FOO FIGHTERS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
F O O F I G H T E R S F A Q
Frequently Asked Questions List for alt.music.foo-fighters
v6.6, February, 2000
Contents:
0. What's new in v6.6?
I. Band Information
A. Who are those Foo Fighters?
B. What exactly are "Foo Fighters"?
II. Releases
A. What have Foo Fighters released?
B. What about their contributions to compilations?
C. Are there any videos?
D. Any information about new releases?
E. Unofficial Releases
III. Live Shows
A. Where and when have the Foos played live?
B. Where can I find tour dates?
C. Where can I find live show reviews?
IV. Television Appearances
A. What songs did they play on their appearances on David Letterman?
B. What songs did they play on their MTV special?
C. What songs did they play on Saturday Night Live?
D. Have there been any "in-store" appearances?
E. Did they win any 1996, 1997, or 1998 MTV Music Video Awards?
V. Foo Fighters Internet Resources
A. Where can I find Foo reviews, lyrics, etc...?
B. Why do people yell at me when I ask for mp3s in this newsgroup?
C. Where can I find guitar tabs?
D. Is there a newsgroup?
E. Are there any mailing lists?
VI. Miscellaneous
A. Is there a fan club?
B. Can you list every recording session and the songs recorded?
C. What do the songs mean?
D. Can you tell me what Dave's whispering towards the end of Everlong?
E. What was the LATE! "Pocketwatch" album?
F. What's the connection with the movie "Touch"?
G. What's the connection with Nirvana?
H. What's the connection with Sunny Day Real Estate?
I. What's the connection with Devo?
J. What's the connection with Backbeat?
K. What's the connection with Sean "Puffy" Combs?
L. How well are their albums selling?
M. Why is all this information so out of date?
VII. Credits
0. What's new in v6.6?
Updated New Release Info (II-D)
Updated Concert Chronology (III-A)
Updated Recording Sessions (VI-B)
I. Band Information
A. Who are those Foo Fighters?
Foo Fighters are a band put together by former Nirvana drummer Dave
Grohl, utilizing songs he wrote during and after his tenure with Nirvana.
The band grew out of a 15-song demo Dave recorded at Robert Lang's
studio in Seattle from October 17-23, 1994. For the demo, Dave played
every instrument himself, except for one guitar part on "X-Static", which
was played by Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli. In early 1995, the demo was
remixed and the result was the 12-song Foo Fighters debut album that
entered the *Billboard* charts at #23. (Left off of the album were
"Winnebago", "Podunk", and "Butterflies", though "Winnebago" and "Podunk"
wound up as B-sides on the "This Is a Call" single. For more info, see
section II-A.)
Dave soon assembled the actual band. They were:
Dave Grohl: guitar and vocals
Pat Smear: guitar and backing vocals
Nate Mendel: bass
William Goldsmith: drums
(From the photo in the liner of the Foo Fighters album, they are: [from l.
to r.] Pat Smear, Nate Mendel, William Goldsmith, and Dave Grohl.)
Pat Smear, an ex-Germ, had joined Nirvana as a second guitarist near
the band's end. Dave decided to bring him along for the Foo ride.
Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith were from a Sub Pop band called Sunny
Day Real Estate, which broke up over two year ago. Dave had heard them play,
and was blown away. When he heard that the band had split up,
he asked the two to join Foo Fighters.
William Goldsmith left the band in February of 1997 to pursue "other
musical interests," leaving the Foos drummerless for a short period.
His replacement was Taylor Hawkins, whose last gig was as the drummer
for Alanis Morrisette's band.
Over the course of the summer of 1997, rumors surfaced that Pat was going
to quit after their European tour. These rumors turned out to be true,
and at the MTV Music Video Awards on September 4th, Pat played his last
song with the Foo Fighters, "Monkey Wrench." He then introduced his
replacement, Franz Stahl, former guitarist of Scream and Wool.
Franz toured with the band for the rest of 1997 and all of 1998,
seemingly without incident. In the spring of 1999, recording
began for the next Foo Fighters release, and the band was
scheduled to appear at Woodstock '99 in July, but word surfaced
in late June that they would not be playing the festival due
to the lack of a guitarist. On June 29th, word officially came
from the band's publicist, Nasty Little Man, that Franz had
split from the band, describing it "as amicable but
necessary."
A search soon commenced for a guitarist to help fill in on the
tour to support the release of the Foo Fighters third album,
"There Is Nothing Left To Lose." After auditioning a number of
different guitarists, the band finally settled on Chris Shiflett
in August, who was a member of No Use For A Name at the time.
