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Foo Fighters tickets are now available and can be bought or sold online at StubHub.com. With their hard rock sound and Dave Grohl’s amazing vocals, the Foo Fighters have reigned on top of the charts for years. But it’s been a long, hard road for the band, as well as for Grohl, who had to work hard in the beginning of the band’s career to emerge from the shadow of Nirvana. The history of the Foo Fighters begins with Dave Grohl, who discovered punk early on in life, while growing up. By his early teens, he had joined Scream, a punk band from the Washington D.C. area, and toured with them as their drummer. Toward the end of his tenure with Scream, he had begun composing his own material, often collaborating with his friend Barrett Jones. He even included a few of his own penned songs on Scream’s final record before they broke up in 1990. After leaving Scream, Grohl moved to Seattle to join Nirvana. Being in one of the most successful rock acts of all time, and certainly the most prolific band of the ‘90s, certainly raises your exposure. Grohl was well known, though certainly not as much as songwriter, frontman and semi-willing generational icon Kurt Cobain. Grohl continued to record his own material during his period with Nirvana, planning on perhaps releasing a cassette worth of music in collaboration with Barrett. Tragically, Cobain’s depression overwhelmed him, and suicide was the result. Grohl disappeared from the media spotlight for several months. After that, he and Barrett recorded the Foo Fighters’ debut album in 1994, borrowing the name from a rumored, clandestine military group that supposedly studied UFOs. All instrumentation was provided by Grohl himself, and the record was soon being vied for by numerous recording labels. It was issued in 1995 to critical acclaim. But Grohl decided against going the lonely route of being a solo performer. He planned on forming a band, and found his other members in the remnants of several other bands. He picked up bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith from Sunny Day Real Estate, the emo band that broke up after frontman Jeremy Enigk converted to Christianity and decided to stop performing. Pat Smear, former guitarist for Germs and Nirvana’s unofficial fourth member near the end of its career, also joined. As they began recording, Goldsmith decided to leave due to creative differences, and was eventually replaced by Taylor Hawkins. The Colour and the Shape, the group’s debut, was released in 1997, scoring a couple big hits with "My Hero" and "Everlong." The band would go on to release numerous records and score almost a dozen number one singles on the Billboard charts. Now, the infamous alt-rock band is touring again, and Foo Fighters tickets are sure to sell out. This article was written by Andrew Good and sponsored by StubHub. StubHub sells Foo Fighters tickets as well as sports tickets, concert tickets, theater tickets and more to just about any event in the world.
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