DAVE GROHL AND THE FOO FIGHTERS

The Foo Fighters consist of Taylor Hawkins on Drums, Nate Mendel on Bass, Chris Shiflett on Guitar (post TINLTL) and Dave Grohl on Guitar and Vocals.

Near the end of WWII, the U.S. Air Force patrolling German airspace encountered highly maneuverable balls of light in the area between Hagenau in Alsace-Lorraine and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse in the Rhine Valley. These unidentified flying objects came to be referred to as "Foo Fighters", or "Kraut Balls" by those who believed the objects were a secret German weapon.

Well as the band first started out, William Goldsmith was the drummer. However in 1997 during the recording of The Colour and The Shape Goldsmith left the Foo's. Pat Smear left after the first half of the 1997 tour and was replaced by Franz Stahl. Likewise, Franz, who toured with the Foo's during 1997/1998 left the band during the recording of There Is Nothing Left To Lose.

B-DAYS - Dave Grohl - 01/14/69 Nate Mendel - 12/02/69 Taylor Hawkins - 02/17/72 Chris Shiflett - 05/06/71

Dave just played an acoustic version of "My Hero" when he appeared on Howard Stern. It will probably be as difficult to aquire as acoustic "Everlong". Howard has been sort of stingy with releasing "Everlong", and currently the only place to hear it is on the radio. The best thing you can do is call your local radio station, ask them to play it, and try to record it when it airs. Also on the Japanese My Hero Single, there is an acoustic version of For All The Cows which was recorded live in Japan and the acoustic studio version of See You. Also in another radio session on Rockline in 1996, the band played an acoustic set consisting of For All The Cows, Wattershed, How I Miss You, and Up In Arms. This is the now famous "Watterfred" where Dave sings Wattershed with alternate lyrics and in the voice of Fred Schneider, lead singer of the B-52's. On 11/1/99, Dave played My Hero acoustic and the first half of Ain't It The Life acoustic on the Howard Stern Radio Show. On 11/22/99, the Foo Fighters recorded an acoustic session for radio in Holland. These "2 Meter Sessions" included acoustic versions of Floaty, Big Me, Everlong, Learn To Fly, Next Year, and Ain't It The Life. Float and Ain't It The Life ended up on the Stacked Actors single as b-sides.