For now at least, Shiflett will remain a touring guitarist for
the Foos, as it has not been decided if he will become a
permanent member of the band.
The current Foo lineup is as follows:
Dave Grohl: guitar and vocals
Nate Mendel: bass
Taylor Hawkins: drums
B. What exactly are "Foo Fighters"?
Near the end of WWII, the U.S. Air Force patrolling German airspace
encountered highly maneuverable balls of light in the area between
Hagenau in Alsace-Lorraine and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse in the
Rhine Valley. These unidentified flying objects came to be referred to
as "Foo Fighters", or "Kraut Balls" by those who believed the objects
were a secret German weapon.
II. Releases
A. What have Foo Fighters released?
*Exhausted (12")
1. Exhausted
2. Winnebago
Release date: 6/12/95
Notes: Interesting cover artwork; promotional only
*This Is a Call (7")
1. This Is a Call
2. Winnebago
Release date: 6/19/95
Notes: Black vinyl and red vinyl available
*This Is a Call (12")
1. This Is a Call
2. Winnebago
3. Podunk
Release date: 6/19/95
Notes: Limited pressing of 1000; glow-in-the-dark vinyl
*This Is a Call (CD)
1. This Is a Call
2. Winnebago
3. Podunk
Release date: 6/19/95
*This Is a Call (CD)
1. This Is a Call
2. Winnebago
Release date: 8/2/95
Notes: Japanese release; The album plus two extra tracks; lyrics in
Japanese and English
*Foo Fighters (CD, LP, CS)
1. This Is a Call
2. I'll Stick Around
3. Big Me
4. Alone+Easy Target
5. Good Grief
6. Floaty
7. Weenie Beenie
8. Oh, George
9. For All the Cows
10. X-Static
11. Wattershed
12. Exhausted
Release date: 7/4/95
*Foo Fighters (CD)
1. This Is a Call
2. I'll Stick Around
3. Big Me
4. Alone+Easy Target
5. Good Grief
6. Floaty
7. Weenie Beenie
8. Oh George
9. For All the Cows
10. X-Static
11. Wattershed
12. Exhausted
13. Winnebago
14. Podunk
Release date: 7/5/95
Notes: The album plus two extra tracks; Japanese release
*I'll Stick Around (7")
1. I'll Stick Around
2. How I Miss You
Release date: 8/29/95
Notes: Special Edition red vinyl, UK pressing, photos by
Duncan Price
*I'll Stick Around (12")
1. I'll Stick Around
2. How I Miss You
3. Ozone
Release date: 8/29/95
Notes: UK pressing, photos by Duncan Price
*I'll Stick Around (CD)
1. I'll Stick Around
2. How I Miss You
3. Ozone
Release date: 8/29/95
Notes: Ozone is an Ace Frehley cover; UK release
*I'll Stick Around (CD)
1. I'll Stick Around
2. How I Miss You
3. Ozone
4. For All the Cows (live)
5. Wattershed (live)
Release date: ??/??/95
Note: Ozone is an Ace Frehly cover; live tracks from 1995
Reading Festival; Japanese release
*For All the Cows (CD, 12")
1. For All the Cows
2. For All the Cows (live)
3. Wattershed (live)
Release date: 11/21/95
Notes: UK pressing, live tracks from 1995 Reading Festival
*For All the Cows (7")
1. For All the Cows
2. Wattershed (live)
Release date: 11/21/95
Notes: UK pressing, live track from 1995 Reading Festival
*Tour EP (CD)
1. Winnebago
2. Podunk
3. How I Miss You
4. Ozone
5. For All the Cows (live)
6. Wattershed (live)
Release date: 12/95
Notes: Included with the album as part of a double CD;
live tracks from 1995 Reading Festival; Ozone is an
Ace Frehley cover; Australian release
*Big Me (CD)
1. Big Me
2. Floaty
3. Gas Chamber
4. Alone + Easy Target
Release date: 3/25/96
Notes: Tracks 2, 3, and 4 from BBC Radio 1 Session; UK Release;
Australian Release the same.
