While the members of Foo Fighters had initially planned for their new album (composed of songs from this recording session) to have come out in 2009 with almost no touring support, they ultimately decided to shelve most of the songs from these sessions. [18] It has also been pointed out that some of the descriptions of foo fighters closely resemble those of ball lightning.[33]. Since aviators are not skilled observers of human behavior, they usually have only the vaguest understanding of their own feelings. There was a bitterness and trauma surrounding the suicide of Kurt Cobain and the subsequent break-up of Nirvana that pulsated through so much of Daves early work with Foo Fighters. After debuting on March 15, 2011, at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas,[46] it was released on DVD three months later. For Foo Fighters' seventh studio album, Wasting Light (2011), produced by Butch Vig, Smear returned as a full member. [119] No cause of death was given. [61] On May 15, it was announced that the album would be released in November and that the Foo Fighters would commemorate the album and their 20th anniversary with an HBO TV series directed by Grohl titled Sonic Highways. [72] It continued to Australia and New Zealand in February and March. From left to right: Chris Shiflett, Taylor Hawkins, Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Rami Jaffee, and Pat Smear. Theyve confirmed plenty of massive festival performances in 2023, but now Foo Fighters are announcing their own headline shows. Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl shares stories from his time with Nirvana. [6] He hoped the name would lead listeners to assume the music was made by several people. Foo Fighters released their fourth album, One by One, in 2002. Quiz: How well do you know Foo Fighters' lyrics. [7][8], According to Ringwald, because of the lack of a better name, it stuck. The album contains four Bee Gees covers, a cover of Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing", plus five live versions of Medicine at Midnight tracks. A Guide to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2021, Chris Shiflett Embraces the Twang on New Solo LP 'West Coast Town', Michael Chiklis On His Lifelong Passion For Music and His Debut Album, 'Influence', We the Kings Share Their Music-Listening Habits for the Tour Bus, Stream the Foo Fighters' New EP, 'Saint Cecilia', Tripping Through the Monster Magnet Discography With Frontman Dave Wyndorf, Radio on the TV: Performances from Gerard Way, Foo Fighters feat. The band released three singles ahead of the album: "Shame Shame", "No Son of Mine", and "Waiting on a War". Foo Fighters was initially formed as a one-man project by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. It was the first Foo Fighters release after the death of the band's drummer Taylor . The Pretender (Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, 2007), 3. [57] Butch Vig, who worked with the band on Wasting Light, confirmed via Twitter in late August 2013 that he was producing the album. On June 4, 2011, they played a surprise set at the 2011 KROQ Weenie Roast. [citation needed], Before the release of the album, Capitol Records president Gary Gersh was forced out of the label. [74][75] The band postponed their international tour to make the appearance;[76] the tour resumed on May 24, with a performance at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Norwich, England. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . "[6] Once Grohl assembled a full band, the members assisted in song arrangements. The Foo Fighters have unveiled their new musical direction - transforming from stadium rock heroes to a Bee Gees tribute band for their next album. The demo, which featured now-classic Foo Fighters songs like This Is a Call, the aforementioned Alone + Easy Target and the buoyant, sticky-sweet Big Me, demonstrated that, like Cobain, Grohl's songwriting managed to wrangle all the disparate music he loved - punk and hardcore like Bad Brains and Hsker D; sludgy art-damaged metal like . Foo Fighters Molecules Hoodie (Navy Heather) $44.99 In Stock Delivery: Estimated between Thu Jul 14 to Tue Jul 19 Fulfilled by LiveNation Merchandise SIZE OR TYPE Add To Cart 1 Product Description Molecules design printed on a navy blue, 60% cotton, 40% polyester, zip-up hoodie. If you're new, Subscribe! and our Harold Augsperger, also decided to sanitize the term to "foo fighters" in the historical data of the squadron. The band briefly continued as a trio until Chris Shiflett joined on guitar after the completion of There Is Nothing Left to Lose. [110] In January, the band performed at the US Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden. The film, titled Back and Forth, chronicles the band's career. Foo fighters were reported on many occasions from around the world; a few examples are noted below. [93] Run