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Foo Fighters

January 20, 2023

This article is about the rock band. For their debut album, see Foo Fighters (album). For the aerial phenomenon, see Foo fighter.

Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1994. Foo Fighters was initially formed as a one-man project by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. Following the success of the 1995 eponymous debut album, Grohl (lead vocals, guitar) recruited a band consisting of Nate Mendel (bass guitar), William Goldsmith (drums), and Pat Smear (guitar). After a succession of lineup changes, including the departures of Goldsmith and Smear, the band formed its core lineup in 1999, consisting of Grohl, Mendel, Chris Shiflett (guitar), and Taylor Hawkins (drums). Smear rejoined in 2005, and Rami Jaffee (keys) joined in 2017.

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Foo Fighters after performing in June 2018. From left to right: Chris Shiflett, Taylor Hawkins, Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Rami Jaffee, and Pat Smear.
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OriginSeattle, Washington, U.S.
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Years active1994–present
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SpinoffsThe Fire Theft
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Websitefoofighters.com

Prior to the release of the debut Foo Fighters album, Grohl recruited Mendel and Goldsmith, both formerly of Sunny Day Real Estate, and Smear, who had played with Nirvana on tour. The band began with performances in Portland, Oregon. Goldsmith quit during the recording of their second album, The Colour and the Shape (1997); most of the drum parts were re-recorded by Grohl. Smear departed soon afterward but appeared as a guest with the band frequently from 2005; he rejoined in 2010.

Smear and Goldsmith were replaced by Franz Stahl and Taylor Hawkins; 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 on guitar after the completion of There Is Nothing Left to Lose. Foo Fighters released their fourth album, One by One, in 2002. It was followed with the two-disc In Your Honor (2005), which was split between acoustic songs and heavier material. Foo Fighters released their sixth album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, in 2007.

For Foo Fighters' seventh studio album, Wasting Light (2011), produced by Butch Vig, Smear returned as a full member. Sonic Highways (2014) was released as the soundtrack to the television miniseries directed by Grohl. Concrete and Gold (2017) was the second Foo Fighters album to reach number one in the United States and their first studio album to feature longtime session and touring keyboardist Rami Jaffee as a full member. The band's tenth album, Medicine at Midnight (2021), was the last to feature Hawkins, who died in March 2022.

Over the course of their career, Foo Fighters have won 15 Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Album five times, making them among the most successful rock acts in Grammy history.[4] In 2021, the band was announced as recipients of the first-ever "Global Icon" award at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021, their first year of eligibility.

History

Background and first demos (1990–1994)

 
Dave Grohl (pictured in 2019) founded Foo Fighters after his band Nirvana disbanded in 1994.

In 1990, Dave Grohl joined the grunge band Nirvana as drummer. During tours, he took a guitar with him and wrote songs, but was too intimidated to share them with the band; he was "in awe" of the songs written by frontman Kurt Cobain.[5] Grohl occasionally booked studio time to record demos and covers, issuing an album of demos, Pocketwatch, under the pseudonym Late! in 1992.[6]

Nirvana disbanded after the death of Cobain in 1994. Grohl received offers to work with various artists; press rumors indicated he might join Pearl Jam,[7] and he almost accepted a position as drummer in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Grohl later said: "I was supposed to just join another band and be a drummer the rest of my life. I thought that I would rather do what no one expected me to do." Grohl instead entered Robert Lang Studios in October 1994 to record 15 of his own songs.[6] With the exception of a guitar part on "X-Static", played by Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs, Grohl played every instrument and sang every vocal.[8] He completed an album's worth of material in five days and handed out cassette copies of the sessions to his friends for feedback.[6]

Grohl hoped to stay anonymous and release the recordings in a limited run under the name Foo Fighters, taken from foo fighter, a World War II term for unidentified flying objects.[6] He hoped the name would lead listeners to assume the music was made by several people. He said later: "Had I actually considered this to be a career, I probably would have called it something else, because it's the stupidest fucking band name in the world."[9] The demo tape circulated in the industry, creating interest among record labels.[10][11]

Formation and debut album (1994–1995)

Grohl formed a band to support the album. He spoke to Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic about joining the group, but they decided against it; Grohl said it would have felt "really natural" for them to work together, but would have been "weird" for the others and place more pressure on Grohl.[12] Instead, Grohl recruited bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith, both of the recently disbanded Seattle group Sunny Day Real Estate. Nirvana touring guitarist Pat Smear joined as second guitarist.[13] Grohl licensed the album to Capitol Records, releasing it on his new label, Roswell Records.[6]

Foo Fighters made their live public debut on February 23, 1995, at the Jambalaya Club in Arcata, California, followed by performances at Satyricon in Portland on March 3 and the Velvet Elvis in Seattle on March 4. The show on March 3 had been part of a benefit gig for the investigation of the rape and murder of Gits singer Mia Zapata. Grohl refused to do interviews or tour large venues to promote the album.[13] Foo Fighters undertook their first major tour in the spring of 1995, opening for Mike Watt. The band's first single, "This Is a Call", was released in June 1995,[8] 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 tour, including their first appearance at the Reading Festival in England in August.[13]

The Colour and the Shape (1996–1997)

 
Foo Fighters performing at Phoenix Festival in 1996

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 to Los Angeles, intending to finish his vocal and guitar parts. While there, Grohl realized that he was not happy with the drumming and replaced most of Goldsmith's drum tracks with his own.[14] Though Grohl hoped that Goldsmith would still play on the tour, Goldsmith felt betrayed and left the band.[15]

 
Long-time drummer Taylor Hawkins (pictured in 2017) joined the band in 1997.

In need of a replacement for Goldsmith, Grohl contacted Alanis Morissette's touring drummer Taylor Hawkins for a recommendation. Grohl was surprised when Hawkins volunteered himself.[5] 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", "Everlong", "My Hero", and "Walking After You".[citation needed]

Smear left Foo Fighters in 1997, citing exhaustion and burnout, and was replaced by Grohl's former Scream bandmate Franz Stahl.[16] Stahl toured with Foo Fighters for the next few months and appeared on two tracks recorded for movie soundtracks, a re-recording of "Walking After You" for The X-Files and "A320" for Godzilla. A B-side from the "My Hero" single, "Dear Lover", appeared in the horror film Scream 2. The tour for The Colour and the Shape album in 1998 included performances at Glastonbury Festival (on the main stage) and the Reading Festival.[17]

There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1998–2001)

In 1998, Foo Fighters traveled to Grohl's home state of Virginia, to write their third album. However, Grohl and Stahl were unable to co-operate as songwriters; 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 to reunite with Sunny Day Real Estate, only to reverse his decision the next day.[18] The remaining trio of Grohl, Mendel, and Hawkins spent several months recording the band's third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose, in Grohl's home studio. The album spawned several singles, including "Learn to Fly", the band's first to reach the US Billboard Hot 100. Other singles included "Stacked Actors", "Generator", "Next Year", and "Breakout".[citation needed]

Before the release of the album, Capitol Records 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 left Capitol and signed with RCA, who later acquired the rights to the band's Capitol albums.[18]

 
Chris Shiflett (pictured in 2017) joined as guitarist in 1999.