*Big Me (7")
1. Big Me
2. Floaty
3. Gas Chamber
Release date: 3/25/96
Notes: Tracks 2 and 3 from BBC Radio 1 Session; Available on
white vinyl; UK Release
*Big Me (Cassette)
1. Big Me
2. Floaty
3. Gas Chamber
Release date: 3/25/96
Notes: Tracks 2 and 3 from BBC Radio 1 Session; UK Release
*Big Me (CD)
1. Big Me
2. Winnebago
3. How I Miss You
4. Podunk
5. Ozone
6. For All the Cows (live)
7. Wattershed (live)
Release date: 3/27/96
Notes: Ozone is an Ace Frehley cover; live tracks from
1995 Reading Festival
*Monkey Wrench (CD)
1. Monkey Wrench
2. Up In Arms
3. The Colour and the Shape
Release date: 4/28/97
Notes: CD one of a two CD set; UK release
*Monkey Wrench (CD)
1. Monkey Wrench
2. Down in the Park
3. See You (Acoustic)
Release date: 4/28/97
Notes: CD two of a two CD set; UK release
*The Colour and the Shape (CD)
1. Doll
2. Monkey Wrench
3. Hey, Johnny Park!
4. My Poor Brain
5. Wind Up
6. Up in Arms
7. My Hero
8. See You
9. Enough Space
10. February Stars
11. EverLong
12. Walking After You
13. New Way Home
Release Date: 5/20/97
*Monkey Wrench (7")
1. Monkey Wrench
2. The Colour and the Shape
Release date: ??/??/97
Notes: Plain old black vinyl; UK Release
*Everlong (CD)
1. Everlong
2. Drive Me Wild
3. I'll Stick Around (live)
Release date: ??/??/97
Notes: CD one of a two CD set; track 2 comes from the Radio 1
Session of 5/29/97
*Everlong (CD)
1. Everlong
2. Requiem
3. See You (live)
Release date: ??/??/97
Notes: CD two of a two CD set; track 2 comes from the Radio 1
Session of 5/29/97
*Everlong (CD)
1. Everlong
2. Down in the Park
3. See You (acoustic)
Release date: ??/??/97
Notes: Australian release; Comes in digipak with bonus poster
*Everlong (7")
1. Everlong
2. Drive Me Wild
Release date: ??/??/97
Notes: UK release; blue vinyl
*Tour Edition of The Colour and the Shape
TCATS plus....
1. Requiem
2. Drive Me Wild
3. Down in the Park
4. Baker Street
Release date: 1/??/98
Notes: Australian release of TCATS plus a 4 track bonus EP;
CD cover is silver instead of blue (same artwork)
*My Hero (CD)
1. My Hero
2. Requiem
3. Drive Me Wild
4. Down in the Park
5. See You
6. For all the Cows (acoustic)
7. Baker Street
Release date: 1/13/98
Notes: Japanese release
*My Hero (CD)
1. My Hero
2. Dear Lover
3. For All The Cows
Release date: 1/19/98
Note: Australian Release
*My Hero (CD)
1. My Hero
2. Baker Street
3. Dear Lover
Release date: 1/19/98
Notes: UK Release; also contains the video for Everlong and clips
of the Monkey Wrench video, plus lyrics and photos in the CD Rom
format
*My Hero (7")
1. My Hero
2. Dear Lover
Release date: 1/19/98
Notes: Red vinyl
*In Conversation (CD)
Release date: 4/21/98
Notes: UK release; Foo Fighters interview (more info appreciated)
*Walking After You (CD)
1. Walking After You
2. Beacon Light (Ween)
Release date: ??/??/98
Notes: Split single with Ween; same version of Walking After
You as found on the X-Files soundtrack, listed in section B
*Learn To Fly (CD)
1. Learn To Fly
2. Iron & Stone
3. Have a Cigar
Release date: 10/11/99
Notes: Australian release
*Learn To Fly (CD)
1. Learn To Fly
2. Iron & Stone
3. Have A Cigar
Release date: 10/18/99
Notes: CD 1 of a 2 CD set; UK release
*Learn To Fly (CD)
1. Learn To Fly
2. Make A Bet
3. Have a Cigar
Release date: 10/18/99
Notes: CD 2 of a 2 CD set; UK release
*There Is Nothing Left To Lose (CD)
1. Stacked Actors
2. Breakout
3. Learn To Fly
4. Gimme Stitches
5. Generator
6. Aurora
7. Live-In Skin
8. Next Year
9. Headwires
10. Ain't It The Life
11. M.I.A.
12. Fraternity
Release date: 11/01/99
Notes: Australian release; comes with multimedia content,
including the video for Learn To Fly and lyrics to the
songs on the album
*There Is Nothing Left To Lose (CD)
1. Stacked Actors
2. Breakout
3. Learn To Fly
4. Gimme Stitches
5. Generator
6. Aurora
7. Live-In Skin
8. Next Year
9. Headwires
10. Ain't It The Life
11. M.I.A.
Release date: 11/02/99
Notes: Comes with multimedia content, including the video for
Learn To Fly and lyrics to the songs on the album
*Stacked Actors (CD)
1. Stacked Actors
2. Ain't It The Life (live)
3. Floaty (live)
Release date: 01/17/00
Notes: Australian-only release; Both Ain't It The Life and
Floaty are taken from the 2 Meter Sessions
All Foo Fighters releases were on Roswell/Capitol...