topped the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart the following month. After touring through the spring of 1996, the now full-band Foo Fighters entered a Seattle studio with producer Gil Norton to record the band's second album. [86][87] Prior to their August 21 concert at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, the band rickrolled protesting members of the Westboro Baptist Church, as they had also done in 2011. If only the rest of In Your Honor had such well-focused emotional power. The band won Song of the Year for "Something from Nothing" and Album of the Year for Sonic Highways both in 2014. Though the album bears some of the fuzzed-out power chords of Nirvana's grunge sound along with Grohl's aggressive, athletic drumming, tracks such as "This Is a Call" and "Big . Perhaps best remembered for the twistedly inspired music-video collaboration with Jack Black (acting opposite Dave as caricature rednecks entering a darkened motel room, modelling on a variety of fetching wigs and lingerie, and proceeding to trash the place), Low also happens to be the bands heaviest sounding song. Though foo fighter initially described a type of UFO reported and named by the U.S. 415th Night Fighter Squadron, the term was also commonly used to mean any UFO sighting from that period. Your browser is out-of-date! Awards. For most of its history, the band chose to stay away from the political realm. [141] The following month, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in their first year of eligibility. [91], Grohl announced that the band would spend much of 2017 recording their ninth studio album. [14] Though Grohl hoped that Goldsmith would still play on the tour, Goldsmith felt betrayed and left the band.[15]. Three of these songs were later released "Wheels" and "Word Forward" (on their 2009 compilation album, Greatest Hits); and a newly recorded version of "Rope" (which ended up making the final cut of Wasting Light). [77], On June 12, Grohl fell from the stage in Gothenburg, Sweden, during the group's second song, breaking his leg. Singles from the album included "All My Life", "Times Like These", "Low", and "Have It All". The album won five Grammys and was nominated for six. Though foo fighter initially described a type of UFO reported and named by the U.S. 415th Night Fighter Squadron, the term was also commonly used to mean any UFO sighting from that period. Colin Larkin. The objects were variously described as fiery, and glowing red, white, or orange. Having spent a year and a half touring behind One by One, Grohl did not want to rush into recording another Foo Fighters record. Donation collected by MusiCares YouTube covers all transaction fees Nonprofit website. [56] Rami Jaffee has recorded parts for two songs, one of which was "In the Clear". Meiers was from Chicago and was an avid reader of Holman's strip, which was run daily in the Chicago Tribune. After a succession of lineup changes, including the departures of Goldsmith and Smear, the band formed its core lineup in 1999, consisting of Grohl, Mendel, Chris Shiflett (guitar), and Taylor Hawkins (drums). [14] However, the bulk of the sightings started occurring in the last week of November 1944, when pilots flying over Western Europe by night reported seeing fast-moving round glowing objects following their aircraft. Reportedly penned while Dave was still playing drums for Nirvana, Kurt Cobains influence is clear on one of the frontmans most ingeniously easy melodies and repetitively abstract (largely nonsensical) lyrics that somehow only reinforce the pop-rock brilliance. Those detractors who dismiss the Foos as meat-and-potatoes pop-rock for the masses should go right back to their debut LP for a better understanding of their complex genesis. On August 11, the band announced that the new album would be titled Sonic Highways and released on November 10, 2014. On October 31, a video appeared on the official Foo Fighters YouTube channel showing a motorcyclist, later revealed to be Erik Estrada, delivering each of the band members an invitation to play in Mexico. in 1999, "in those few weeks it just seemed like the three of us were moving in one direction and Franz wasn't." The band began touring in June 2017,[102][103] including headlining the Glastonbury Festival 2017. [28], The author Renato Vesco revived the wartime theory that the foo fighters were a Nazi secret weapon in his work Intercept UFO, reprinted in a revised English edition as Man-Made UFOs: 50 Years of Suppression in 1994. [115] In the film, the Foo Fighters attempt to record an album in a haunted mansion; Grohl is possessed by a demonic spirit and the band members are killed off one by one. Embracing the lessons learned during that first behind-the-kit stint on top of the world, but replacing much of Kurt Cobains despondency with his own energy and optimism, failure was never really an option. He