 The Foo
Fighters consists of Dave Grohl on guitar and
vocal, Nate Mendel on bass, Taylor Hawkins on
drums, and Chris Shiflett on guitar. Grohl
formed the group in late 1994 (after finding
large-scale success with Nirvana) with
original members Mendel, Pat Smear on guitar
(replaced later by Franz Stahl) and William
Goldsmith on drums (replaced later by
Hawkins).
 # 149
Singles Artist of the Year
  The Foo Fighters released their
debut LP Foo
Fighters.
Foo
Fighters was certified gold.
 # 65
Singles Artist of the Year
 Foo
Fighters was certified
platinum.
Foo Fighters were nominated for
a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music
Performance (Foo
Fighters).
 The Foo Fighters hit the Top 40
with "Big Me."
The Foo Fighters hit the Top 10 with
"Big Me."
 The Foo
Fighters won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Group Video ("Big Me")
and was also nominated for Video of the Year, Best Alternative Video, Breakthrough Video, and Best Direction ("Big Me").
 # 131
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Foo Fighters released The
Colour And The Shape.
The
Colour And The Shape was
certified gold.
The Foo Fighters were nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards
including Best Rock Video and Best Alternative Video
("Monkey Wrench").
 The Foo Fighters hit the Top 40
with "Everlong."
 The Foo Fighters were nominated
for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Hard Rock Performance ("Monkey
Wrench") and Best Rock Album (The
Colour And The Shape).
The
Colour And The Shape was
certified platinum.
 The Foo Fighters were nominated
for 3 MTV Video Music
Awards
including Best Rock Video, Best Special Effects (Paul
Sokol & Chris W.), and Best Art Direction (Bill
Lakoss) ("Everlong").
 # 135
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Foo Fighters released There
Is Nothing Left To Lose.
The Foo Fighters hit the Top 40
with "Learn To Fly."
There
Is Nothing Left To Lose was
certified platinum.
 # 82
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Foo Fighters hit the Top 10 with
"Learn To Fly."
The Foo Fighters were
nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards
including Best Group Video and Best Direction (Jesse
Peretz) ("Learn To Fly").
 VH1: 100
Greatest Hard Rock Artists
included the Foo Fighters at # 72.
 The Foo
Fighters won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album (There
Is Nothing Left To Lose) and Best Music Video, Short Form
("Learn To Fly"),
and were nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Learn To Fly").
 VH1: 100
Greatest Videos
includes "Learn To Fly"
at # 20.
VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists
included the Foo Fighters at # 74.
 The Foo Fighters released One
By One.
Foo Fighters topped the Modern
Rock Tracks chart for 10 weeks with "All
My Life."
 One
By One was certified gold.
The Foo
Fighters won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ("All
My Life") and were nominated for Best Rock Song
("All My Life").
The Foo Fighters could be heard on the
soundtrack for American
Wedding with "Times Like
These."
 One
By One was certified
platinum.
 The Foo Fighters won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album (One
By One) and were nominated
for Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Times
Like These"). The Foo Fighters also
performed at the ceremony.
 The Foo Fighters could be heard
on the compilation Rock
Against Bush, Vol. 2 with "Gas
Chamber."
# 447 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 98
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Foo Fighters released the
double CD In
Your Honor which Newsday
described as "...stretching the
boundaries of alternative rock."
The Foo Fighters hit the Top 40
with "Best Of You."
The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "Best Of You."
In
Your Honor was certified platinum.
 The video for "Best Of You" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Rock Video and Best Editing.
Foo Fighters performed on Shelter
From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast
- a benefit program shown on all the major
networks simultaneously to raise money for
those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
The single "Best Of You" was certified
platinum.
 Foo Fighters performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with
"DOA."
The single "Best Of You" was certified 2x
platinum.
Foo Fighters topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Modern
Rock Track ("Best Of You").
 Foo Fighters
were nominated for 4 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("Virginia Moon" with Norah Jones), Best Rock Song
(awarded to the songwriter) and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Best Of You"), and Best Rock Album (In
Your Honor).
 The single
"Learn To Fly" was certified
gold.
Foo Fighters
released the live LP Skin
& Bones.