...until Walking After You, released on Elektra Entertainment...
and they are now on Roswell/RCA Records, which TINLTL was
released on.
Thanks to Chris Carman (carmance@muohio.edu) for providing some of this
information.
B. What about their contributions to compilations?
*Songs in the Key of X: The X-Files Soundtrack (CD)
1. The X-Files Theme (Mark Snow)
2. Unmarked Helicopters (Soul Coughing)
3. On the Outside (Sheryl Crow...ewwww)
4. Down In the Park (Foo Fighters)
5. Star Me Kitten (REM with William S. Burroughs)
6. Red Right Hand (Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds)
7. Thanks Bro (Filter)
8. Man Of Steel (Frank Black)
9. Unexplained (Meat Puppets)
10. Deep (Danzig)
11. Frenzy (Screamin' Jay Hawkins)
12. My Dark Life (Elvis Costello and Brian Eno)
13. The Hands Of Death (Burn, Baby, Burn) (Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper)
14. If You Never Say Goodbye (PM Dawn)
15. The X-Files Theme (Remix) (PM Dawn)
Release date: 3/26/96
Notes: Down In the Park is a Gary Numan cover; released by Warner Bros.
Records.
*Music From The Dimension Motion Picture Scream 2 (CD)
1. Scream (Master P, featuring Silkk The Shocker)
2. Suburban Life (Kottonmouth Kings)
3. Rivers (Sugar Ray)
4. She's Always In My Hair (D'Angelo)
5. Help Myself (Dave Mathews Band)
6. She Said (Collective Soul)
7. Right Place Wrong Time (The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)
8. Dear Lover (Foo Fighters)
9. Eyes Of Sand (Tonic)
10. The Swing (Everclear)
11. I Think I Love You (Less Than Jake)
12. Your Lucky Day In Hell (Eels)
13. Red Right Hand (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)
14. One More Chance (Kelly)
15. The Race (Ear2000)
Release Date: 12/02/97
*Essential Interpretations
VA-Essential Series
1. Ode to Billy Joe (John Butler)
2. Submission (Belinda Carlisle/Radiator)
3. When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman (Cecil)
4. Jealousy (Dubstar)
5. Air That I Breathe, The
6. Baker Street (Foo Fighters)
7. We Have all the Time in the World (Fun Lovin' Criminals)
8. Where Did Our Love Go (Gluebound)
9. Go Buddy Go (Jesus Jones)
10. It Started with a Kiss (Kenickie/Errol Brown)
11. Duchess (My Life Story)
1. Starman (Octopus)
2. Why Should I Love You? (Mike Scott)
3. When You Were Here (Sparklehorse/Thom Yorke)
4. You're My Best Friend (Supernaturals)
5. Forever & Ever (TerrorVision)
6. Ziggy Stardust (White Buffalo)
7. Rhinestone Cowboy (Whitetown)
8. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (Robbie Williams)
9. See Emily Play (Wireless)
10. Martha My Dear (World Party)
11. Do Wah Diddy Diddy (Murray Lachlan Young)
Release Date: 3/26/98
Notes: 2 disc compilation of covers
*Godzilla--The Album
1. Heroes (The Wallflowers)
2. Come with Me (Puff Daddy/Jimmy Page)
3. Deeper Underground (Jamiroquai)
4. No Shelter (Rage Against the Machine)
5. Air (Ben Folds Five)
6. Running Knees (Days of the New)
7. Macy Day Parade (Michael Penn)
8. Walk the Sky (Fuel)
9. A320 (Foo Fighters)
10. Brain Stew (Green Day (The Godzilla Remix))
11. Untitled (Silverchair)
12. Out There (Fuzzbubble)
13. Undercover (Joey DeLuxe)
14. Opening Titles
15. Looking for Clues
Release Date: 5/19/98
*The X-Files: The Album
1. One (Filter)
2. Flower Man (Tonic)
3. Walking After You (Foo Fighters)
4. Beacon Light (Ween)
5. Invisible Sun (Sting and Aswad)
6. Deuce (The Cardigans)
7. One More Murder (Better Than Ezra)
8. More Than This (The Cure)
9. Hunter (Bjork)
10. 16 Horses (Soul Coughing)
11. Crystal Ship (X)
12. Black (Sarah McLachlan)
13. Teotihuacan (Noel Gallagher)
14. The X-Files Theme (The Dust Brothers)
Release Date: 6/2/98
Note: Walking After You is a different version than the one that
appears on "The Colour and the Shape."
