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Foo Fighters: Back and Forth

The film documents the band's history, and gets its title from a track on the Foo Fighters' seventh studio album Wasting Light.

Ramble On

In June 2008 Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones joined the Foo Fighters on stage at Wembley Stadium and performed "Ramble On" with vocals performed by Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins on drums.


Aaron Blitzstein

Prior to writing, he was part of the team of personal managers working with artists including Sonic Youth, Guided by Voices, Beastie Boys, Dinosaur Jr, The Breeders and Foo Fighters.

Arizona Dream

Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl has revealed that the song "Enough Space" off of their album The Colour and the Shape is based on Arizona Dream.

Bishop Ireton High School

Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters and Nirvana (did not graduate, attended during his freshmen and part of his sophomore year).

Daniel Heckenberg

In his spare time, Heckenberg enjoys listening to the music of the Foo Fighters and U2 and also helps to train youth rugby league players at Elmbridge Rugby League Club.

Darril Fosty

During his college years he played bass guitar with the band First Step considered the 'sister band' for the Seattle based Brotherhood, the band which included future Sunny Day Real Estate and Foo Fighters' bassist Nate Mendel.

Elliot Scheiner

Scheiner has produced and engineered a range of artists, including Foo Fighters, Toto, Beck, Faith Hill, Steely Dan, Band of Horses, Ricky Martin, Sting, Bruce Hornsby, Paul Simon, B.B. King, Chaka Khan, Van Morrison, Donald Fagen, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, Eric Clapton, Jackson Browne, Eagles, Aerosmith and Joe Jackson.

For All the Cows

A live version of the song, performed at the Reading Festival (26 August 1995) appears on the Big Me single, the bonus disc of the Australian edition of Foo Fighters, For All the Cows single and I'll Stick Around single.

Frank Harthoorn

After Gorefest split up in 1999, Harthoorn co-founded The Hollow Men (initially called The Speed Kings) in 2001, a Dutch rockband that has drawn comparisons to Hüsker Dü, Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters and Entombed.

Girl from Mars

Directed by Jesse Peretz (who also directed Foo Fighters's "Big Me" video), the video sees Ash playing the song as part of an art exhibition, and mesmerizing a small girl watching the band.

House of Style

Other hosts of House of Style included: Amber Valletta, Shalom Harlow, and Daisy Fuentes, while ex-Germs/Nirvana/Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear was featured in regular segments during Crawford's years as host.

I'm in Love with a German Film Star

The American rock band Foo Fighters covered "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" as the B-side to their 2005 single "Best of You".

Inch Chua

Inch Chua, both as a solo artist and in collaboration with others, has recorded cover versions of work by artists including Shiina Ringo, Britney Spears, Radiohead, Bruno Mars, David Bowie, Nat King Cole, Ming Bridges, Death Cab for Cutie, Foo Fighters, Alicia Keys, Paul McCartney, Air, Beck, David Choi, Bright Eyes and Leonard Cohen.

Irina Saari

Irina has mentioned that her favourite artists are Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Sting, Robbie Williams, Harry Connick Jr., Egotrippi and Sara.

Jeff Nicholas

Jeff's design and creative direction work can be seen on merchandise, album covers, posters, websites, and other materials of many well known bands, celebrities and brands, such as Justin Timberlake, Foo Fighters, Beck, Jason Mraz, Beastie Boys, DVS Footwear, RCA Records, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Joe Rogan, Blood Is The New Black, and many more.

JoAnna James

JoAnna has also shared the stage with national and international touring musicians such as Jamie Cullum, Missy Higgins, Jessy Greene, Rami Jaffee (Foo Fighters, The Wallflowers), Ken Stringfellow (of R.E.M., The Posies and Big Star), Joseph Arthur, A Girl Called Eddy, The Honeydogs, Mason Jennings, Steve Poltz, The New Standards, Slim Dunlap (the Replacements), Cloud Cult, Mary Lou Lord, and Dan Wilson among others.

Johnson Motors Inc. Clothing

Among other famous Johnson Motors lovers are British actor Hugh Laurie and American rockstar Dave Grohl, frontman for the Foo Fighters.

Keep the Car Running

The song was covered by the Foo Fighters on 17 August and 18 November 2007 during their European Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Tour at the The O2 in London.

LaKiesha Berri

Berri signed with Hollywood Records in the 1990s, with the release of her debut album Berri toured the UK and made appearances on such UK shows like The Big Breakfast and performed at PopKomm with the Foo Fighters and Beck in Germany.

Lower Than Atlantis

It took strong alternative rock influences from bands such as Jimmy Eat World and Foo Fighters.

Marlay Park

During the Summer the park holds many concerts and events, some of the more popular artists have been : Foo Fighters, Green Day, Muse, The Killers, Westlife, Van Morrison, Sting, David Gray, Meat Loaf, UB40, The Waterboys, R.E.M., Oasis, Coldplay, The Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, Underworld, Metallica and many others.

Me Hipnotizas

The music video director was Ricardo Moreno, he is highly respected director who has worked with big names such as: Juan Gabriel, Pepe Aguilar, Los Tigres del Norte and world wide rock band, Foo Fighters.

Noise Ratchet

and in Dec 2003 they went in the studio to record their major-label debut with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Superdrag, Danzig, Queens of the Stone Age, Paramore.

The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show

Among the guests who appearred include legendary rock group the Foo Fighters, Jada Pinkett Smith, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicollette Sheridan, and the rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.

The Metro All Stars

On April 21, 2001, he was seriously injured when his 1963 Ford Futura, given to him by Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, went off the road and crashed near Seattle.

The Passions

There have been several cover versions of "I'm in Love with a German Film Star", including the Foo Fighters in 2005, Chris Whitley in 2006, and a collaboration between Sam Taylor-Wood and the Pet Shop Boys in October 2008.

The X-Files: The Album

Many of the songs on The X-Files: The Album are cover versions or reworkings of earlier material—singer Sting collaborated with the group Aswad to perform a reggae cover of "Invisible Sun", which he had earlier recorded with The Police; Filter's "One" is a rearrangement of a song made famous by Three Dog Night; while Foo Fighters contributed a new version of their song "Walking After You".


see also

Foo Fighters discography

Following the tour for The Colour and the Shape, Foo Fighters left Capitol and Grohl decided to build a home studio in Alexandria, Virginia wanting a production away from studio interference, given the troubled recording of the previous album led to the departure of Goldsmith and Smear.

Learning to fly

"Learn to Fly", a 1999 song from Foo Fighters' album There Is Nothing Left to Lose

Shiflett

Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants, the debut self-titled album from Chris Shiflett, lead guitarist of Foo Fighters

Chris Shiflett (born 1971), lead guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters

There Is Nothing Left to Lose

For promotion, the label focused on "getting the Foo Fighters brand out there", setting up the band's official website, and arranging appearances on broadcast television and events such as the Gravity Games.