 On July 7th, the Foo Fighters
performed at the Live
Earth
concert in the UK. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart with
"The Pretender."
 The Foo Fighters released Echoes,
Silence, Patience And Grace.
The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart
with "The Pretender."
The Foo Fighters topped the LP
charts in the UK and Canada with Echoes,
Silence, Patience And Grace.
The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Top Digital Albums chart with Echoes,
Silence, Patience And Grace.
Echoes,
Silence, Patience And Grace was certified gold.
 The Foo Fighters won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Hard Rock Performance ("The
Pretender") and Best Rock Album (Echoes,
Silence, Patience And Grace), and was nominated
for Album of the Year (Echoes,
Silence, Patience And Grace), Record of the Year, and Best Rock Song
(awarded to the songwriter) ("The
Pretender").
The Foo Fighters won a 2 Brit
Awards for Best International Album and Best
International Group.
 The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart with
"Long Road To Ruin."
The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with
"Let It Die."
 The video for "The
Pretender" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rock Video.
The DVD Live
At Wembley Stadium was released.
The Foo Fighers were nominated
for an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.
 The Foo Fighers topped
the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Modern Rock
Artist and with the Top Modern Rock Song
("Let It Die").
The Foo Fighters
released Greatest
Hits.
The Foo Fighters topped
the Billboard Rock Songs chart with
"Wheels."
The Foo Fighters topped
the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart with Greatest
Hits.
The Foo Fighters topped
the Billboard Rock Songs chart and
Alternative Songs chart with
"Rope."
 The Foo Fighters
performed on Saturday Night Live.
The Foo Fighters
released Wasting
Light.
The Foo Fighters topped
the Billboard 200 LP chart, Rock Albums
chart, Alternative Albums chart, Digital
Albums chart, and Hard Rock Albums chart with
Wasting
Light. The LP sold over 235,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
The LP also topped the charts in the UK and
Canada.
Wasting
Light was certified gold.
The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Rock Songs chart with
"Walk."
The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Alternative Songs chart with
"Walk."
The video for "Walk"
won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rock Video.
 The Foo Fighters won an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.
The Foo Fighters won 5 Grammy Awards including Best Rock Song and Best Rock
Performance ("Walk"), Best Hard Rock / Metal
Performance ("White Limo"), Best Rock Album (Wasting
Light),
and Best Music Video, Long
Form (Foo
Fighters: Back And Forth), and was nominated
for Album of the Year (Wasting
Light).
Foo Fighters performed
on Saturday Night Live.
- November 8: The Foo Fighters
topped the Billboard Rock Airplay chart
with "Something From Nothing."
- December 6: The Foo Fighters
topped the Billboard Alternative Songs
chart with "Something From
Nothing."
- April 4: The Foo Fighters
topped the Billboard Rock Airplay chart
with "Congregation."
- June 12: Grohl broke his
leg while performing in Sweden, went to
the hospital and returned to finish the
concert.
- December 9: The Foo Fighters
topped the Billboard Rock Airplay chart
with "The Sky Is A
Neighborhood."
- December 16: The Foo Fighters
performed on Saturday Night Live.
- November 21: Foo Fighters
topped the Billboard Rock Airplay chart
with "Shame Shame."
- March 20: The Foo Fighters
topped the Billboard Rock Airplay chart
with "Waiting On A War."
- August 28: The Foo Fighters
topped the Billboard Rock &
Alternative Airplay chart with
"Making A Fire."
- March 25: It was announced
that drummer, Taylor Hawkins had died at
the age of 50. A forensic examination
revealed 10 different substances in his
body including anti-depressants and
opiods.
- May 20: The Foo Fighters
topped the Billboard Rock &
Alternative Airplay chart and Mainstream
Rock Airplay chart with
"Rescued."
- May 24: The Foo Fighters
announced their new drummer would be Josh
Freese.
- May 27: The Foo Fighters
topped the Billboard Alternative Airplay
chart with "Rescued."
- April 13: The Foo Fighters
topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock
Airplay chart with "The Glass."
