 The Foo
Fighters consists of Dave Grohl on guitar and
vocal, Nate Mendel on bass, Taylor Hawkins on
drums, and Chris Shiflett on guitar. Grohl
formed the group in late 1994 (after finding
large-scale success with Nirvana) with
original members Mendel, Pat Smear on guitar
(replaced later by Franz Stahl) and William
Goldsmith on drums (replaced later by
Hawkins).
 # 149
Singles Artist of the Year
  The Foo Fighters released their
debut LP Foo
Fighters.
Foo
Fighters was certified gold.
 # 65
Singles Artist of the Year
 Foo
Fighters was certified
platinum.
Foo Fighters were nominated for
a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music
Performance (Foo
Fighters).
 The Foo Fighters hit the Top 40
with "Big Me."
The Foo Fighters hit the Top 10 with
"Big Me."
 The Foo
Fighters won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Group Video ("Big Me")
and was also nominated for Video of the Year, Best Alternative Video, Breakthrough Video, and Best Direction ("Big Me").
 # 131
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Foo Fighters released The
Colour And The Shape.
The
Colour And The Shape was
certified gold.
The Foo Fighters were nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards
including Best Rock Video and Best Alternative Video
("Monkey Wrench").
 The Foo Fighters hit the Top 40
with "Everlong."
 The Foo Fighters were nominated
for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Hard Rock Performance ("Monkey
Wrench") and Best Rock Album (The
Colour And The Shape).
The
Colour And The Shape was
certified platinum.
 The Foo Fighters were nominated
for 3 MTV Video Music
Awards
including Best Rock Video, Best Special Effects (Paul
Sokol & Chris W.), and Best Art Direction (Bill
Lakoss) ("Everlong").
 # 135
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Foo Fighters released There
Is Nothing Left To Lose.
The Foo Fighters hit the Top 40
with "Learn To Fly."
There
Is Nothing Left To Lose was
certified platinum.
 # 82
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Foo Fighters hit the Top 10 with
"Learn To Fly."
The Foo Fighters were
nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards
including Best Group Video and Best Direction (Jesse
Peretz) ("Learn To Fly").
 VH1: 100
Greatest Hard Rock Artists
included the Foo Fighters at # 72.
 The Foo
Fighters won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album (There
Is Nothing Left To Lose) and Best Music Video, Short Form
("Learn To Fly"),
and were nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Learn To Fly").
 VH1: 100
Greatest Videos
includes "Learn To Fly"
at # 20.
VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists
included the Foo Fighters at # 74.
 The Foo Fighters released One
By One.
Foo Fighters topped the Modern
Rock Tracks chart for 10 weeks with "All
My Life."
 One
By One was certified gold.
The Foo
Fighters won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ("All
My Life") and were nominated for Best Rock Song
("All My Life").
The Foo Fighters could be heard on the
soundtrack for American
Wedding with "Times Like
These."
 One
By One was certified
platinum.
 The Foo Fighters won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album (One
By One) and were nominated
for Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Times
Like These"). The Foo Fighters also
performed at the ceremony.
 The Foo Fighters could be heard
on the compilation Rock
Against Bush, Vol. 2 with "Gas
Chamber."
# 447 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 98
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Foo Fighters released the
double CD In
Your Honor which Newsday
described as "...stretching the
boundaries of alternative rock."
The Foo Fighters hit the Top 40
with "Best Of You."
The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "Best Of You."
In
Your Honor was certified platinum.
 The video for "Best Of You" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Rock Video and Best Editing.
Foo Fighters performed on Shelter
From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast
- a benefit program shown on all the major
networks simultaneously to raise money for
those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
The single "Best Of You" was certified
platinum.
 Foo Fighters performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with
"DOA."
The single "Best Of You" was certified 2x
platinum.
Foo Fighters topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Modern
Rock Track ("Best Of You").
 Foo Fighters
were nominated for 4 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("Virginia Moon" with Norah Jones), Best Rock Song
(awarded to the songwriter) and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Best Of You"), and Best Rock Album (In
Your Honor).
 The single
"Learn To Fly" was certified
gold.
Foo Fighters
released the live LP Skin
& Bones.
 On July 7th, the Foo Fighters
performed at the Live
Earth
concert in the UK. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart with
"The Pretender."
 The Foo Fighters released Echoes,
Silence, Patience And Grace.
The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart
with "The Pretender."
The Foo Fighters topped the LP
charts in the UK and Canada with Echoes,
Silence, Patience And Grace.
The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Top Digital Albums chart with Echoes,
Silence, Patience And Grace.
Echoes,
Silence, Patience And Grace was certified gold.
 The Foo Fighters won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Hard Rock Performance ("The
Pretender") and Best Rock Album (Echoes,
Silence, Patience And Grace), and was nominated
for Album of the Year (Echoes,
Silence, Patience And Grace), Record of the Year, and Best Rock Song
(awarded to the songwriter) ("The
Pretender").
The Foo Fighters won a 2 Brit
Awards for Best International Album and Best
International Group.
 The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart with
"Long Road To Ruin."
The Foo Fighters topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with
"Let It Die."
The video for "The
Pretender" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rock Video.
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