pulled it out and slammed it down on Ringwald's desk and said, "[I]t was another one of those fuckin' foo fighters!" Praise doesnt come much higher than that. [121][122][123] The Foo Fighters were scheduled to perform that night at the Estreo Picnic Festival as part of their ongoing South American tour;[124] the festival stage was turned into a candlelight vigil for Hawkins. Medicine At Midnight. The appearance of this weird device inside a bomber stream would (and indeed did) have a distracting and disruptive effect on the bomber pilots. Ringwald said that Meiers was extremely agitated and had a copy of the comic strip tucked in his back pocket. They also headlined two sold-out shows at the Milton Keynes National Bowl on July 2 and 3, joined on stage by artists such as Alice Cooper, Seasick Steve, and John Paul Jones. "Foo Fighters: 'Touring the UK? I'll Stick Around (Foo Fighters, 1995), 19. Learn To Fly (There Is Nothing Left To Lose, 1999), 10. Indeed, Dave himself has since referred to the song as a piece of shit and the band have rarely returned to such gently hazy territory in the years since. Smear left Foo Fighters in 1997, citing exhaustion and burnout, and was replaced by Grohl's former Scream bandmate Franz Stahl. [60], On January 16, 2014, a picture was posted to Foo Fighters' Facebook page with several master tapes labeled LP 8. The lyrics about Ritalin, balloons, pretty fingernails and bartering cysts and mollusks are full of much of the same subverted childish wonder as Nirvana classics like Polly, but when Dave declares This is a call to all my past resignations, it lands with more propulsive hope than pained introversion. The second single, "Long Road to Ruin", was released in December 2007, supported by a music video directed by longtime collaborator Jesse Peretz (formerly of the Lemonheads). Possessed of a strident swagger and more scathing sense of humour than what had come before, lines like, I'm impressed, what a beautiful chest / I never meant to make a big scene and, Yeah, but what do you do when youre just another ageing drag queen? (a line Courtney Love seemed convinced was about here) bristle with provocative wit. [128] In January 2023, the band started announcing festivals for the year. It mocked the church's opposition to homosexuality and was performed in the same faux-trucker garb that was seen in the band's Hot Buns promotional video. It was followed with the two-disc In Your Honor (2005), which was split between acoustic songs and heavier material. I thought that I would rather do what no one expected me to do." Grohl noted in 1997, "We all love music, whether it's the Beatles or Queen or punk rock. [16] Follow-up stories, using the term "Foo Fighters", appeared in the New York Herald Tribune and the British Daily Telegraph. However, they could not be outmaneuvered or shot down. As with the European foo fighters, no aircraft were reported as having been attacked by a "ball of fire". Once that album was finished and touring had started for both Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age, the band was on the verge of breaking up entirely. The band's first single, "This Is a Call", was released in June 1995,[8] and its debut album Foo Fighters was released the next month. His scrappy 1995 debut under the aliasperformed and . Although there is no hard evidence to support the reality of the Feuerball drone, this theory has been taken up by other aviation/ufology authors, and it has even been cited by some as the most likely explanation for the phenomena in at least one recent TV "documentary" on Nazi secret weapons. [89], In response to growing rumors of the band breaking up, the band released a mockumentary video in March 2016 portraying Grohl leaving the band to pursue an electronic music career and Nick Lachey (formerly of 98 Degrees) becoming the group's new singer, ending with: "For the millionth time, we're not breaking up. Oxford Music Online. Foo Fighters Video Essentials The alt-rock warriors take goofing around quite seriously. A crude form of collision avoidance radar ensured the craft would not crash into another airborne object, and an onboard sensor mechanism would even instruct the machine to depart swiftly if it was fired upon. For this list, we'll be looking at this rock band's finest hits over their quarter-of-a-century-pl. In December 1944, a press correspondent from the Associated Press in Paris, Bob Wilson, was sent to the 415th at their base outside of Dijon, France, to investigate this story. Wasting Light. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. [115] Studio 666 received mixed reviews and performed poorly in its opening week. Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace was released on September 25, 2007. The album was also nominated for Album of the Year, while "The Pretender" was also nominated for Record of the Year and Best Rock Song. "I'll Stick Around", "For All the Cows", and "Big Me" were released as subsequent singles. http://bit.ly/subscribe-loudwireCheck out our picks for the 10 Best Foo Fighters Songs!Go here http://loudwire.com/Like us ht. After Foo Fighters had completed this tour in September 2008, they recorded 13 new songs in studio 606, shortly after announcing a hiatus from touring (which would last until January 2011). The Robertson Panel explored possible explanations, for instance that they were electrostatic phenomena similar to St. Elmo's fire, electromagnetic phenomena, or simply reflections of light from ice crystals. [4][5][6], The term "foo" was borrowed from Smokey Stover by a radar operator in the 415th Night Fighter Squadron, Donald J. Meiers, who, according to most 415th members, gave the foo fighters their name. Although Dave has said that the song is actually one of his least favourite on the LP, its inspirational depiction of a band looking for a sign of life and that hilarious, hallucinogen-laced music video (featuring an early cameo from Tenacious D) saw Learn To Fly carry Foo Fighters to delirious new heights. With the sessions nearly complete, Grohl took the rough mixes to Los Angeles, intending to finish his vocal and guitar parts. Closer to the prize at the end of the rope, as Dave reckons on the albums throbbing lead single. This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 20:30. The first single from Wasting Light, "Rope", was released to radio in February 2011. The purpose of the Feuerball, according to Vesco, was twofold. Lyrically, it's just kind of a big question mark, but the words sound good and it's a nostalgic look back at Seattle and the life I once had. The alt-rock warriors take goofing around quite seriously. It is definitely one of my favourite songs that we've ever come up with, Dave has noted. [92] On June 1, 2017, their new single "Run" was released. Grohl reunited with Hawkins, Shiflett, and Mendel to play the Coachella Festival, alternating days with Queens of the Stone Age. / Still, there's one thing that comforts me / Since I was always caged and now I'm free!) remains their most brilliantly bristling moment. All My Life. The band performed for 48,000 people[84] with Grohl in a custom-built moving throne which he claimed to have designed himself while on painkillers. The album's singles included Best of You, DOA, Resolve, and No Way Back/Cold Day in the Sun. [79] As a result of the injury, the band canceled its remaining European tour dates. For the rock band, see. Its title, Medicine at Midnight, and release date, February 5, 2021, were announced. [13], After touring through the spring of 1996, Foo Fighters entered Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, Washington, with producer Gil Norton to record its second album. As the Dee Gees, a nod to frontman Dave. Even better, the mighty Bob Dylan once complimented Dave on its brilliance, suggesting that he might even learn Everlong himself. Foo fighters, sonic highways. The band played 23 songs over the course of two and a half hours. 2017. [78] The band continued playing while Grohl received medical attention, who then returned to the stage to finish the last two hours of the band's set from a chair while a medic tended to his leg. At the time, these were erroneously believed to be Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket-powered interceptors which did not operate at night. Thankfully, Taylors smashing percussion and the three-guitar attack ensure it grows into the sort of desert-rock-on-steroids monster of which the English hellraiser doubtless approved. Following the success of the 1995 eponymous debut album, Grohl (lead vocals, guitar) recruited a band consisting of Nate Mendel (bass guitar), William Goldsmith (drums), and Pat Smear (guitar). For more information, please see our Foo Fighters made their debut in 1995, a year after the death of iconic Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain left in doubt both the state of rock and the musical future of Nirvana's drummer, Dave Grohl. The 415th Night-Fighter Squadron's Intelligence Officer, Captain Ringwald, sent a report listing 14 separate incidents in December 1944 and early January 1945 to the intelligence section at XII Tactical Air Command, the unit's immediate superiors at 64th Fighter Wing being unable to offer any answers. Foo Fighters also used the technique of shifting between quiet verses and loud choruses, which Grohl said was influenced by the members of Nirvana "liking The Knack, Bay City Rollers, Beatles, and ABBA as much as we liked Flipper and Black Flag, I suppose. But at the same time, we're all suckers for a beautiful melody, you know? None of the thirteen interviewed claimed any knowledge of a German secret weapons program that could have explained the sightings. [52] On September 21, the band headlined the Music Midtown Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. [19], The