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Foo Fighters
Released:
July, 1995
US:
Platinum
Billboard
peak: # 23
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks:
"This Is A Call" - "I'll
Stick Around" - "Big Me"
- "Alone + Easy Target" -
"Good Grief" -
"Floaty" - "Weenie
Beenie" - "Oh, Georgie" -
"For All The Cows" -
"X-Static" -
"Watershed" -
"Exhausted" |
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The Colour And The Shape
Released:
May, 1997
US:
Platinum
Billboard
peak: # 10
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks:
"Doll" - "Monkey
Wrench" - "Hey, Johnny
Park" - "My Poor Brain" -
"Wind Up" - "Up In
Arms" - "My Hero" -
"See You" - "Enough
Space" - "February Stars"
- "Everlong"
- "Walking After You" -
"New Way Home" |
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There Is Nothing Left To
Lose
Released:
November, 1999
US:
Platinum
Billboard
peak: # 10
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks:
"Stacked Actors" -
"Breakout" - "Learn To Fly"
- "Gimme Stitches" -
"Generator" -
"Aurora" - "Live-In
Skin" - "Next Year" -
"Headwires" - "Ain't It
The Life" - "M.I.A' |
iTunes
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One By One
Released:
October, 2002
US:
Platinum
Billboard
peak: # 3
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A
Tracks:
"All My Life" - "Low"
- "Have It All" - "Times
Like These (One-Way Motorway)" -
"Tired" - "Burn Away"
- "Lonely As You" -
"Halo" - "Overdrive"
- "Disenchanted Lullabye" -
"Come Back" |
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In Your Honor
Released:
June, 2005
US:
Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A / B+
Tracks:
"In Your Honor" - "No Way
Back" - "Best Of You"
- "DOA" - "Hell" -
"The Last Song" - "Free
Me" - "Resolve" -
"The Deepest Blues Are Black" -
"End Over End" -
"Still" - "What If I
Do?" - "Miracle" -
"Another Round" - "Friend
Of A Friend" - "Over And
Out" - "On The Mend" -
"Virginia Moon" - "Cold
Day In The Sun" - "Razor" |
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Skin & Bones
Released:
November, 2006
Billboard
peak:
# 21
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Live Tracks:
"Razor"
- "Over And Out"
- "Walking After You"
- "Marigold"
- My
Hero" - "Next Year"
- "Another Round"
- "Big Me"
- "Cold Day In The Sun"
- "Skin And Bones"
- "February Stars"
- "Times Like These"
- "Friend Of A Friend"
- "Best Of You"
- "Everlong"
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Echoes, Silence,
Patience And Grace
Released: September 25,
2007
US:
Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: A
Tracks: "The
Pretender" - "Let It Die"
- "Erase/Replace" - "Long
Road To Ruin" - "Come
Alive" - "Stranger Things Have
Happened" - "Cheer Up, Boys
(Your Make Up Is Running)" -
"Summer's End" - "Ballad
Of The Beaconsfield Miners" -
"Statues" - "But,
Honestly" - "Home" |
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Greatest Hits
Released: November, 2009
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Tracks: "All My
Life" - "Best Of You" - "Everlong" - "The
Pretender" - "My Hero" -
"Learn To Fly" -
"Times Like These" -
"Monkeywrench" - "Big Me" -
"Breakout" - "Long Road To
Ruin" - "This Is A Call" -
"Skin And Bones" -
"Wheels" - "Word
Forward" - "Everlong" (Acoustic) |
iTunes
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Wasting Light
Released: April 12, 2011
US:
Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Tracks: "Bridge
Burning" - "Rope" -
"Dear Rosemary" - "White
Limo" - "Arlandria" -
"These Days" - "Back &
Forth" - "A Matter Of
Time" - "Miss The Misery"
- "I Should Have Known" -
"Walk" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Sonic Highways
Released: November 10, 2014
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Tracks: "Something
From Nothing" - "The Feast And
The Famine" -
"Congregation" - "What Did
I Do? / God As My Witness" -
"Outside" - "In The
Clear" - "Subterranean" -
"I Am A River" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Concrete And Gold
Released: September 15,
2017
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Tracks:
"T-Shirt" - "Run" -
"Make It Right" - "The Sky
Is A Neighborhood" - "La Dee
Da" - "Dirty Water" -
"Arrows" - "Happy Ever
After (Zero Hour)" - "Sunday
Rain" - "The Line" -
"Concrete And Gold" |
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Medicine At Midnight
Released: February 5, 2021
Tracks: "Making A
Fire" - "Shame Shame" -
"Cloudspotter" - "Waiting
On A War" - "Medicine At
Midnight" - "No Son Of
Mine" - "Holding Poison" -
"Chasing Birds" - "Love
Dies Young" |
iTunes
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Hail Satin
Released: July 23, 2021
Live Tracks: "You Should
Be Dancing" - "Night
Fever" - "Tragedy" -
"Shadow Dancing" - "More
Than A Woman" - "Making A
Fire" - "Shame Shame" -
"Waiting On A War" - "No
Son Of Mine" -
"Cloudspotter" |
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
The Essential Foo
Fighters
Released: October 28, 2022
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 42
Tracks: "Everlong" -
"Making A Fire" - "Times
Like These" - "Rope" -
"Monkey Wrench" - "My
Hero" - "Cold Day In The
Sun" - "Big Me" - "Long
Road To Ruin" - "Shame
Shame" - "Best Of You" - "All
My Life" - "The Pretender"
- "This Is A Call" -
