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Foo Fighters

Highest Rated: 100% We Are The Thousand (2020)

Lowest Rated: 100% We Are The Thousand (2020)

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One of the most loved and respected alternative rock bands of their generation, Foo Fighters began as a cache of songs written by then Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. Grohl wasn't brave enough to suggest his songs to his bandmates at the time, but after the death of Kurt Cobain and dissolution of Nirvana, Grohl began booking studio time to record the music he'd been working on. Dubbing the project Foo Fighters, Grohl ultimately performed every instrument on the act's 1995 self-titled debut himself. He would later recruit Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, and William Goldsmith to play with him on tour and on the massively successful follow up, The Colour and the Shape. This period later found the lineup shifting, with Goldsmith and Smear eventually leaving, and Taylor Hawkins and Chris Shiflett coming on board. This period also saw guitarist Franz Stahl join the band from 1997 until 1999. Several more critically and commercially acclaimed albums would follow, including 1999's There Is Nothing Left to Lose and 2002's One by One. In 2005, they released the album In Your Honor, supporting it with a co-headlining tour with Weezer in what was dubbed "The Foozer Tour." Next came 2008's Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace and 2011's Wasting Light, both of which added to the band's ever growing collection of Grammys. In 2014, the band released the album Sonic Highways, and embarked on a worldwide tour. When Dave Grohl broke his leg during the European portion of the tour, it was unclear if the remaining North American concerts would be performed. The band would forge ahead, however, playing the concerts with Grohl in a full leg cast, dubbing the shows The Broken Leg Tour. On March 25, 2022, drummer Taylor Hawkins died in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia just prior to a concert scheduled for that night. Out of respect for their friend and bandmate, Foo Fighters canceled the remainder of their 2022 tour dates. Veteran drummer Josh Freese, formerly of Nine Inch Nails, Gun 'n' Roses, and Los Angeles punk band The Vandals, was announced as Hawkins' replacement in the spring of 2023.

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100% We Are The Thousand Watchlist
100% 96% The Work of Director Michel Gondry
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Filmography

Movies

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100% No Score Yet We Are The Thousand Self - 2020
100% 96% The Work of Director Michel Gondry Unknown (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Free Tibet Self - 1998

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Austin City Limits Music Performer 2009 2015 2021 2023
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Music Performer 1995 1999 2003 2005 2007 2011-2012 2017 2020 2023
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Music Performer,
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2013 2020-2022
No Score Yet 55% Late Night With Seth Meyers Music Performer 2021
No Score Yet 18% The Late Late Show With James Corden Music Performer,
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2017-2018 2021
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Music Performer 2014 2021
No Score Yet 48% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Music Performer 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Music Performer 2013-2014 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet 60 Minutes Music Performer,
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2014-2015
85% 94% Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways Unknown (Character) 2014
100% 78% Late Show With David Letterman Music Performer 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Music Performer 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Music Performer 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Music Performer 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet VH1 Storytellers Self 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Later ... with Jools Holland Unknown (Character) 2005