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| Foo Fighters | |||||
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| Released | July 4, 1995 | ||||
| Recorded | October 17–23, 1994 | ||||
| Studio | Robert Lang, Seattle | ||||
| Genre | Punk rock • grunge • alternative rock • melodic hardcore • post-grunge | ||||
| Length | 44:04 | ||||
| Label | Roswell • Capitol | ||||
| Producer | Dave Grohl • Barrett Jones | ||||
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Foo Fighters is the debut studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters, released on July 4, 1995, through Roswell and Capitol Records. Dave Grohl wrote and recorded the entire album himself, with the assistance of producer Barrett Jones at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle, Washington, in 1994. He said that he recorded the album just for fun, describing it as a cathartic experience to recover from the attempted suicide of Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain.
After Grohl completed the recordings, he chose the name "Foo Fighters" for the project to hide his identity, and passed cassette copies of the sessions to personal friends. When the tapes attracted record label interest, Grohl signed with Capitol and recruited a full band to perform the songs live. The album was promoted through extensive tours and six singles, two of which were accompanied by music videos.
Upon its release, Foo Fighters earned positive reviews, praising its songwriting and performances, and was also a commercial success, becoming the band's second-best-selling album in the United States. It also peaked within the top five of charts of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Background[]
In 1990, Dave Grohl joined the grunge band Nirvana as drummer. During tours, he took a guitar with him and wrote songs, but was too intimidated to share them with the band, as he was "in awe" of the songs written by frontman Kurt Cobain. Grohl occasionally booked studio time to record demos and covers, issuing an album of demos, Pocketwatch, under the pseudonym Late! in 1992.
Following Cobain's attempted suicide in April 1994, Grohl entered a state of depression, and found it difficult to both listen to music and play instruments. [More to come...]