"Waiting On A War" -
"Walk" - "Learn To Fly" - "The
Sky Is A Neighborhood" -
"Breakout" - "These
Days" - "Everlong" (Acoustic
Version) |
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But Here We Are
Released: June 2, 2023
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 8
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Album
Tracks:
"Rescued" - "Under
You" - "Hearing Voices" -
"But Here We Are" - "The
Glass" - "Nothing At All"
- "Show Me How" - "Beyond
Me" - "The Teacher" -
"Rest" |
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Big Me
from Foo Fighters
ARC Chart Run: 37 - 34 - 28 - 24 - 20 - 17 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 9 - 11 - 23 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 64
MTV VMA Winner: Best Group Video
MTV VMA Nominee: Video of the Year, Best Alternative
Video, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction |
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1996 |
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Learn To
Fly
from the LP There Is Nothing Left To
Lose
ARC chart
run: 40 - 36 - 33 - 26 - 21 - 17 - 15 - 12 - 9 - 8 - 16 - 24 - 40 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 83
RIAA Certification: Platinum
Grammy Winner: Best Music Video,
Short Form
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Group Video, Best Direction
VH1: "100 Greatest
Videos": # 20 |
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2000 |
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Best Of You
from In Your Honor
ARC Chart Run: 40 - 36 - 30 - 26 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 127
RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Song, Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Rock Video, Best Editing |
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2005 |
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Everlong
from The Colour And The Shape
ARC Chart Run: 40 - 35 - 33 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 181
RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Rock Video, Best Special
Effects, Best Art Direction |
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I'll
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1995 |
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This
Is A Call
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1995 |
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Monkey
Wrench
from The Colour And The Shape
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Rock Video, Best Alternative
Video |
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1997 |
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My
Hero
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1998 |
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 Stacked
Actors
from There Is Nothing Left To
Lose |
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2000 |
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Generator
from There Is Nothing Left To
Lose |
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2000 |
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Breakout
from There Is Nothing Left To
Lose |
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2000 |
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 Next
Year
from There Is Nothing Left To
Lose |
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2001 |
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All
My Life
from One By One |
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2002 |
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Have
It All
from One By One |
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2003 |
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Times
Like These
from One By One
RIAA Certification: Platinum |
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2003 |
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Low
from One By One |
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2003 |
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DOA
from In Your Honor |
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2005 |
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No Way Back
from In Your Honor |
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2006 |
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Miracle
from In Your Honor |
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2006 |
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The
Pretender
from Echoes, Silence,
Patience And Grace
Year-End Chart Position:
# 141
RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum
Grammy Winner: Best Hard Rock
Performance
Grammy Nominee: Record of the Year, Best Rock Song
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Rock Video |
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2007 |
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Long Road
To Ruin
from Echoes, Silence,
Patience And Grace |
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2007 |
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Let It Die
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Patience And Grace |
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2008 |
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2009 |
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