Foo Fighters Music

Origin: Seattle, WA

Decades: 1990's and 2000's

While he was drumming with Nirvana, Dave Grohl was recording original songs at home that never received public release. Those tapes would become the foundation of Foo Fighters, the band he formed in 1995, after the death of Kurt Cobain. Like Nirvana, Foo Fighters melded loud, heavy guitars with pretty melodies and mixed punk sensibilities with a sharp sense of pop songwriting. Dave Grohl began playing guitar and writing songs in his early teens, as well as performing with a variety of hardcore punk bands. ... Read More

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