#790 Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

In 1993 Nirvana had released their 3rd album and were considered one of the biggest bands in the world. What nobody knew at the time was that a few months later Kurt Cobain would commit suicide and the band would be finished. Reeling from his friends death Dave Grohl, then drummer for Nirvana, decided to grieve by creating music. He created a new band called the Foo Fighters and wrote, played all the instruments, and sang on all of the songs on what would be come the band's self-titled first release. Once the album was released it started to get a lot of attention but no one knew who the Foo Fighters were, and for that matter they weren't anyone. It was just Dave Grohl. Due to the popularity of the album a tour was planned and Dave recruited some musicians, who would become the band.

As far as the album goes, in my opinion, it is one of the best debuts for a band. The songs are great and Dave Grohl manages to find his own sound. I unfortunately didn't know about the Foo Fighters from their beginning. I didn't really start to listen to them until 2005 when they released In Your Honor, but from that time on they have become and are one of my favorite rock bands. Definitely worth listening to their albums if you like straight ahead Rock and Roll.

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