Foo Fighters

Moving away from the Folk Rock posts and jumping back to the days of when Grunge ruled the world for this post. Again I feel like there should be another disclaimer with this post and it'll come in a minute. So with this post I'm going with the self titled debut from the Foo Fighters. You know that band Dave Grohl made famous after Nirvana was done for. So disclaimer time. I've never really been a huge fan of the Foo Fighters or Dave Grohl for that matter. That being said Deave has done some pretty cool stuff outside of the Foos. Go check out Probot or the killer documentary on Sound City Studios. Rumor has it too he's sat behind the kit for the mysterious Swedes in Ghost. In any point, I dug the first Foo record and after that I'm not sure what happened, perhaps my tastes changed or the fact that their material is overplayed. Whatever the case, this is an album that's a shock that's in my collection.

After Cobain decided to pretty much end the Grunge movement in 94, then Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl set out to record new music as an outlet to deal with the death of Cobain. Despite having offer to join some well named bands, Grohl declined and wrote and played every instrument on the debit Foo Fighters album. Pretty impressive feat really. He kept the band a secret for a bit, before recruiting former Nirvana touring Guitarist and ex The Germs guitarist Pat Smear and the rhythm section of the now defunct Seattle band Sunny Day Real Estate. The played a few shows under the name and while fans were expecting Nirvana covers and more Grunge goodness, they instead were met with a solid debut album of Alt Rock. Released on the Fourth of July in 95, 'Foo Fighters' delivers a mix of Alt/Punk/Hard rock while showcasing the multi instrumental Grohl. While the singles on the record obviously stand out, along with the spooftastic video for "Big Me", the band began their domination on the Modern Rock scene.

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