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As far back as the late 80s, Grohl had created his own occasional recordings. After joining Nirvana, and aquiring better equipement, Grohl stepped up both the quality and frequency of his recordings, and soon had enough for a solid demo tape. He was considering shopping the tape around to labels when [[Kurt Cobain]]'s suicide brought an early end to his then-current band. | As far back as the late 80s, Grohl had created his own occasional recordings. After joining Nirvana, and aquiring better equipement, Grohl stepped up both the quality and frequency of his recordings, and soon had enough for a solid demo tape. He was considering shopping the tape around to labels when [[Kurt Cobain]]'s suicide brought an early end to his then-current band. | ||
After scoring a deal with RCA, the recording, which featured Grohl on all instruments, was released in 1995 under the hastily-chosen name Foo Fighters, | After scoring a deal with RCA, the recording, which featured Grohl on all instruments, was released in 1995 under the hastily-chosen name Foo Fighters,the band was originally called "Food Fighters" but at one of the first shows the sign read "Foo Fighters" and Dave decided to keep it. Grohl just as hastily assembled a touring lineup and hit the road. | ||
The project evolved into a full-fledged band, and despite a few early lineup changes, the outfit truly came together with the addition of drummer Taylor Hawkins in 1998. | The project evolved into a full-fledged band, and despite a few early lineup changes, the outfit truly came together with the addition of drummer Taylor Hawkins in 1998. | ||