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Foo Fighters

Formed in 1994

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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 interest, he recruited Mendel and Goldsmith, both formerly of Sunny Day Real Estate, and Smear, who had played with Nirvana on tour. The band made their first public performance in February 1995, five months before the album's release.

Goldsmith quit during the recording of their second album, The Colour and the Shape (1997), with Grohl re-recording most of the drum parts, and Smear departed soon afterward; they were replaced by Hawkins and Stahl, respectively. The latter had been in Scream, the band Grohl had drummed for before joining Nirvana. Stahl was fired before the recording of the group's third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999), and the band briefly continued as a trio until Shiflett joined after the completion of There Is Nothing Left to Lose. The group released their fourth album, One by One, in 2002, followed by the two-disc In Your Honor (2005), which was split between acoustic songs and heavier material. The Foo Fighters released their sixth album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, in 2007.

For the Foo Fighters' seventh studio album, Wasting Light (2011), produced by Butch Vig, Smear returned as a full-time member, after having appeared frequently with the band since 2005. 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 top the charts in the United States and the first to feature Jaffee, their longtime session and touring keyboardist, as a full member. Their tenth album, Medicine at Midnight (2021), was the last before Hawkins' death in March 2022. He was replaced by Freese from 2023 to 2025, and Rubin from 2025 onwards. Their eleventh album, But Here We Are, was released in June 2023. Their twelfth album Your Favorite Toy was released in April 2026.

The Foo Fighters have won 15 Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Album five times, making them among the most successful rock acts in Grammy history. In 2021, the band was announced as recipients of the first "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.

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Foo Fighters est un groupe américain de rock, formé à Seattle, Washington. Il est formé en 1994 durant la dissolution de Nirvana, à la suite de la mort de son leader Kurt Cobain. Dave Grohl, le batteur du groupe, se lance alors dans son projet, un album intitulé Foo Fighters sur lequel il enregistre tous les instruments à l'exception de quelques titres enregistrés avec l'aide de Krist Novoselic, ancien bassiste de Nirvana, et Pat Smear, ancien guitariste live de ce même groupe et membre des Germs.

Cependant, ne se voyant pas entamer une carrière solo, Dave Grohl enrôle dans Foo Fighters un guitariste, un batteur et un bassiste dont il ne reste désormais que Nate Mendel, bassiste de la formation originelle, ainsi que Pat Smear, qui fait son retour sur leur album Wasting Light, sorti en 2011 où il est guitariste rythmique. C'est Taylor Hawkins qui hérite de la batterie en 1997. L'année précédente c'était Chris Shiflett qui avait rejoint le groupe en tant que deuxième guitariste prenant le rôle de guitariste principal. Enfin, le claviériste Rami Jaffee, qui était membre de session et de tournée depuis 2005, devient membre officiel en 2017.

Le groupe a remporté 15 Grammy Awards dont 5 dans la catégorie « Meilleur album rock » et a vendu 12 millions d'albums pour les seuls États-Unis. Il est introduit au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame le 30 octobre 2021.

Le 25 mars 2022, Taylor Hawkins, batteur du groupe depuis 1997, décède à l'âge de 50 ans. Sa disparition met en suspens l'activité du groupe, qui renonce à la tournée internationale qu'il avait alors entamée. En juin 2023, le groupe annonce la sortie prochaine de son 11e album, intitulé But Here We Are, rendant hommage à son batteur disparu.

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