My Life", "Times Like These", "Low", and "Have It All". For most of its history, the band chose to stay away from the political realm. However, in 2004, upon learning that George W. Bush's presidential campaign was using "Times Like These" at rallies, Grohl decided to lend his public support to 's campaign - "There’s no way of stopping the president playing your songs, so I went out and [19] played it for John Kerry’s people instead, where I thought the message would kinda make more sense". Grohl attended several Kerry rallies and occasionally performed solo acoustic sets. The entire band eventually joined Grohl [20] for a performance in Arizona coinciding with one of the presidential debates. Foo Fighters 5

In Your Honor, Foozer Tour, and acoustic tour (2005–2006)

Having spent a year and a half touring behind One by One, Grohl did not want to rush into recording another Foo Fighters record. Initially Grohl intended to write acoustic material by himself, but eventually the [21] project involved the entire band. To record its fifth album, the band shifted to Los Angeles and built a , dubbed Studio 606 West. Grohl insisted that the album be divided into two discs–one full [22] of rock songs, the other featuring acoustic tracks. In Your Honor was released in June 2005. The album's singles included "Best of You", "DOA", "Resolve" and "No Way Back/Cold Day in the Sun". Foo Fighters performing an acoustic show

During September and October 2005, the band toured with on what was billed as the 'Foozer Tour' as the [23] two bands co-headlined the tour. On June 17, 2006, Foo Fighters performed its largest non-festival headlining concert to date at 's Hyde Park. Motörhead's Lemmy joined the band on stage to sing "Shake Your Blood" from Dave Grohl's Probot album. Also, as a surprise performance, Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen jammed with Foo Fighters, playing part of "" as a lead into "Tie Your Mother Down". In further support of In Your Honor, the band decided to organize a short acoustic tour for the summer of 2006. The tour included former member Pat Smear, who rejoined the band as an extra guitarist, Petra Haden on and backup vocals, on percussion, and Rami Jaffee of The Wallflowers on keyboards/piano. While much of the setlist focused on In Your Honor's acoustic half, the band also used the opportunity to play lesser-known songs such as "Ain't It The Life", "Floaty", and "See You". The band also performed "Marigold", a Pocketwatch-era song that was best known as a Nirvana B-side. In November 2006, the band released their first ever live CD, Skin and Bones, featuring fifteen performances captured over a three-night stint in Los Angeles.

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace and Greatest Hits (2007–2009)

For the follow-up to In Your Honor, the band decided to call in The Colour and the Shape producer Gil Norton. Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace was released on September 25, 2007. The album's first single, "The Pretender", was issued to radio in early August. In mid-to-late 2007 "The Pretender" topped Billboard's chart for a record 19 weeks. The second single, "Long Road to Ruin", was released in December 2007, supported by a directed by [24] longtime collaborator Jesse Peretz (formerly of ). The band performing live in 2007 In October 2006, Foo Fighters started its world tour in support of Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. The band performed shows throughout the , Canada, , , and Asia, including headlining the Virgin Mobile Festival in on August 9. At the European MTV Music Awards in 2007 Pat Smear confirmed his return to the band. Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace was nominated for five Grammy Awards in 2008. Foo Fighters went home with Best Rock Album and Best Hard Rock Performance (for "The Pretender"). The album was also nominated for [25] Album of the Year, while "The Pretender" was also nominated for Record of the Year and Best Rock Song. Foo Fighters 6

On June 7, 2008, the band played Wembley Stadium, London and was joined by Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones of to play "Rock and Roll" and "Ramble On". As Page and Jones left the stage before a final encore of "Best Of You", an ecstatic Grohl shouted [26] "Welcome to the greatest fucking day of my whole entire life!".

Hawkins (second from left) and Grohl (right) Throughout the tour for Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo with John Paul Jones (left) and Jimmy Page Fighters had been writing and practicing new songs at sound checks. (second from right) of Led Zeppelin performing After Foo Fighters had completed this tour in September 2008, they at Wembley Stadium, London in 2008 recorded 13 new songs in studio 606, shortly after announcing a hiatus from touring (which would last until January 2011). These sessions likely lasted from late 2008 - early 2009. While the members of Foo Fighters had initially planned for their new album (composed of songs from this recording session) to have come out in 2009 with almost no touring support, they ultimately decided to shelve most of the songs from these sessions. Three of these songs were later released - "Wheels" and "Word Forward" (which were directly placed on their greatest hits album), and a newly recorded [27] version of "Rope" (which ended up making the final cut of "Wasting Light").