postwar Robertson Panel cited foo fighter reports, noting that their behavior did not appear to be threatening, and mentioned possible explanations, for instance that they were electrostatic phenomena similar to St. Elmo's fire, electromagnetic phenomena, or simply reflections of light from ice crystals. Micallef, Ken. Electrostatic discharges from the klystron tubes would, he stated, interfere with the ignition systems of the bombers, causing the engines to stall and the planes to crash. As a surprise performance, Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen appeared to play part of We Will Rock You as a lead in to Tie Your Mother Down. [5] Hawkins made his debut with the group in time for the release of its second album, The Colour and the Shape, in May 1997. Hoodie has a mp3 player holder and eyelet in front pocket and thumb holes at the cuffs. in 1992. "The Real Foo Fighters: A Historical and Physiological Perspective on a World War II Aviation Mystery". Ed. [16] Stahl toured with Foo Fighters for the next few months and appeared on two tracks recorded for movie soundtracks, a re-recording of "Walking After You", also released as a single, for The X-Files and "A320" for Godzilla. Ironically, Dave himself has noted that the track was inspired subconsciously by the Sesame Street sing-along One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other. [69], On August 8, the band released a short clip of their latest work, titled 8. [10][11], Grohl formed a band to support the album. Layering-up a collection of rhythms and riffs that seem to barely hang together, breathy verses (These premonitions got me crying up a storm / Leave your condition, this position does no harm) and a sporadic YOW! that sounds like Dave channelling soul legend James Brown through a distortion pedal, were paid off with a chorus line Give me some rope I'm coming loose, I'm hanging on you thats pure stadium-rock gold. This allowed him to piece together songs easily; he said, "I could hear the song in my head before it was finished. [138] The band also received three Kerrang! On September 5, the band performed a show at the Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a benefit for Rock the Vote. [82] Dave Grohl's injury initially led to speculation that the band would drop out of the event but they later confirmed they would perform;[83] however, the injury did prevent them from headlining the 2015 Glastonbury Festival. They are largely dependent upon their own experience, which must supplement and interpret the traditions about "Vertigo" which are passed on to them. Sonic Temple announces almost 80 bands including headliners Foo Fighters, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and KISS. Grohl insisted that the album be divided into two discsone full of rock songs, the other featuring acoustic tracks. [125] A few days later, the band canceled all remaining tour dates. [58][59] The band confirmed that it would end its hiatus by playing two shows in Mexico City on December 11 and 13. [1] Formally reported from November 1944 onwards, foo fighters were presumed by witnesses to be secret weapons employed by the enemy. [97] Concrete and Gold was officially released on September 15, 2017, produced by Greg Kurstin. In 2002, guitarist May contributed guitar work to Tired of You and an outtake called Knucklehead. FOO FIGHTERS Unisex Molecules Tee / T-Shirt Condition: New in original bag Size: XXXL (see images for measurements) Color: Heathered Navy (see images) Made by: Optima Cotton Wear London Material: 50% Cotton, 50% Polyester [40] Pat Smear was present in many photos posted by Grohl on Twitter and a press release in December confirmed Smear played on every track on the album and was considered a core member of the band once again.[41]. [5] Grohl occasionally booked studio time to record demos and covers, issuing an album of demos, Pocketwatch, under the pseudonym Late! The show ended with a montage of Letterman highlights while the Foo Fighters played "Everlong", which Letterman said had significant meaning for him after his open-heart surgery in 2000. The band confirmed touring keyboardist Rami Jaffee was officially the sixth member of the group. [34] Foo Fighters played a headline performance at the 2005 Reading and Leeds Festivals. [2], The nonsense word "foo" emerged in popular culture during the early 1930s, first being used by cartoonist Bill Holman, who peppered his Smokey Stover[3] fireman cartoon strips with "foo" signs and puns. [84] The band continued to use the name at later North American performances. As Page and Jones left the stage before a final encore of "Best of You", an ecstatic Grohl shouted "Welcome to the greatest fucking day of my whole entire life!". The Essential Foo Fighters. After spending four months in a Los Angeles studio, the album "just didn't sound right" and the band had no