After recording There Is Nothing Left to Lose was completed, the band auditioned a number of potential guitarists and settled on Chris Shiflett, who performed with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and California punk band No Use for a Name. Shiflett initially joined as a touring guitarist but achieved full-time status prior to the recording of the group's fourth album.[19]

In January 2000, Nate Mendel led a benefit concert in Hollywood for AIDS denialist group Alive & Well AIDS Alternatives with a speech by founder Christine Maggiore and free copies of her self-published book, What If Everything You Thought You Knew About AIDS Was Wrong?[20][21] Additionally, the band's official website featured a section devoted to Alive & Well.[22] Sandra Thurman, then director of the Office of National AIDS Policy stated this was "extraordinarily irresponsible behavior" because "there is no doubt about the link between HIV and AIDS in the respected scientific community."[23] Links and references to Alive & Well were removed from the band's website by March 2003.[24]

Around 2001, Foo Fighters established a relationship with rock band Queen as the band (particularly Grohl[25] and Hawkins[26]) were fans. In March of that year, Grohl and Hawkins inducted them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[27] and joined them to perform the 1976 classic, "Tie Your Mother Down", with Hawkins playing drums alongside Roger Taylor.[28] Guitarist Brian May added a guitar track to Foo Fighters' second cover of Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar", which appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Mission: Impossible 2. 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)

 
Grohl performing with Foo Fighters in 2003

Near the end of 2001, the band reconvened to record its fourth album. After spending four months in a Los Angeles studio, the album "just didn't sound right" and the band had no confidence it would sell very well. With the album not reaching their expectations amid much infighting, Grohl spent some time helping Queens of the Stone Age complete their 2002 album Songs for the Deaf. Once that 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. Grohl reunited with Hawkins, Shiflett, and Mendel to play the Coachella Festival, alternating days with Queens of the Stone Age. Hawkins and Grohl talked about resuming work on One by One and after a very satisfying performance the following day, they agreed to stay together. The group re-recorded nearly all of the album in a ten-day stretch at Grohl's home studio in Alexandria, Virginia, the following month.[19] The original version of One by One, referred to by the band as Million Dollar Demos, has never been released in its entirety although seven tracks were leaked online in 2012 and 2015.[29]

The 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". The tour for the album included a headline performance at the 2002 Reading and Leeds Festivals.

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 John Kerry's campaign, saying, "There's no way of stopping the president playing your songs, so I went out and played it for John Kerry's people instead, where I thought the message would kinda make more sense."[30] Grohl attended several Kerry rallies and occasionally performed solo acoustic sets. The entire band joined Grohl for a performance in Arizona coinciding with one of the presidential debates.[31]

In Your Honor (2005–2006)

 
Grohl performing with Foo Fighters in 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 project involved the entire band.[32] To record its fifth album, the band shifted to Los Angeles and built a recording studio, dubbed Studio 606 West. Grohl insisted that the album be divided into two discs–one full of rock songs, the other featuring acoustic tracks.[33] 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.

During September and October 2005, the band toured with Weezer on what was billed as the Foozer Tour.[34] Foo Fighters played a headline performance at the 2005 Reading and Leeds Festivals. On June 17, 2006, Foo Fighters performed their largest non-festival headlining concert to date at London's Hyde Park. Motörhead's Lemmy joined the band on stage to sing Shake Your Blood from Dave Grohl's Probot album. As a surprise performance, Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen appeared to play part of We Will Rock You as a lead in to Tie Your Mother Down.

In further support of In Your Honor, the band organized a short acoustic tour for the summer of 2006. Members who had performed with them in late 2005 appeared, such as Pat Smear, Petra Haden on violin and backing vocals, Drew Hester on percussion, and Rami Jaffee of The Wallflowers on keyboard and 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 (2007–2009)

 
Foo Fighters performing live in 2007

For the follow-up to In Your Honor, the band recruited 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 Modern Rock chart for a record 19 weeks. The second single, "Long Road to Ruin", was released in December 2007, supported by a music video directed by longtime collaborator Jesse Peretz (formerly of the Lemonheads).[35] Other singles included "Let It Die" and "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)".

In October 2007, Foo Fighters started their world tour in support of the album. The band performed shows throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, including headlining the Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore 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 Album of the Year, while "The Pretender" was also nominated for Record of the Year and Best Rock Song.

 
Hawkins (second from left) and Grohl (right) with John Paul Jones (left) and Jimmy Page (second from right) of Led Zeppelin performing at Wembley Stadium, London, in 2008

On June 7, 2008, the band played Wembley Stadium, London, and was joined by Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin to play "Rock and Roll" (with Grohl on drums and Hawkins on vocals) and "Ramble On" (sung by Grohl, drums by Hawkins). As Page and Jones left the stage before a final encore of "Best of You", an ecstatic Grohl shouted "Welcome to the greatest fucking day of my whole entire life!".[36] Throughout the tour for Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters had been writing and practicing new songs at sound checks. After Foo Fighters had completed this tour in September 2008, they 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" (on their 2009 compilation album, Greatest Hits); and a newly recorded version of "Rope" (which ended up making the final cut of Wasting Light).[37]

Wasting Light (2010–2012)

 
Foo Fighters in 2009. From left to right: Hawkins, Shiflett, Grohl, Mendel.

In August 2010, the band began recording their seventh studio album with producer Butch Vig, who had previously produced the two new tracks for the band's Greatest Hits album.[38] The album was recorded in Dave Grohl's garage using only analog equipment. The album won five Grammys and was nominated for six. The recording was analog to tape and used no computers, not even to mix or master.[39] Vig said in an interview with MTV that the album was entirely analog until post-mastering.[40] Pat Smear was present in many photos posted by Grohl on Twitter 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.[41]

The first single from Wasting Light, "Rope", was released to radio in February 2011.[42] On April 16, 2011, Foo Fighters released an album of covers, Medium Rare, as a limited-edition vinyl for Record Store Day.[43] The promotion for the album was highly praised for its originality.[44] Wasting Light debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the band's first album to do so.[45] Other singles for the album included "Walk", "Arlandria", "These Days", and "Bridge Burning".

Alongside Wasting Light's release, Foo Fighters released a rockumentary, directed by Academy Award-winner James Moll. The film, titled Back and Forth, chronicles the band's career. Then current and past members, and producer Butch Vig, tell the story of the band through interviews. After debuting on March 15, 2011, at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas,[46] it was released on DVD three months later.

