Foo Fighters consists of Chris Shiflett (guitarist), Dave Grohl (lead singer, guitarist), Nate Mendal (bass guitarist), Taylor Hawkins (drummer).
This article is about the band. For the aerial phenomenon, see Foo fighter.
Foo Fighters are a rock group formed by musician Dave Grohl in 1995. They are named after the World War II term " foo fighter", used to refer to mysterious aerial phenomena.
Foo Fighters have earned a strong worldwide following, and have scored a number of hit songs, including " This Is a Call", " Everlong", " Learn to Fly", " All My Life", " Times Like These", " Best of You", and " DOA". On top of their five studio albums, they have also contributed to several movie soundtracks, including the song " The One" on the 2002 Orange County soundtrack and the song " Walking After You" on the 1998 The X Files soundtrack.
Foo Fighters began as a studio solo project for Grohl while he was a member of the hugely popular group Nirvana. Unbeknownst to most of Nirvana's fanbase, Grohl had gradually written a stockpile of songs that he had held back from the band for fear of ruining their chemistry.
Following Kurt Cobain's death, Grohl entered Robert Lang's Studio in Seattle with friend/producer Barrett Jones to put many of his new and old songs to tape. With the exception of a guitar part on "X-Static" by Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs, Grohl played every instrument and sang every vocal on the tracks. Lured to Capitol Records by former Nirvana A&R (and then-Capitol president) Gary Gersh, Grohl had the demo recordings professionally mixed, and the results became the Foo Fighters' self-titled debut album.
