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THIS BAND WERE FORMED BY EX-NIRVANA DRUMMER DAVE GROHL, HE DECIDED NOT TO JUST DISAPPEAR LIKE MOST DRUMMERS AND MADE SOMETHING OF HIMSELF.
DAVE GOT TOGETHER WITH A FRIEND AND DECIDED TO RECORD AN ALBUM WHICH HE CALLED FOO FIGHTERS.
WHEN THE ALBUM WAS FINISHED HE DECIDED TO GET A BAND TOGETHER.
FIRST HE ASKED PAT SMEAR, A GUITARIST WITH NIRVANA AT THE END, THEN HE MET NATE MENDEL FROM SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE THROUGH DAVE'S WIFE AND NATE'S GIRLFRIEND.
DAVE WENT TO SEE SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE PLAY AND WAS IMMEDIATELY BLOWN AWAY BY NATE ON BASS AND WILLIAM GOLDSMITH ON DRUMS, HE WENT TO SEE THEM BOTH AND ASKED THEM TO JOIN FOO FIGHTERS. THEY OF COURSE ACCEPTED.
WELL THE BAND WERE TOGETHER, SEEMINGLY HAPPY, PLAYING CONCERTS FOR FOO FANS AND NIRVANA FANS, UNTIL RECORDING BEGAN ON THE SECOND ALBUM.
DAVE WANTED TO BE A ROCK STAR AND LIVE THE ROCK STAR LIFE OF TOURING, THIS WOULD OF COURSE TAKE A TOLE ON HIS MARRIAGE AND HE AND HIS WIFE DIVORCED.
ANOTHER PROBLEM OCCURRED, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE WERE REFORMING AND NATURALLY THEY WANTED THEIR DRUMMER AND BASS PLAYER BACK. WILLIAM LEFT, NATE DID FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT CAME BACK BECAUSE THE FOOS ARE BETTER.
DAVE ENDED UP PLAYING THE MAJORITY OF THE DRUMS ON THE COLOUR AND THE SHAPE, THE FOOS SECOND ALBUM.
TCATS, IN MY MIND, IS THE BEST ALBUM BY FAR. IT'S EMOTIONAL AND THE MUSIC IS SOME OF THE BEST I HAVE EVER HEARD.
AFTER RECORDING FINISHED WILLIAM WAS REPLACED BY TAYLOR HAWKINS WHO DAVE MET IN EUROPE WHILST PLAYING AT FESTIVALS.
OF COURSE AFTER THE RELEASE THERE WAS TOURING INCLUDING A STOP AT V97 IN ENGLAND.
BUT OF COURSE PROBLEMS HIT AGAIN AND PAT SMEAR LEFT AND WAS REPLACED BY DAVE'S OLD BAND SCREAM GUITARIST FRANZ STAHL.
THE BAND CARRIED ON TOURING UNTIL RUMOURS BEGAN TO FLY ONCE MORE.
THE BAND PULLED OUT OF WOODSTOCK '99 BECAUSE OF LACK OF A GUITARIST. FRANZ STAHL HAD LEFT.
THE BAND WENT AHEAD AND CONTINUED WITH RECORDING THEIR THIRD ALBUM THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE, THEY DIDN'T REPLACE FRANZ UNTIL THE BAND STARTED TOURING AFTER THE RELEASE OF TINLTL.
CHRIS SHIFLETT WAS FRANZ'S REPLACEMENT, ORIGINALLY HE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR TOURING, BUT HAS SINCE BECOME A FULL MEMBER.
THE BAND WENT ON TOUR AGAIN AND I SAW THEM TWICE (ONCE AT BIRMINGHAM ACADEMY AND ONCE AT V2,001).
AT V2,001 TAYLOR "OVERINDULGED IN FESTIVITIES"AND WENT INTO HOSPITAL. IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET OVER, BUT NOW HE'S UP AND FIGHTING FIT!!!
THE BAND WERE DUE TO HAVE AN ALBUM OUT IN LATE 2,001, BUT THINGS WERE PROLONGED AND THE RELEASE IS SET FOR OCTOBER 2,002. A NEW VIDEO HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY SOUNDTRACK, THE SINGLE WAS RELEASED IN MARCH.
SO GOOD LUCK GUYS, AND HURRY UP WITH THE ALBUM, I CAN'T WAIT MUCH LONGER!!!