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 shows at the Milton Keynes National Bowl on July 2 and 3, joined on stage by artists such as Alice Cooper, Seasick Steve, and John Paul Jones. They headlined the final night at the 20th anniversary of Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park on August 7, 2011, performing part of their set in a driving rainstorm.[47]

 
Foo Fighters performing in December 2011

In September 2011 before a show in Kansas City, the band performed a parody song in front of a protest by the Westboro Baptist Church. It mocked the church's opposition to homosexuality and was performed in the same faux-trucker garb that was seen in the band's Hot Buns promotional video.[48][49]

It was announced on September 28, 2011, that Foo Fighters would be performing during the closing ceremony of Blizzard Entertainment's annual video game convention, BlizzCon.[50]

On August 27, 2012, Foo Fighters ended their European tour with a headline performance at Reading and Leeds Festival. On September 5, the band performed a show at the Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a benefit for Rock the Vote. The show, which occurred at the same time as the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, was announced only two weeks prior. Tickets to the 2000-person capacity venue sold out in under 60 seconds, setting a record for the site.[51] The band set another personal record during the show itself, being the longest that the band had played to date at just under 3.5 hours with a setlist of 36 songs.[52] On September 21, the band headlined the Music Midtown Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. The following evening, they headlined the DeLuna Festival in Pensacola Beach, Florida. On September 29, the band performed at the Global Citizens' Festival before embarking on a break.[53]

Sonic Highways and Saint Cecilia EP (2013–2015)

Despite initially announcing a break after supporting Wasting Light, Grohl stated in January 2013 that the band had started writing material for an eighth studio album.[54] On February 20, 2013, at the Brit Awards, Grohl said he was resuming work on the album the following day.[55]

On September 6, 2013, Shiflett posted a photo to his Instagram account that indicated 13 songs were being recorded and later described it as "pretty fucking fun".[56] Rami Jaffee has recorded parts for two songs, one of which was "In the Clear".[57] Butch Vig, who worked with the band on Wasting Light, confirmed via Twitter in late August 2013 that he was producing the album.[58][59] The band confirmed that it would end its hiatus by playing two shows in Mexico City on December 11 and 13. On October 31, a video appeared on the official Foo Fighters YouTube channel showing a motorcyclist, later revealed to be Erik Estrada, delivering each of the band members an invitation to play in Mexico.[60]

On January 16, 2014, a picture was posted to Foo Fighters' Facebook page with several master tapes labeled LP 8.[61] On May 15, it was announced that the album would be released in November and that the Foo Fighters would commemorate the album and their 20th anniversary with an HBO TV series directed by Grohl titled Sonic Highways.[62] Eight songs were written and recorded in eight studios in eight different American cities with video capturing the history and feel of each town.[63] On July 30, Butch Vig revealed that the Foo Fighters had finished recording and mixing the album and that it was slated to be released a month after the premiere of the TV show.[64]

In June 2014, the band agreed to play a show in Richmond, Virginia, that was entirely crowd-funded by fans on the website Tilt.com.[65] The show took place on September 17 before 1,500 fans. The band played 23 songs over the course of two and a half hours.[66] Foo Fighters announced their tour would include performances in Cape Town on December 10 and Johannesburg on December 13. The band played three performances under the alias The Holy Shits in September 2014; the first at the Concorde 2 club in Brighton, England, where Grohl invited lead singer Jay Apperley of the tribute band UK Foo Fighters on stage to sing,[67][68] followed by the House of Vans and the Islington Assembly Hall. On September 14, 2014, the band performed at the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games, their first official show in England since closing Reading Festival in 2012. They closed out the 2014 VooDoo Music and Arts Festival in New Orleans on November 2, 2014, in a two and a half hour performance that included an appearance from New Orleans native Trombone Shorty, who played "This Is a Call" with the band.[69]

On August 8, the band released a short clip of their latest work, titled 8. On August 11, the band announced that the new album would be titled Sonic Highways and released on November 10, 2014.[70][71] An international tour, dubbed the Sonic Highways World Tour, followed with performances in South Africa in December and South America in January 2015.[72] It continued to Australia and New Zealand in February and March.[73]

On May 20, 2015, the Foo Fighters were the final musical act to perform on Late Show with David Letterman, continuing their long association with the host as he wrapped up his 33-year career in late night television. The show ended with a montage of Letterman highlights while the Foo Fighters played "Everlong", which Letterman said had significant meaning for him after his open-heart surgery in 2000.[74][75] The band postponed their international tour to make the appearance;[76] the tour resumed on May 24, with a performance at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Norwich, England.[77]

On June 12, Grohl fell from the stage in Gothenburg, Sweden, during the group's second song, breaking his leg.[78] The band continued playing while Grohl received medical attention, who then returned to the stage to finish the last two hours of the band's set from a chair while a medic tended to his leg.[78] After the concert, Grohl was flown to London for surgery, requiring six metal pins to stabilize the fracture.[79] As a result of the injury, the band canceled its remaining European tour dates.[79]

In July, one thousand Italian fans held the Rockin' 1000 gathering in Cesena, Italy, performing "Learn to Fly" and asking Foo Fighters to come play in the town. The performance video went viral and impressed Grohl, resulting in the band appearing in Cesena on November 3.[80]

 
Grohl performing at Fenway Park in 2015 on a custom-built throne while recuperating from a broken leg

The Foo Fighters planned to follow their international tour with a North American tour to promote Sonic Highways, beginning with a special Fourth of July event in Washington, D.C., that would commemorate the band's 20th anniversary.[81] The all-day event was to be held at Washington's RFK Stadium featuring performances by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Heart, LL Cool J, Gary Clark Jr., and Buddy Guy.[82] Dave Grohl's injury initially led to speculation that the band would drop out of the event but they later confirmed they would perform;[83] however, the injury did prevent them from headlining the 2015 Glastonbury Festival. The band performed for 48,000 people[84] with Grohl in a custom-built moving throne which he claimed to have designed himself while on painkillers.[84][85]

Beginning with the show on July 4, the Foo Fighters re-branded the North American tour as the Broken Leg Tour.[84] The band continued to use the name at later North American performances.[86][87] Prior to their August 21 concert at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, the band rickrolled protesting members of the Westboro Baptist Church, as they had also done in 2011.[88]

On November 23, 2015, a surprise release following a month-long countdown clock on the Foo Fighters' website revealed the free EP Saint Cecilia, including a single of the same name. Alongside its release, Grohl announced that the band would be going on an indefinite hiatus.[89]

Concrete and Gold (2016–2019)

