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Foos
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Foos
The Foo Fighters were formed in early 1995 by former Nirvana drummer, Dave Grohl, part time guitarist of Nirvana, Pat Smear, Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith. Their first album was produced by Grohl when he was still with Nirvana. 1995-96 marked a platinum-plus debut LP, "Best New Artist" awards--not to mention high marks across the board--in the Rolling Stone and SPIN readers polls, a year and a half of sold out shows from the U.S. to Southeast Asia, the 1996 MTV Video Award for "Best Group Video"... You'd think these guys would take some time off to rest on their laurels, to smell the flowers, to bask in the praise and accolades... You'd think, but you're not a member of the Foo Fighters. August 1996 marked the end of the band's gruelling touring regimen supporting the Foo Fighters album and a week's vacation for Grohl before composing the music for the Paul Schrader feature film Touch (on which he once again performed virtually every note save for a few guest spots, which included John Doe of X and Veruca Salt's Louise Post). By early October, certified workaholic Grohl's fellow Foos had sufficiently recovered from road fatigue to begin pre-production on the new album at the 24-track studio of Barrett Jones, with whom Grohl had co-produced the first Foos LP. The beginning of 1997 was a small break and then back to work. The new single came ou t in April '97 and then their second album, The Colour & The Shape. Grohl said, "Anyone who should ask those personal questions now knows what the answers will (or won't) be in advance. As for the music, however, The Colour & The Shape is everything the first full length, full band recording by the Foo Fighters should be. Where the first Foos record was essentially the David Grohl project (For those terminally out of the loop: Grohl sang and played everything on the first album, with the exception of a guest guitar turn by Afghan Whig Greg Dulli on 'X-Static'), with guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Nate Mendel and (now former) drummer William Goldsmith joining later, The Colour & The Shape is a truly collective effort." After the release of the album came the departure of guitarist Pat Smear and Drummer William Goldsmith. These departures saw the arrival of ex-Alannis Morrisette drummer, Taylor Hawkins and long time friend of Grohl and former guitarist of Scream, Franz Stahl. The Foo Fighters then had some gigs closer to home to get the swing of things and then travelled all over the globe, promoting their second album.
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