Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1994.
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17 Facts About Foo Fighters
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Foo Fighters was initially formed as a one-man project by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl.
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Foo Fighters completed an album's worth of material in five days and handed out cassette copies of the sessions to his friends for feedback.
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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.
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Foo Fighters hoped the name would lead listeners to assume the music was made by several people.
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Foo Fighters 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.
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Foo Fighters undertook their first major tour in the spring of 1995, opening for Mike Watt.
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In 1998, Foo Fighters traveled to Grohl's home state of Virginia, to write their third album.
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Around 2001, Foo Fighters established a relationship with rock band Queen as the band were fans.
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Foo Fighters played a headline performance at the 2005 Reading and Leeds Festivals.
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Foo Fighters went home with Best Rock Album and Best Hard Rock Performance .
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Alongside Wasting Lights release, Foo Fighters released a rockumentary, directed by Academy Award-winner James Moll.
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The Foo Fighters were scheduled to perform that night at the Estereo Picnic Festival as part of their ongoing South American tour; the festival stage was turned into a candlelight vigil for Hawkins.
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Foo Fighters have been described as grunge, alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock, and pop rock.
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Foo Fighters approached the guitar in a similar manner to his drumming, assigning various drum parts to strings on the instrument.
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Foo Fighters first received a Grammy Award for their music video for "Learn to Fly" in 2000, and they have won ten others.
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In 2021, Foo Fighters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in their first year of eligibility.
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