 
Foo Fighters performing in 2017

In response to growing rumors of the band breaking up, the band released a mockumentary video in March 2016 portraying Grohl leaving the band to pursue an electronic music career and Nick Lachey (formerly of 98 Degrees) becoming the group's new singer, ending with: "For the millionth time, we're not breaking up. And nobody's going fucking solo!"[90] In May 2016, Shiflett stated that the band still had no particular plans for reforming but assured that it would happen eventually.[91]

Grohl announced that the band would spend much of 2017 recording their ninth studio album.[92] On June 1, 2017, their new single "Run" was released.[93] Run topped the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart the following month. The band confirmed touring keyboardist Rami Jaffee was officially the sixth member of the group.[94] On June 20, 2017, the band announced that their new album, Concrete and Gold, would be released in September. On August 23, 2017, The Sky Is a Neighborhood was released as the second single[95] and topped the Mainstream Rock chart.[96] The Line was released in promotion of the album and later as the third single in 2018.[97] Concrete and Gold was officially released on September 15, 2017, produced by Greg Kurstin. The album is noted as deriving influence from Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and The Beatles.[98] Concrete and Gold also features Justin Timberlake[99] on vocals for Make It Right, Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men on backing vocals for the song Concrete and Gold,[100] and Paul McCartney[101] on the drums for Sunday Rain. The band began touring in June 2017,[102][103] including headlining the Glastonbury Festival 2017.[104] The tour in support of Concrete and Gold was extended to October 2018.[105]

Medicine at Midnight, Studio 666 and Hawkins' death (2019–present)

In October 2019, the band announced that they were recording their tenth studio album based on demos by Grohl.[106][107] In November 2019, the band began releasing a series of EPs under the umbrella name of the Foo Files, largely consisting of previously released B sides and live performances. By February 2020, Grohl announced that the new album was complete[108] but by May, it was delayed indefinitely because of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying, "We've kind of shelved it for now to figure out exactly when it's going to happen."[109]

Starting in November 2020, promotion for the album ramped up. Its title, Medicine at Midnight, and release date, February 5, 2021, were announced. The band released three singles ahead of the album: "Shame Shame", "No Son of Mine", and "Waiting on a War".[110] In January, the band performed at the US Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden.[111]

On February 10, 2021, Foo Fighters were announced as one of the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees in their first year of eligibility as their debut album had been released 25 years prior.[112] On May 12, 2021, Foo Fighters were announced as one of 6 performer inductees.[113] For Record Store Day on July 17, 2021, the Foo Fighters released an album of disco covers, Hail Satin, under the name Dee Gees. The album contains four Bee Gees covers, a cover of Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing", plus five live versions of Medicine at Midnight tracks.[114]

On February 25, 2022, the Foo Fighters released a comedy horror film, Studio 666, directed by BJ McDonnell. It stars the band members as themselves, alongside Will Forte, Whitney Cummings, Jeff Garlin, and Jenna Ortega.[115] In the film, the Foo Fighters attempt to record an album in a haunted mansion; Grohl is possessed by a demonic spirit and the band members are killed off one by one.[116][115] It was filmed in the same mansion in which the Foo Fighters had recorded Medicine at Midnight.[115] Studio 666 received mixed reviews and performed poorly in its opening week.[117] Grohl released an EP of songs from the film, Dream Widow, on March 25, 2022.[118]

On March 25, 2022, Hawkins died in his room at the Casa Medina hotel in Bogotá, Colombia.[119] No cause of death was given.[120] Hawkins had suffered chest pain, and had ten substances in his system at the time of his death, including opioids, benzodiazepines, tricyclic antidepressants, and THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis.[121][122][123] The Foo Fighters were scheduled to perform that night at the Estéreo Picnic Festival as part of their ongoing South American tour;[124] the festival stage was turned into a candlelight vigil for Hawkins.[125] A few days later, the band canceled all remaining tour dates.[126] On June 8, the Foo Fighters announced a pair of tribute concerts to Hawkins. The first concert was on September 3 at Wembley Stadium in London, UK, and another concert was on September 27 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.[127] In December 2022, the Foo Fighters confirmed they would continue without Hawkins and that fans would see them "soon".[128] In January 2023, the band started announcing festivals for the year.[129]

Musical style and legacy

 
Foo Fighters performing at Download Festival Paris in June 2018

Foo Fighters have been described as grunge,[130][131] alternative rock,[132] post-grunge,[133] hard rock,[134] and pop rock.[135] They were initially compared to Grohl's previous group, Nirvana. Grohl acknowledged that Kurt Cobain was an influence on his songwriting: "Through Kurt, I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down." Foo Fighters also used the technique of shifting between quiet verses and loud choruses, which Grohl said was influenced by the members of Nirvana "liking The Knack, Bay City Rollers, Beatles, and ABBA as much as we liked Flipper and Black Flag, I suppose."[5]

Writing and recording songs for their first album by himself, Grohl intended for the guitar riffs to be as rhythmic as possible. He approached the guitar in a similar manner to his drumming, assigning various drum parts to strings on the instrument. This allowed him to piece together songs easily; he said, "I could hear the song in my head before it was finished."[6] Once Grohl assembled a full band, the members assisted in song arrangements.[5] Pitchfork described Grohl and the band as "his generation's answer to Tom Petty—a consistent hit machine pumping out working-class rock."[136]

The band members meld melodic and heavy elements. Grohl noted in 1997, "We all love music, whether it's the Beatles or Queen or punk rock. 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 natural."[5] 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 1990s for the rest of my life." Grohl noted that the band's acoustic tour was an attempt to broaden the group's sound.[137]

Band members

Timeline

Discography

Main articles: Foo Fighters discography and list of songs recorded

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters first received a Grammy Award for their music video for "Learn to Fly" in 2000, and they have won ten others. These include four Grammys in the Best Rock Album category for: There Is Nothing Left to Lose; One by One; Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace; and Wasting Light; and three awards for Best Hard Rock Performance for the songs "All My Life", "The Pretender", and "White Limo".[138] 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 Radio Contraband Major Label Artist of the Year in 2011 and 2014. The band won Song of the Year for "Something from Nothing" and Album of the Year for Sonic Highways both in 2014.