On November 3, 2009, the band released a , Greatest Hits, which features two new songs, "Word [28] Forward" and the single "Wheels". These songs were recorded during a session which occurred between "Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace" and "Wasting Light" coming out. In order to promote their greatest hits album, Foo Fighters performed a show at studio 606 in October 2009 (which was broadcast online), during which the band took [29] fan requests.

Wasting Light (2010–2012)

In August 2010, the band began recording their seventh studio album with producer , who had previously produced the two new [30] tracks for the band's Greatest Hits album. The album was recorded in Dave Grohl's garage using only analog equipment. This album alone won 5 grammys and was nominated for 6. Vig said in an interview [31] with MTV that the album was entirely analog until post-. Pat Smear was present in many photos posted by Grohl on and a press release in December confirmed Smear played on every track on the album and was considered a core member of the band once again, Foo Fighters in 2009, from left to right: Hawkins, Shiflett, Grohl, Mendel having initially left as a full-time member in 1997 before returning as a [32] touring guitarist in 2006.

[33] The first single from Wasting Light, "Rope", was released to radio in February 2011. On April 16, 2011, Foo [34] Fighters released an album of covers, Medium Rare, as a limited-edition vinyl for Record Store Day. The [35] promotion for the album has been highly praised for its originality. Wasting Light debuted at number one on the [36] chart, being the first Foo Fighters album to do so. Alongside Wasting Light's release, Foo Fighters released a rock documentary, directed by Academy Award-winner James Moll. The film, entitled Back and Forth, chronicling the band's career—from the dissolution of Nirvana due to the death of frontman Kurt Cobain to the formation of Foo Fighters as Dave Grohl's "one-man band" to the status of the band in 2011. All the current and past bandmembers, plus producer Butch Vig, tell the story of the band through [37] interviews. After debuting on March 15, 2011 at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, it was eventually released on DVD on June 2011. On May 21, 2011, Foo Fighters headlined the middle day of the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama. On June 4, 2011, they played a surprise set at the 2011 KROQ Weenie Roast. They also headlined two sold out Foo Fighters 7

shows at the National Bowl on July 2 and 3, supported by artists such as , and John Paul Jones. They headlined the final night at the 20th anniversary of Lollapalooza in 's Grant Park [38] on August 7, 2011, performing part of their set in a driving rainstorm. In December 2011 Foo Fighters played its final shows of the year through Australia and New Zealand with support from Tenacious D, finishing at Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand on December 13. On August 27, 2012, Foo Fighters ended its European tour with a performance at Reading and Leeds Festival.On September 21, 2012, the band headlined the Festival in , Georgia. The following evening, the band headlined the DeLuna Festival in Pensacola Beach, . On September 29, 2012, the band performed at the [39] Global Citizens' Festival, before embarking on a break.

Next album (2013–present) Despite being on a break Grohl stated in January 2013 that the band had written and prepared material for an eighth [40] studio album. On February 20, 2013 at the , Grohl said he was flying back to America the following day to start work [41] on the next album.

Other appearances On Friday night, September 21, 2012, the Foo Fighters played to a sold out audience at Music Midtown in Piedmont Park in Atlanta, capping off a day of music that featured Van Hunt, & The Blackhearts, T.I., The Avett Brothers and Foo Fighters. Late in the evening, Dave Grohl invited Joan Jett back out on stage, twice, the first time to dedicate Monkey Wrench to her, and the second time to get her to sing Bad Reputation with the Foo Fighters. It was announced on September 28, 2011, that Foo Fighters would be performing during the closing ceremony of [42] 's annual video game convention, BlizzCon. On September 5, 2012, the band performed a show at the Fillmore in Charlotte, NC as a benefit for . The show, which occurred at the same time that the 2012 Democratic National Convention was being held in Charlotte, NC, was announced only two weeks prior. All tickets to the 2000 capacity venue sold out in out in under [43] 60 seconds, setting a record for the venue. The band set another personal record during the show itself, which was [44] the longest that the band had played to date, lasting just under 3.5 hours with a setlist consisting of 36 songs. On September 12, 2012, the band performed at the Apple Press Event at which the iPhone 5 and the new iPod line-up were unveiled. On November 16, 2011, Foo Fighters finished its American tour with a final show in Boston, MA. On December 2, 2012 the Foo Fighters performed two songs honoring Led Zeppelin at the 35th .