confidence it would sell very well. In a mission debriefing on the evening of November 27, 1944, Frederic "Fritz" Ringwald, the unit's S-2 Intelligence Officer, stated that Meiers and Pilot Lt. Ed Schleuter had sighted a red ball of fire that appeared to chase them through a variety of high-speed maneuvers. The band's tenth album, Medicine at Midnight (2021), was the last to feature Hawkins, who died in March 2022. Lead single Best Of You was initially lost in the inspirational shuffle, but on the insistence of their manager, the track was dug up, rounded out and went on to become a worldwide hit, even covered by Prince during his Super Bowl XLI halftime show. In Stock. The Colour and the Shape (Bonus Track Version) 1997. Around 2001, Foo Fighters established a relationship with rock band Queen as the band (particularly Grohl[25] and Hawkins[26]) were fans. "[23] Links and references to Alive & Well were removed from the band's website by March 2003.[24]. My first concert ever was the Foo Fighters and him playing the drums singing along to Queen covers are some of the highlights from that experience that I'll never forget. Foo Fighters Essentials Dave Grohl's solo project that became an alt-rock giant. Rest in Peace. The group re-recorded nearly all of the album in a ten-day stretch at Grohl's home studio in Alexandria, Virginia, the following month. "[30] Grohl attended several Kerry rallies and occasionally performed solo acoustic sets. These include four Grammys in the Best Rock Album category for: There Is Nothing Left to Lose; One by One; Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace; and Wasting Light; and three awards for Best Hard Rock Performance for the songs "All My Life", "The Pretender", and "White Limo". He approached the guitar in a similar manner to his drumming, assigning various drum parts to strings on the instrument. [22] Sandra Thurman, then director of the Office of National AIDS Policy stated this was "extraordinarily irresponsible behavior" because "there is no doubt about the link between HIV and AIDS in the respected scientific community. This project pioneered the study of aviators' vertigo and was initiated because a wide variety of anomalous events were being reported by nighttime aviators. Interestingly, like Everlong, Dave told Mojo that the song was inspired by his failing marriage at the time. Over-earnestness and syrupy sentimentality have never particularly burdened Foo Fighters music, but when they do let loose some chest-beating emotion, few outfits do it better. Over the course of their career, Foo Fighters have won 15 Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Album five times, making them among the most successful rock acts in Grammy history. Where Kurts lyrics were so often spiked with venom, though, Dave was really striking out on his own here with a sense of feel-good whimsy capable of winning over even the least hardened ears. It's times like these you learn to live again / It's times like these you give and give again / It's times like these you learn to love again. Quite. [18] The remaining trio of Grohl, Mendel, and Hawkins spent several months recording the band's third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose, in Grohl's home studio. [44] Wasting Light debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the band's first album to do so. The squadron commander, Capt. Tickets to the 2000-person capacity venue sold out in under 60 seconds, setting a record for the site. Smear departed soon afterward but appeared as a guest with the band frequently from 2005; he rejoined in 2010. [53], Despite initially announcing a break after supporting Wasting Light, Grohl stated in January 2013 that the band had started writing material for an eighth studio album. [112] On May 12, 2021, Foo Fighters were announced as one of 6 performer inductees. Background information Also known as The Holy Shits[1] Fighters in Night Assaults Over Germany", "The Foo Fighters: Today's Pilot Encounters With UAP Are Nothing New", "Floating Mystery Ball Is New Nazi Air Weapon", "I-Team: UFO study focused on U.S. Military encounters", Tulli Papyrus (possibly 15th century B.C. 4:23. Foo Fighters released their sixth album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, in 2007. [43] The promotion for the album was highly praised for its originality. [1] Formally reported from November 1944 onwards, foo fighters were presumed by witnesses to be secret weapons employed by the enemy. P!nk joins Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin to perform Get The Party Started for their annual Hanukkah Sessions, 20. Like an exorcism: Dave Grohl on the Foos debut, 25 years later. The album included the singles "Monkey Wrench", "Everlong" and "My Hero". Foo Fighters are playing some massive U.S. festivals this year, marking their first proper live shows since drummer Taylor Hawkins passing.