The band was nominated for six Grammy Awards—Album of the Year, Best Rock Performance, Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Album, and Best Long Form Music Video (for Back and Forth)—at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards held in February 2012.[139] They won five of the six,[140] losing only to Adele in the Album of the Year category.[139]

In September 2021, the band received the first-ever Global Icon Award at that year's MTV Video Music Awards.[141] The following month, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in their first year of eligibility.[142]

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External links

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This article is about the rock band For their debut album see Foo Fighters album For the aerial phenomenon see Foo fighter Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1994 Foo Fighters was initially formed as a one man project by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl Following the success of the 1995 eponymous debut album Grohl lead vocals guitar recruited a band consisting of Nate Mendel bass guitar William Goldsmith drums and Pat Smear guitar After a succession of lineup changes including the departures of Goldsmith and Smear the band formed its core lineup in 1999 consisting of Grohl Mendel Chris Shiflett guitar and Taylor Hawkins drums Smear rejoined in 2005 and Rami Jaffee keys joined in 2017 Foo FightersFoo Fighters after performing in June 2018 From left to right Chris Shiflett Taylor Hawkins Dave Grohl Nate Mendel Rami Jaffee and Pat Smear Background informationAlso known asThe Holy Shits 1 Dee Gees 2 OriginSeattle Washington U S GenresAlternative rock post grunge hard rock grunge pop rockYears active1994 presentLabelsRoswell Capitol RCASpinoffsThe Fire TheftSpinoff ofNirvana Sunny Day Real Estate ScreamMembersDave Grohl Nate Mendel Pat Smear Chris Shiflett Rami Jaffee 3 Past membersWilliam Goldsmith Franz Stahl Taylor HawkinsWebsitefoofighters wbr comPrior to the release of the debut Foo Fighters album Grohl recruited Mendel and Goldsmith both formerly of Sunny Day Real Estate and Smear who had played with Nirvana on tour The band began with performances in Portland Oregon Goldsmith quit during the recording of their second album The Colour and the Shape 1997 most of the drum parts were re recorded by Grohl Smear departed soon afterward but appeared as a guest with the band frequently from 2005 he rejoined in 2010 Smear and Goldsmith were replaced by Franz Stahl and Taylor Hawkins 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 on guitar after the completion of There Is Nothing Left to Lose Foo Fighters released their fourth album One by One in 2002 It was followed with the two disc In Your Honor 2005 which was split between acoustic songs and heavier material Foo Fighters released their sixth album Echoes Silence Patience amp Grace in 2007 For Foo Fighters seventh studio album Wasting Light 2011 produced by Butch Vig Smear returned as a full member Sonic Highways 2014 was released as the soundtrack to the television miniseries directed by Grohl Concrete and Gold 2017 was the second Foo Fighters album to reach number one in the United States and their first studio album to feature longtime session and touring keyboardist Rami Jaffee as a full member The band s tenth album Medicine at Midnight 2021 was the last to feature Hawkins who died in March 2022 Over the course of their career Foo Fighters have won 15 Grammy Awards including Best Rock Album five times making them among the most successful rock acts in Grammy history 4 In 2021 the band was announced as recipients of the first ever Global Icon award at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 their first year of eligibility Contents 1 History 1 1 Background and first demos 1990 1994 1 2 Formation and debut album 1994 1995 1 3 The Colour and the Shape 1996 1997 1 4 There Is Nothing Left to Lose 1998 2001 1 5 One by One 2001 2004 1 6 In Your Honor 2005 2006 1 7 Echoes Silence Patience amp Grace 2007 2009 1 8 Wasting Light 2010 2012 1 9 Sonic Highways and Saint Cecilia EP 2013 2015 1 10 Concrete and Gold 2016 2019 1 11 Medicine at Midnight Studio 666 and Hawkins death 2019 present 2 Musical style and legacy 3 Band members 3 1 Timeline 4 Discography 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External linksHistoryBackground and first demos 1990 1994 Dave Grohl pictured in 2019 founded Foo Fighters after his band Nirvana disbanded in 1994 In 1990 Dave Grohl joined the grunge band Nirvana as drummer During tours he took a guitar with him and wrote songs but was too intimidated to share them with the band he was in awe of the songs written by frontman Kurt Cobain 5 Grohl occasionally booked studio time to record demos and covers issuing an album of demos Pocketwatch under the pseudonym Late in 1992 6 Nirvana disbanded after the death of Cobain in 1994 Grohl received offers to work with various artists press rumors indicated he might join Pearl Jam 7 and he almost accepted a position as drummer in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Grohl later said I was supposed to just join another band and be a drummer the rest of my life I thought that I would rather do what no one expected me to do Grohl instead entered Robert Lang Studios in October 1994 to record 15 of his own songs 6 With the exception of a guitar part on X Static played by Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs Grohl played every instrument and sang every vocal 8 He completed an album s worth of material in five days and handed out cassette copies of the sessions to his friends for feedback 6 Grohl hoped to stay anonymous and release the recordings in a limited run under the name Foo Fighters taken from foo fighter a World War II term for unidentified flying objects 6 He hoped the name would lead listeners to assume the music was made by several people He said later Had I actually considered this to be a career I probably would have called it something else because it s the stupidest fucking band name in the world 9 The demo tape circulated in the industry creating interest among record labels 10 11 Formation and debut album 1994 1995 Grohl formed a band to support the album He spoke to Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic about joining the group but they decided against it Grohl said it would have felt really natural for them to work together but would have been weird for the others and place more pressure on Grohl 12 Instead Grohl recruited bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith both of the recently disbanded Seattle group Sunny Day Real Estate Nirvana touring guitarist Pat Smear joined as second guitarist 13 Grohl licensed the album to Capitol Records releasing it on his new label Roswell Records 6 Foo Fighters made their live public debut on February 23 1995 at the Jambalaya Club in Arcata California followed by performances at Satyricon in Portland on March 3 and the Velvet Elvis in Seattle on March 4 The show on March 3 had been part of a benefit gig for the investigation of the rape and murder of Gits singer Mia Zapata Grohl refused to do interviews or tour large venues to promote the album 13 Foo Fighters undertook their first major tour in the spring of 1995 opening for Mike Watt The band s first single This Is a Call was released in June 1995 8 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 tour including their first appearance at the Reading Festival in England in August 13 The Colour and the Shape 1996 1997 Foo Fighters performing at Phoenix Festival in 1996 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 to Los Angeles intending to finish his vocal and guitar parts While there Grohl realized that he was not happy with the drumming and replaced most of Goldsmith s drum tracks with his own 14 Though Grohl hoped that Goldsmith would still play on the tour Goldsmith felt betrayed and left the band 15 Long time drummer Taylor Hawkins pictured in 2017 joined the band in 1997 In need of a replacement for Goldsmith Grohl contacted Alanis Morissette s touring drummer Taylor Hawkins for a recommendation Grohl was surprised when Hawkins volunteered himself 5 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 Everlong My Hero and Walking After You citation needed Smear left Foo Fighters in 1997 citing exhaustion and burnout and was replaced by Grohl s former Scream bandmate Franz Stahl 16 Stahl toured with Foo Fighters for the next few months and appeared on two tracks recorded for movie soundtracks a re recording of Walking