Musical style When Grohl first started the band, its music was often compared to that of his previous group, Nirvana. Grohl acknowledged that Nirvana singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain was a major influence on his songwriting. Grohl said, "Through Kurt, I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down." Foo Fighters also utilize the technique of shifting between quiet verses and loud choruses, which Grohl said was influenced by the members of Nirvana "liking , , Beatles, and ABBA as much as we liked Flipper and Black [4] Flag, I suppose". Writing and recording songs for the first Foo Fighters album by himself, Grohl wrote the guitar riffs to be as rhythmic as possible. He approached the guitar in a similar manner to his playing a drumkit, assigning parts to different strings on the instrument. This allowed him to piece together songs easily; he said, "I [5] could hear the song in my head before it was finished." Once Grohl assembled a full band, his bandmates assisted [4] in song arrangements. Foo Fighters 8

The members of Foo Fighters meld melodic elements with heavier ones. Grohl noted in 1997, "We all love music, whether it's or Queen or . I think the lure of punk rock was the energy and immediacy; the need to thrash stuff around. But at the same time, we're all suckers for a beautiful melody, you know? So it is just [4] natural." Grohl said in 2005, "I love being in a rock band, but I don't know if I necessarily wanna be in an alternative rock band from the for the rest of my life." Grohl noted that the band's acoustic tour was such an [45] attempt to broaden the group's sound.

Campaigning and activism It was formerly the case that the group would link the late 's denialist group Alive & Well AIDS Alternatives their web site, at one member's request. As of February 2012, the band's website no longer contains a [46] link to the group. In September 2011, before a show in Kansas City, the band performed a counter-protest parody song in front of a protest by the . The song mocked the church's opposition to homosexuality, and was [47][48] performed in the same faux-trucker garb that was seen in the band's "Hot Buns" promotional video.

Members Current members • Dave Grohl – lead vocals, rhythm and , drums (1994–present) • Nate Mendel – (1995–present) • Taylor Hawkins – drums, backing and lead vocals (1997–present) • Chris Shiflett – lead guitar, backing vocals (1999–present) • Pat Smear – rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals (1995–1997); rhythm guitar (2006–2010; touring member); rhythm guitar (2010–present) Touring • Rami Jaffee – keyboards, piano, organ, , harmonica (2006–present) Former • William Goldsmith – drums (1995–1997) • Franz Stahl – lead guitar, backing vocals (1997–1999)

Discography • Foo Fighters (1995) • The Colour and the Shape (1997) • There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999) • One by One (2002) • In Your Honor (2005) • Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007) • Wasting Light (2011) Foo Fighters 9

Awards Media described Grohl and the band as "his generation's answer to Tom Petty—a consistent hit machine [49] pumping out working-class rock." Foo Fighters first received a Grammy Award for their music video for "Learn to Fly" in 2000 and have won ten others in total. These include 4 for Best Rock Album for There Is Nothing Left To Lose, One by One, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace and Wasting Light; and 3 for Best Hard Rock Performance for the songs "All My Life", [50] "The Pretender" and "". The band also received three Kerrang! Awards. At the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, the band won Best Rock Video for "Walk".They won the RadioContraband "Major Label Artist of the Year" in 2011 In 2012 the band performed at the 54th Grammy Awards on February 12, 2012, playing "Walk" along with the version of "Rope", featuring deadmau5. The band was nominated for 6 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, Best Rock Performance, Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Album and Best Long Form Music Video (forBack and Forth). They won 5 out of the 6, losing only to in the Album of the Year category.

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External links

• Official website (http:/ / www. foofighters. com/ )

• Tablatures and website (http:/ / www. fftabs. com/ )

• Dave Grohl Band Discography (http:/ / www. upvenue. com/ article/

1265-david-grohl-discography-of-awesomeness. html)