Foo Fighters, alternative rock band from Seattle, USA
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Formed 1995 · Seattle, USA · alternative rock, post-grunge · RCA Records

The Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1994. Initially founded as a one-man project by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, the band comprises vocalist/guitarist Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, guitarists Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett, keyboardist Rami Jaffee and drummer Ilan Rubin. Guitarist Franz Stahl and drummers William Goldsmith, Taylor Hawkins, and Josh Freese are former members. Grohl created the Foo Fighters to release solo material after Nirvana disbanded in 1994, and recorded their eponymous debut album (1995) mostly alone in six days. After the songs drew label… via Wikipedia

Band Members: Franz Stahl, Dave Grohl, William Goldsmith, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Taylor Hawkins

Awards: MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Rock Artist

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Discography

Foo Fighters’s studio albums / EPs · 13

Foo Fighters – Your Favorite Toy (2026) album cover Your Favorite Toy 2026
Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (2023) album cover But Here We Are 2023
Foo Fighters – Hail Satin (2021) album cover Hail Satin 2021
Foo Fighters – Medicine at Midnight (2021) album cover Medicine at Midnight 2021
Foo Fighters – Concrete and Gold (2017) album cover Concrete and Gold 2017
Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways (2014) album cover Sonic Highways 2014
Foo Fighters – Wasting Light (2011) album cover Wasting Light 2011
Foo Fighters – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007) album cover Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace 2007
Foo Fighters – In Your Honor (2005) album cover In Your Honor 2005
Foo Fighters – One by One (2002) album cover One by One 2002
Foo Fighters – There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999) album cover There Is Nothing Left to Lose 1999
Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape (1997) album cover The Colour and the Shape 1997
Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters (1995) album cover Foo Fighters 1995

Influenced by

Artists who shaped Foo Fighters’s sound

The Beatles, an influence on Foo Fighters The Beatles C Cheap Trick E Elvis Costello T The Stooges Sonic Youth, an influence on Foo Fighters Sonic Youth P Pixies Screaming Trees, an influence on Foo Fighters Screaming Trees F Fugazi AC/DC, an influence on Foo Fighters AC/DC B Black Sabbath

In the press

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