After You for The X Files and A320 for Godzilla A B side from the My Hero single Dear Lover appeared in the horror film Scream 2 The tour for The Colour and the Shape album in 1998 included performances at Glastonbury Festival on the main stage and the Reading Festival 17 There Is Nothing Left to Lose 1998 2001 In 1998 Foo Fighters traveled to Grohl s home state of Virginia to write their third album However Grohl and Stahl were unable to co operate as songwriters 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 to reunite with Sunny Day Real Estate only to reverse his decision the next day 18 The remaining trio of Grohl Mendel and Hawkins spent several months recording the band s third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose in Grohl s home studio The album spawned several singles including Learn to Fly the band s first to reach the US Billboard Hot 100 Other singles included Stacked Actors Generator Next Year and Breakout citation needed Before the release of the album Capitol Records 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 left Capitol and signed with RCA who later acquired the rights to the band s Capitol albums 18 Chris Shiflett pictured in 2017 joined as guitarist in 1999 After recording There Is Nothing Left to Lose was completed the band auditioned a number of potential guitarists and settled on Chris Shiflett who performed with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and California punk band No Use for a Name Shiflett initially joined as a touring guitarist but achieved full time status prior to the recording of the group s fourth album 19 In January 2000 Nate Mendel led a benefit concert in Hollywood for AIDS denialist group Alive amp Well AIDS Alternatives with a speech by founder Christine Maggiore and free copies of her self published book What If Everything You Thought You Knew About AIDS Was Wrong 20 21 Additionally the band s official website featured a section devoted to Alive amp Well 22 Sandra Thurman then director of the Office of National AIDS Policy stated this was extraordinarily irresponsible behavior because there is no doubt about the link between HIV and AIDS in the respected scientific community 23 Links and references to Alive amp Well were removed from the band s website by March 2003 24 Around 2001 Foo Fighters established a relationship with rock band Queen as the band particularly Grohl 25 and Hawkins 26 were fans In March of that year Grohl and Hawkins inducted them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 27 and joined them to perform the 1976 classic Tie Your Mother Down with Hawkins playing drums alongside Roger Taylor 28 Guitarist Brian May added a guitar track to Foo Fighters second cover of Pink Floyd s Have a Cigar which appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Mission Impossible 2 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 Grohl performing with Foo Fighters in 2003 Near the end of 2001 the band reconvened to record its fourth album After spending four months in a Los Angeles studio the album just didn t sound right and the band had no confidence it would sell very well With the album not reaching their expectations amid much infighting Grohl spent some time helping Queens of the Stone Age complete their 2002 album Songs for the Deaf Once that 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 Grohl reunited with Hawkins Shiflett and Mendel to play the Coachella Festival alternating days with Queens of the Stone Age Hawkins and Grohl talked about resuming work on One by One and after a very satisfying performance the following day they agreed to stay together The group re recorded nearly all of the album in a ten day stretch at Grohl s home studio in Alexandria Virginia the following month 19 The original version of One by One referred to by the band as Million Dollar Demos has never been released in its entirety although seven tracks were leaked online in 2012 and 2015 29 The 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 The tour for the album included a headline performance at the 2002 Reading and Leeds Festivals 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 John Kerry s campaign saying There s no way of stopping the president playing your songs so I went out and played it for John Kerry s people instead where I thought the message would kinda make more sense 30 Grohl attended several Kerry rallies and occasionally performed solo acoustic sets The entire band joined Grohl for a performance in Arizona coinciding with one of the presidential debates 31 In Your Honor 2005 2006 Grohl performing with Foo Fighters in 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 project involved the entire band 32 To record its fifth album the band shifted to Los Angeles and built a recording studio dubbed Studio 606 West Grohl insisted that the album be divided into two discs one full of rock songs the other featuring acoustic tracks 33 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 During September and October 2005 the band toured with Weezer on what was billed as the Foozer Tour 34 Foo Fighters played a headline performance at the 2005 Reading and Leeds Festivals On June 17 2006 Foo Fighters performed their largest non festival headlining concert to date at London s Hyde Park Motorhead s Lemmy joined the band on stage to sing Shake Your Blood from Dave Grohl s Probot album As a surprise performance Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen appeared to play part of We Will Rock You as a lead in to Tie Your Mother Down In further support of In Your Honor the band organized a short acoustic tour for the summer of 2006 Members who had performed with them in late 2005 appeared such as Pat Smear Petra Haden on violin and backing vocals Drew Hester on percussion and Rami Jaffee of The Wallflowers on keyboard and 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 amp Grace 2007 2009 Foo Fighters performing live in 2007 For the follow up to In Your Honor the band recruited The Colour and the Shape producer Gil Norton Echoes Silence Patience amp 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 Modern Rock chart for a record 19 weeks The second single Long Road to Ruin was released in December 2007 supported by a music video directed by longtime collaborator Jesse Peretz formerly of the Lemonheads 35 Other singles included Let It Die and Cheer Up Boys Your Make Up Is Running In October 2007 Foo Fighters started their world tour in support of the album The band performed shows throughout the United States Canada Europe Australia New Zealand and Asia including headlining the Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore on August 9 At the European MTV Music Awards in 2007 Pat Smear confirmed his return to the band Echoes Silence Patience amp 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 Album of the Year while The Pretender was also nominated for Record of the Year and Best Rock Song Hawkins second from left and Grohl right with John Paul Jones left and Jimmy Page second from right of Led Zeppelin performing at Wembley Stadium London in 2008 On June 7 2008 the band played Wembley Stadium London and was joined by Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin to play Rock and Roll with Grohl on drums and Hawkins on vocals and Ramble On sung by Grohl drums by Hawkins As Page and Jones left the stage before a final encore of Best of You an ecstatic Grohl shouted Welcome to the greatest fucking day of my whole entire life 36 Throughout the tour for Echoes Silence Patience amp Grace Foo Fighters had been writing and practicing new songs at sound checks After Foo Fighters had completed this tour in September 2008 they 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 on their 2009 compilation album Greatest Hits and a newly recorded version of Rope which ended up making the final cut of Wasting Light 37 Wasting Light 2010 2012 Foo Fighters in 2009 From left to right Hawkins Shiflett Grohl Mendel In August 2010 the band began recording their seventh studio album with producer Butch Vig who had previously produced the two new tracks for the band s Greatest Hits album 38 The album was recorded in Dave Grohl s garage using only analog equipment The album won five Grammys and was nominated for six The recording was analog to tape and used no computers not even to mix or master 39 Vig said in an interview with MTV that the album was entirely analog until post mastering 40 Pat Smear was present in many photos posted by Grohl on Twitter 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 41 The first single from Wasting