Biography
Foo Fighters - Rock Group from the USA, implemented in the genre of grunge. Frontman Dave Gold decided to gather it in 1994. The meaning of the name echoed with the terminology of pilots. The pilot foo-fighters called specific phenomena in the sky and unidentified flying objects seen on the European and Pacific Sky. The team logo combines two capital letters.The history of creation and composition
The biography of Dave Groang played a big role in the history of Foo Fighters. He became the founder of the team. The parents of the artist were fond of music, and in his family everything was able to play musical instruments. Therefore, no one was surprised when the boy was addicted to the composition of the author's songs and their execution. At the age of 10, he learned to play the guitar, to 11 already recorded his compositions on the cassettes, and in 12 he became the owner of the electric guitar.
The young man was a member of the school group that performed rock hits. Most often, novice musicians were invited to play in the evenings in the nursing home. Thanks to the cousin, Gold learned what punk rock was. After the relative of the relative for a couple of weeks on vacation, Dave understood: it's time to change something in life. A young man retrained from a guitarist in the drummer and began to cooperate with different musical teams, gaining experience. In parallel, he studied professional sound recording.
In the 1990s, Dave Grool was invited to the Nirvana group as a drummer. Then, few people knew that besides Kurt Kobein, there is another person creating author's songs in the team. Dave collected the material and in 1992 made a demo-recording under the pseudonym Late!. The cassette was called "PocketWatch".
In 1994, Kobain died. Nirvana participants did not continue joint activities. Horp at first was looking for interesting offers, and then decided to assemble his own group. By the time there were more than 40 songs in his piggy bank. He chose 12 and recorded them, independently creating an accompaniment on all musical instruments. After completing the work, the artist presented several instances of recording buddies. The cassette was called "Foo Fighters".
The entry accidentally got to representatives of several musical labels, which were offered to Diva cooperation. To respond, I had to collect the team. Her composition entered the guitarist Pat Sirm, bassist Neutel, Drummer William Goldsmith.
The debut concert of the newly minted team took place in 1995. The warmth adopted by the public, the musicians were inspired by success and organized a tour. By the summer, the first joint album was ready, and then the release of several singles took place.
Foo Fighters's debut plate has become a multiplatinist, and the band received the Best New Artist award.
Music
In 1996, artists realized that they had prospects, and decided to make a record of the next album. Producer Foo Fighters became Gil Norton. The work was not easy. Having started it in Washington, the gravity understood that something was not folded, and continued to work in another studio in Los Angeles. The plate was overwritten almost entirely.Having learned about this, the hell Goldsmith decided that it was no longer interested in it, and left the team. His place was taken by Taylor Hawkins. In 1997, the release of the Disk "The Color and the Shape" took place. One of the singles was the composition "My Hero".
After some time, the team was lost at Pat Merid, who was replaced by Franz. In 1998, the musicians began for a new album. The record was carried out at the Grool's home studio. Artists had misunderstanding, as a result of which steel left the project. The remaining participants decided to complete the three-headed.
In 1999, the light saw the album "There Is Nothing Left To Lose". The record turned out to be very popular, and should have been organized touring in its support. For this, the search for a guitarist. The trinity attracted Chris Chifflett. At first he was a session participant, and after the release of a new disk remained mainly Foo Fighters.
In 2001, artists began working on a new record, and Dave Grozhe managed to cooperate with other projects. Working on the Queens of The Stone Age's disc, the frontman felt a tide of inspiration and overwriting several compositions from the plate Foo Fighters. In 10 days, the album was recycled, and already in 2002 a presentation "One by One" took place.
Later, in an interview with Gold, he said that he overestimated his impulse and considers only 4 songs with an album successful. The rest quickly gone to him. The musicians went to the tour of the tour and decided to take a small pause in working on a new material. The groove plans turned out to be recording acoustics, but in the end he could not do without partners on Foo Fighters.
The fifth album of the team became double. He called "In Your Honor". The first part contained heavy musical compositions with a fatal sound, and the second is lyrical acoustics. A short tour that lasted until 2006 was designed to support the album. Pat Surmin supplemented a team on tour in the role of a guitarist. Keyboard, violin and back-vocals have been added to the group accompaniment. At concerts performed mostly acoustic works.
Musicians worked tirelessly, working on new material and removing clips on popular singles. In 2007, the fans met the album "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace". His record was carried out under the control of Gila Norton. Foo Fighters were very in demand and performed at Live Earth, V Festival festivals and others. Then the world tour started. It ended with a concert in Canada in 2008. The success of the plate was enchanting. The group received 5 nominations on "Grammy" and won 2.
In 2010, Foo Fighters was invited to cooperate Batcha Viga, the producer that helped in the creation of the Nirvana album "NEVERMIND". The disc was presented in 2011 called "Wasting Light". After a couple of days, the album of the group's packs came out. The seventh plate of the rock team was headed by the Chart Billboard 200.
The team also released the documentary "Back and back" about the history of the project. In summer, the group has become a chadliner of several musical festivals and events. At the Grammy Prize, where the album was nominated in 6 categories, the artists received 5 prizes.
In August of the same year, the gravity told fans that Foo Fighters plan to complete musical activity. The musicians agreed on the fact that they allowed themselves to be a permanent vacation, and did not make a mysterious. In 2013, the artists again met for collaboration, and a year later a release "Sonic Highways" took place. The next album went out after 3 years, in 2017. He got the name "Concrete and Gold".
Foo Fighters now
Musicians often act on major events. In 2019, the artists became chadliners of the famous Sziget festival, which was held in Budapest. In Ohio, they lit on Sonic Temple Art +. Foo Fighters have ambitious plans for the 2019/2020 season.
The personal site of the group published their tour for 12 months. The team will visit the city of USA, Europe, South America. In Russia, they did not perform for a long time, therefore there is a possibility that in the near future their tour will be replenished with another country.
Now, you can follow the movements of the team and performances thanks to the Foo Fighters account in "Instagram", where photos and videos are regularly published from concerts, rehearsals and tour.
Discography
- 1995 - Foo Fighters
- 1997 - "The Color and The Shape"
- 1999 - "There Is Nothing Left To Lose"
- 2002 - "One by One"
- 2005 - "In Your Honor"
- 2007 - "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace"
- 2011 - "Wasting Light"
- 2014 - "Sonic Highways"
- 2017 - "Concrete and Gold"
Clips
- "The Sky's A Neighborhood"
- "Walking After You"
- "Rope"
- "DEAR ROSEMARY"
- "Hot Buns"
- "IN THE CLEAR"
- "RUN"
- "Something From Nothing"