Foo Fighters

The Foo Fighters were formed at the end of 1994 by former Scream and Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl (now on guitar and vocals).

The other band members are Pat Smear (guitar), Nate Mendel (bass) and William Goldsmith (drums).

Their debut single, “This Is A Call’, was released in June 1995 and other successes on their debut album included tracks such as “I’ll Stick Around.”

However some commentators alleged that this was an attack on Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love and that the band sounded like Nirvana in the stop-start construction of several tracks. The same people criticised Grohl’s inability on occasion to match Cobain’s level of performance.

Goldsmith left the band during the recording of their second album and was replaced by Taylor Hawkins from Alanis Morissette’s touring band.

The album “The Colour And The Shape” was an album of blistering songs such as “Monkey Wrench” and “My Poor Brain”.

Smear left the band following the album’s release, and was later replaced by Franz Stahl (formerly of Scream). In 1998, Grohl recorded the soundtrack to Paul Schrader’s Touch.

Stahl left in June 1999, shortly before the release of “There Is Nothing Left To Lose”. The recording of their fourth album was delayed by outside interests such as Grohl’s membership of Queens Of The Stone Age.

The album “One by One” was released in 2002, highlights including “Times Like These,” which Grohl called the “favourite song he has written.” In “All my Life” Grohl again sings about Kurt Cobain.