Light Rope was released to radio in February 2011 42 On April 16 2011 Foo Fighters released an album of covers Medium Rare as a limited edition vinyl for Record Store Day 43 The promotion for the album was highly praised for its originality 44 Wasting Light debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart becoming the band s first album to do so 45 Other singles for the album included Walk Arlandria These Days and Bridge Burning Alongside Wasting Light s release Foo Fighters released a rockumentary directed by Academy Award winner James Moll The film titled Back and Forth chronicles the band s career Then current and past members and producer Butch Vig tell the story of the band through interviews After debuting on March 15 2011 at the SXSW festival in Austin Texas 46 it was released on DVD three months later 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 shows at the Milton Keynes National Bowl on July 2 and 3 joined on stage by artists such as Alice Cooper Seasick Steve and John Paul Jones They headlined the final night at the 20th anniversary of Lollapalooza in Chicago s Grant Park on August 7 2011 performing part of their set in a driving rainstorm 47 Foo Fighters performing in December 2011 In September 2011 before a show in Kansas City the band performed a parody song in front of a protest by the Westboro Baptist Church It mocked the church s opposition to homosexuality and was performed in the same faux trucker garb that was seen in the band s Hot Buns promotional video 48 49 It was announced on September 28 2011 that Foo Fighters would be performing during the closing ceremony of Blizzard Entertainment s annual video game convention BlizzCon 50 On August 27 2012 Foo Fighters ended their European tour with a headline performance at Reading and Leeds Festival On September 5 the band performed a show at the Fillmore in Charlotte North Carolina as a benefit for Rock the Vote The show which occurred at the same time as the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte was announced only two weeks prior Tickets to the 2000 person capacity venue sold out in under 60 seconds setting a record for the site 51 The band set another personal record during the show itself being the longest that the band had played to date at just under 3 5 hours with a setlist of 36 songs 52 On September 21 the band headlined the Music Midtown Festival in Atlanta Georgia The following evening they headlined the DeLuna Festival in Pensacola Beach Florida On September 29 the band performed at the Global Citizens Festival before embarking on a break 53 Sonic Highways and Saint Cecilia EP 2013 2015 Despite initially announcing a break after supporting Wasting Light Grohl stated in January 2013 that the band had started writing material for an eighth studio album 54 On February 20 2013 at the Brit Awards Grohl said he was resuming work on the album the following day 55 On September 6 2013 Shiflett posted a photo to his Instagram account that indicated 13 songs were being recorded and later described it as pretty fucking fun 56 Rami Jaffee has recorded parts for two songs one of which was In the Clear 57 Butch Vig who worked with the band on Wasting Light confirmed via Twitter in late August 2013 that he was producing the album 58 59 The band confirmed that it would end its hiatus by playing two shows in Mexico City on December 11 and 13 On October 31 a video appeared on the official Foo Fighters YouTube channel showing a motorcyclist later revealed to be Erik Estrada delivering each of the band members an invitation to play in Mexico 60 On January 16 2014 a picture was posted to Foo Fighters Facebook page with several master tapes labeled LP 8 61 On May 15 it was announced that the album would be released in November and that the Foo Fighters would commemorate the album and their 20th anniversary with an HBO TV series directed by Grohl titled Sonic Highways 62 Eight songs were written and recorded in eight studios in eight different American cities with video capturing the history and feel of each town 63 On July 30 Butch Vig revealed that the Foo Fighters had finished recording and mixing the album and that it was slated to be released a month after the premiere of the TV show 64 In June 2014 the band agreed to play a show in Richmond Virginia that was entirely crowd funded by fans on the website Tilt com 65 The show took place on September 17 before 1 500 fans The band played 23 songs over the course of two and a half hours 66 Foo Fighters announced their tour would include performances in Cape Town on December 10 and Johannesburg on December 13 The band played three performances under the alias The Holy Shits in September 2014 the first at the Concorde 2 club in Brighton England where Grohl invited lead singer Jay Apperley of the tribute band UK Foo Fighters on stage to sing 67 68 followed by the House of Vans and the Islington Assembly Hall On September 14 2014 the band performed at the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games their first official show in England since closing Reading Festival in 2012 They closed out the 2014 VooDoo Music and Arts Festival in New Orleans on November 2 2014 in a two and a half hour performance that included an appearance from New Orleans native Trombone Shorty who played This Is a Call with the band 69 On August 8 the band released a short clip of their latest work titled 8 On August 11 the band announced that the new album would be titled Sonic Highways and released on November 10 2014 70 71 An international tour dubbed the Sonic Highways World Tour followed with performances in South Africa in December and South America in January 2015 72 It continued to Australia and New Zealand in February and March 73 On May 20 2015 the Foo Fighters were the final musical act to perform on Late Show with David Letterman continuing their long association with the host as he wrapped up his 33 year career in late night television The show ended with a montage of Letterman highlights while the Foo Fighters played Everlong which Letterman said had significant meaning for him after his open heart surgery in 2000 74 75 The band postponed their international tour to make the appearance 76 the tour resumed on May 24 with a performance at Radio 1 s Big Weekend in Norwich England 77 On June 12 Grohl fell from the stage in Gothenburg Sweden during the group s second song breaking his leg 78 The band continued playing while Grohl received medical attention who then returned to the stage to finish the last two hours of the band s set from a chair while a medic tended to his leg 78 After the concert Grohl was flown to London for surgery requiring six metal pins to stabilize the fracture 79 As a result of the injury the band canceled its remaining European tour dates 79 In July one thousand Italian fans held the Rockin 1000 gathering in Cesena Italy performing Learn to Fly and asking Foo Fighters to come play in the town The performance video went viral and impressed Grohl resulting in the band appearing in Cesena on November 3 80 Grohl performing at Fenway Park in 2015 on a custom built throne while recuperating from a broken leg The Foo Fighters planned to follow their international tour with a North American tour to promote Sonic Highways beginning with a special Fourth of July event in Washington D C that would commemorate the band s 20th anniversary 81 The all day event was to be held at Washington s RFK Stadium featuring performances by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Heart LL Cool J Gary Clark Jr and Buddy Guy 82 Dave Grohl s injury initially led to speculation that the band would drop out of the event but they later confirmed they would perform 83 however the injury did prevent them from headlining the 2015 Glastonbury Festival The band performed for 48 000 people 84 with Grohl in a custom built moving throne which he claimed to have designed himself while on painkillers 84 85 Beginning with the show on July 4 the Foo Fighters re branded the North American tour as the Broken Leg Tour 84 The band continued to use the name at later North American performances 86 87 Prior to their August 21 concert at the Sprint Center in Kansas City Missouri the band rickrolled protesting members of the Westboro Baptist Church as they had also done in 2011 88 On November 23 2015 a surprise release following a month long countdown clock on the Foo Fighters website revealed the free EP Saint Cecilia including a single of the same name Alongside its release Grohl announced that the band would be going on an indefinite hiatus 89 Concrete and Gold 2016 2019 