Despite Grohl being the album's only contributor, at Capitol's insistence the liner notes included a picture of the full band that Grohl had recruited. Under You" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. Shame Shame" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart but peaked at number nine on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. In 2011, the album Wasting Light was released, recorded at Grohl's home in Los Angeles, and debuting at number one in twelve countries.

a b c From Penniless Drummer To The Bigest (sic) Rock Icon In the World Archived September 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Kerrang! Arlandria (This Video Sucks Contest: Directed by Nicholas Spaventa) | The Official Foo Fighters Site". Grohl occasionally booked studio time to record demos and covers, issuing an album of demos, Pocketwatch, under the pseudonym Late! But Here We Are is in nearly equal measure the 11th Foo Fighters album and the first chapter of the band’s new life. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.The former's tour of acoustic concerts resulted in the live album Skin and Bones (2006), [6] while the latter tour had two gigs at Wembley Stadium recorded on the DVD Live at Wembley Stadium (2008).

Billboard complimented the "inspired songwriting and passionate performances", adding the album could please grunge fans and "also remind fans of other rock and punk taste makers, from Green Day and the Offspring to Better than Ezra.Shame Shame" did not enter the Australian ARIA Singles Chart but peaked at number 40 on the ARIA Digital Track Chart. The current Foo Fighters line-up consists of Grohl (vocals and guitar), Rami Jaffee (keyboard), Nate Mendel (bass), Chris Shiflett (guitar), Pat Smear (guitar) and Josh Freese (drummer on tour). Following Cobain's suicide in April 1994, Grohl entered a state of depression, [4] and found it difficult to both listen to music and play instruments.

A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters have endured recently, But Here We Are is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family. The band promoted the release that summer by completing another US tour with Wool and Shudder to Think, with 25 concerts in little over a month. I was just concentrating on everything being as together as possible, having everything be tight and in sync. Cloudspotter" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart but peaked at number 13 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.That fall, the band continued to tour extensively, [31] with a European tour with Built to Spill, [33] and visits to Japan, Australia and New Zealand. As well as performing with their own bands, Grohl and Vedder each picked up a role as a member of Watt's backing band throughout the tour, supplying drums and guitar respectively.