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Foo Fighters
While he was drumming with Nirvana, Dave Grohl was recording original songs at home that never received public release. Those tapes would become the foundation of Foo Fighters, the band he formed in 1995, after the death of Kurt Cobain.
Instead of embarking on a career, Grohl decided to form a band. He met bassist Nate Mendel, and joined Grohl’s band along with drummer William Goldsmith and former Nirvana guitarist Pat Smear. The band's self-titled debut, consisting solely of Dave Grohl's solo recordings, was released on July 4, 1995. It was an instant success in America, as ‘This Is a Call’ gained heavy alternative and album rock airplay. By early 1996, the album was certified platinum in the U.S.
Throughout 1996, Foo Fighters supported the album with an extensive tour, enjoying a crossover hit with ‘Big Me’ that spring. Late in the year, the group began recording their second album with producer Gil Norton. During the sessions, William Goldsmith left the band due to creative tensions, leaving Grohl to drum on the majority of the album. Before the record's release in the spring of 1997, Goldsmith was replaced by Taylor Hawkins.
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‘The Colour and the Shape’, Foo Fighters' second album was issued in May of 1997. Smear left the group and was replaced by guitarist Franz Stahl, whose stay proved short-lived; 1999's There Is Nothing Left to Lose was recorded as a three-piece, with ex-No Use for a Name guitarist Chris Shiflett signing on soon after.
Grohls least favourite Foo Fighters album ‘One by One’ appeared in late 2002, followed by 2005's ‘In Your Honor’. After releasing a live album titled ‘Skin and Bones' in 2006, the band returned to Norton's studio and started constructing a dozen fractured and eclectic rock songs to be released in 2007 under the name ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace’.
Grohl has also expanded his music career by drumming in Queens of The Stone Age, and has recently formed a supergroup, going by the name of Them Crooked Vultures.
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Grohl and Homme announce supergroup name
Dave Grohl and Josh Homme have revealed that the name of their supergroup is Them Crooked Vultures.
The Foo Fighters frontman and the Queens of the Stone Age singer have also teamed up with Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones for the collaborative project.
They have been reportedly been recording together in Los Angeles and will make their live debut at Chicago's Metro venue this Sunday (09/08/09).
There are also reports that an album will be released shortly and the trio are planning some UK dates for the near future.
- Thanks to www.music-news.com
Nirvana
Formed in Aberdeen, Washington, USA, at the end of 1987, the Nirvana that the MTV generation came to love comprised Kurt Cobain (guitar/vocals), Krist Novoselic (bass) and Dave Grohl (drums).
Having been signed by the Seattle-based Sub Pop Records, the original line-up of Nirvana completed their debut single, ‘Love Buzz’/‘Big Cheese’, of which their debut album ‘Bleach’ followed. The set confirmed Nirvana's ability to match heavy riffs with melody and they quickly attracted a cult following.
The revamped trio of Cobain, Novoselic and newly recruited Grohl secured a prestigious contract with Geffen Records, whose faith was rewarded with ‘Nevermind’, which broke the band worldwide. This was a collection of songs that transcended structural boundaries and almost single-handedly brought the ‘Grunge’ subculture overground. The MTV channel's non-stop airing of the video for the opening track, "Smells Like Teen Spirit", helped push sales of ‘Nevermind’ through the roof, and when released as a single the song reached the US and UK Top 10.
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In February 1992, the romance of Cobain and Courtney Love was sealed when the couple married, The first big story to break concerned an article in Vanity Fair magazine that alleged Love had taken heroin while pregnant. The recording of ‘In Utero’ was not without difficulties. When the record was finally released, the effect was not as immediate as ‘Nevermind’, although Cobain's song writing remained inspired on ‘Penny Royal Tea’, ‘All Apologies’ and the evocative ‘Rape Me’.
Cobain's descent into self-destruction accelerated in 1994, however, as he went into a coma during dates in Italy, before returning to Seattle to shoot himself on 5 April 1994. The man who had long protested that Nirvana were ‘merely’ a punk band had finally been destroyed by the success that overtook him and them.
A legal squabble broke out in summer 2002 between Love and Grohl/Novoselic over the ownership of Nirvana's unreleased recordings. The dispute was eventually settled, however, and in October the first new Nirvana recording to emerge since Cobain's death, ‘You Know You're Right’, made its debut in the US Hot 100. The enduring appeal of Nirvana was confirmed with the following month's publication of Cobain's private diaries, and the commercial success of the same year's compilation album. In 2004, Geffen released a box set comprising three CDs of unreleased material and a DVD of live performances and rehearsals.
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