Foo Fighters performing in 2017 In response to growing rumors of the band breaking up the band released a mockumentary video in March 2016 portraying Grohl leaving the band to pursue an electronic music career and Nick Lachey formerly of 98 Degrees becoming the group s new singer ending with For the millionth time we re not breaking up And nobody s going fucking solo 90 In May 2016 Shiflett stated that the band still had no particular plans for reforming but assured that it would happen eventually 91 Grohl announced that the band would spend much of 2017 recording their ninth studio album 92 On June 1 2017 their new single Run was released 93 Run topped the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart the following month The band confirmed touring keyboardist Rami Jaffee was officially the sixth member of the group 94 On June 20 2017 the band announced that their new album Concrete and Gold would be released in September On August 23 2017 The Sky Is a Neighborhood was released as the second single 95 and topped the Mainstream Rock chart 96 The Line was released in promotion of the album and later as the third single in 2018 97 Concrete and Gold was officially released on September 15 2017 produced by Greg Kurstin The album is noted as deriving influence from Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin and The Beatles 98 Concrete and Gold also features Justin Timberlake 99 on vocals for Make It Right Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men on backing vocals for the song Concrete and Gold 100 and Paul McCartney 101 on the drums for Sunday Rain The band began touring in June 2017 102 103 including headlining the Glastonbury Festival 2017 104 The tour in support of Concrete and Gold was extended to October 2018 105 Medicine at Midnight Studio 666 and Hawkins death 2019 present In October 2019 the band announced that they were recording their tenth studio album based on demos by Grohl 106 107 In November 2019 the band began releasing a series of EPs under the umbrella name of the Foo Files largely consisting of previously released B sides and live performances By February 2020 Grohl announced that the new album was complete 108 but by May it was delayed indefinitely because of the COVID 19 pandemic saying We ve kind of shelved it for now to figure out exactly when it s going to happen 109 Starting in November 2020 promotion for the album ramped up Its title Medicine at Midnight and release date February 5 2021 were announced The band released three singles ahead of the album Shame Shame No Son of Mine and Waiting on a War 110 In January the band performed at the US Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden 111 On February 10 2021 Foo Fighters were announced as one of the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees in their first year of eligibility as their debut album had been released 25 years prior 112 On May 12 2021 Foo Fighters were announced as one of 6 performer inductees 113 For Record Store Day on July 17 2021 the Foo Fighters released an album of disco covers Hail Satin under the name Dee Gees The album contains four Bee Gees covers a cover of Andy Gibb s Shadow Dancing plus five live versions of Medicine at Midnight tracks 114 On February 25 2022 the Foo Fighters released a comedy horror film Studio 666 directed by BJ McDonnell It stars the band members as themselves alongside Will Forte Whitney Cummings Jeff Garlin and Jenna Ortega 115 In the film the Foo Fighters attempt to record an album in a haunted mansion Grohl is possessed by a demonic spirit and the band members are killed off one by one 116 115 It was filmed in the same mansion in which the Foo Fighters had recorded Medicine at Midnight 115 Studio 666 received mixed reviews and performed poorly in its opening week 117 Grohl released an EP of songs from the film Dream Widow on March 25 2022 118 On March 25 2022 Hawkins died in his room at the Casa Medina hotel in Bogota Colombia 119 No cause of death was given 120 Hawkins had suffered chest pain and had ten substances in his system at the time of his death including opioids benzodiazepines tricyclic antidepressants and THC the psychoactive compound in cannabis 121 122 123 The Foo Fighters were scheduled to perform that night at the Estereo Picnic Festival as part of their ongoing South American tour 124 the festival stage was turned into a candlelight vigil for Hawkins 125 A few days later the band canceled all remaining tour dates 126 On June 8 the Foo Fighters announced a pair of tribute concerts to Hawkins The first concert was on September 3 at Wembley Stadium in London UK and another concert was on September 27 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles 127 In December 2022 the Foo Fighters confirmed they would continue without Hawkins and that fans would see them soon 128 In January 2023 the band started announcing festivals for the year 129 Musical style and legacy Foo Fighters performing at Download Festival Paris in June 2018 Foo Fighters have been described as grunge 130 131 alternative rock 132 post grunge 133 hard rock 134 and pop rock 135 They were initially compared to Grohl s previous group Nirvana Grohl acknowledged that Kurt Cobain was an influence on his songwriting Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that s stripped down Foo Fighters also used the technique of shifting between quiet verses and loud choruses which Grohl said was influenced by the members of Nirvana liking The Knack Bay City Rollers Beatles and ABBA as much as we liked Flipper and Black Flag I suppose 5 Writing and recording songs for their first album by himself Grohl intended for the guitar riffs to be as rhythmic as possible He approached the guitar in a similar manner to his drumming assigning various drum parts to strings on the instrument This allowed him to piece together songs easily he said I could hear the song in my head before it was finished 6 Once Grohl assembled a full band the members assisted in song arrangements 5 Pitchfork described Grohl and the band as his generation s answer to Tom Petty a consistent hit machine pumping out working class rock 136 The band members meld melodic and heavy elements Grohl noted in 1997 We all love music whether it s the Beatles or Queen or punk rock 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 natural 5 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 1990s for the rest of my life Grohl noted that the band s acoustic tour was an attempt to broaden the group s sound 137 Band membersCurrent members Dave Grohl lead vocals guitar 1994 present Pat Smear guitar 1995 1997 2010 present touring musician 2005 2010 backing vocals 1995 1997 Chris Shiflett guitar backing vocals 1999 present Nate Mendel bass 1995 present Rami Jaffee keyboards piano 2017 present session touring musician 2005 2017 Former members Franz Stahl guitar backing vocals 1997 1999 William Goldsmith drums percussion 1995 1997 Taylor Hawkins drums percussion backing vocals 1997 2022 died 2022 TimelineDiscographyMain articles Foo Fighters discography and list of songs recorded Studio albums 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 amp Grace 2007 Wasting Light 2011 Sonic Highways 2014 Concrete and Gold 2017 Medicine at Midnight 2021 Awards and nominationsMain article List of awards and nominations received by Foo Fighters Foo Fighters first received a Grammy Award for their music video for Learn to Fly in 2000 and they have won ten others These include four Grammys in the Best Rock Album category for There Is Nothing Left to Lose One by One Echoes Silence Patience amp Grace and Wasting Light and three awards for Best Hard Rock Performance for the songs All My Life The Pretender and White Limo 138 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 Radio Contraband Major Label Artist of the Year in 2011 and 2014 The band won Song of the Year for Something from Nothing and Album of the Year for Sonic Highways both in 2014 The band was nominated for six Grammy Awards Album of the Year Best Rock Performance Best Hard Rock Metal Performance Best Rock Song Best Rock Album and Best Long Form Music Video for Back and Forth at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards held in February 2012 139 They won five of the six 140 losing only to Adele in the Album of the Year category 139 In September 2021 the band received the first ever Global Icon Award at that year s MTV Video Music Awards 141 The following month they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility 142 References Young Alex September 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