*Varsity Blues (Soundtrack)
1. Fly (Loudmouth)
2. Nice Guys Finish Last (Green Day)
3. My Hero (Foo Fighters)
4. Run (Collective Soul)
5. Are You Ready For The Fallout? (Fastball)
6. Horror Show (Third Eye Blind)
7. Every Little Thing Counts (Janus Stark)
8. Hot For Teacher (Van Halen)
9. Ship Jumper (Simon Says)
10. Kick Out The Jams (Monster Magnet)
11. Black Eye (Black Lab)
12. Two Faces (Days Of The New)
13. Thunderstruck (Sprung Monkey)
14. Teen Competition (Redd Kross)
15. Varsity Blues (Caroline's Spine)
Release Date: 1/12/99
Notes: My Hero is the same version that appears on The Colour
and the Shape
C. Are there any videos?
*I'll Stick Around
Foo Fighters
Roswell Records/Capitol Records
Director: Gerald Casale
*Big Me
Foo Fighters
Roswell Records/Capitol Records
Director: Jesse Peretz
*Monkey Wrench
The Colour and the Shape
Roswell Records/Capitol Records
Director: Dave Grohl
*Everlong
The Colour and the Shape
Roswell Records/Capitol Records
Director: Michael Gondry
*My Hero
The Colour and the Shape
Roswell Records/Capitol Records
Director: Dave Grohl
*Walking After You
The Colour and the Shape
Roswell Records/Capitol Records
Director: Matthew Rolston
*Learn To Fly
There Is Nothing Left To Lose
Roswell Records/RCA Records
Director: Jesse Peretz
D. Any information about new releases?
The latest album from the Foos, "There Is Nothing Left To Lose,"
was released on November 2, 1999.
The next single slated for release is in the UK on March
6th, 2000, and is "Generator."
D. Unofficial Releases
---FOO FIGHTERS BOOTLEG CDs LIST (28 releases; Updated 12/1/97)---
Maintained by Andrew Wontorsky. Blank spaces = missing information. If you
have any additional info/corrections, e-mail me at .
Sound quality on CDs not included because it's subjective. All tracks listed
exactly how they appear on their cases (these are not typos)...
Format:
NAME OF BOOTLEG
--Manufacturer
--Running Time
--Tracks
--Notes
_______________________________________________________________________________
AN EVENING WITH THE FOO FIGHTERS
--Rupert
--79:05
--1.Enough space 2.This Is a Call 3.Winnebago 4.Wattershed 5.For All The
Cows 6.Weenie Beenie 7.Butterflies 8.Big Me 9.I'll Stick Around 10.Oh,
George 11.Good Grief 12.Po Dunk 13.Alone & Easy Target 14.Exausted 15.
Floaty 16.I Can't 17.Gas Chamber 18.Dolon In The Park 19.My Hero
20.Winnebago/ Wattershed
--Tracks 1-19: The Bataclan Club, Paris, France, 11/6/95. Track 20 (both
songs on one track): The BBC Session, Maida Vail Studios, London, England,
11/16/95. Track 16 is actually Up In Arms.
BIG ME
--Snake
--73:56
--1.Enough space 2.This Is a Call 3.Winnebago 4.Wattershed 5.For All The
Cows 6.Weenie Beenie 7.Butterflies 8.Big Me 9.I'll Stick Around 10.Oh,
George 11.Good Grief 12.Podunk 13.Alone & Easy Target 14.Exausted 15. Floaty
16.Up In Arms 17.Gas Chamber 18.Down In The Park 19.My Hero
--Tracks 1-19: The Bataclan Club, Paris, France, 11/6/95.
BRIXTON
--Kiss The Stone
--65:32
--1.Enough Space 2.This Is A Call 3.Winnebago/Wattershed 4.For All The Cows
5.Weenie Beenie 6.Big Me 7.I'll Stick Around 8.Alone and Easy Target 9.Up In
Arms 10.Gas Chamber 11.Exhausted 12.My Hero 13.Ho, George 14.This Is A Call
15.Winnebago/Wattershed
--Tracks 1-11: The Brixton Academy, London, England, 11/15/95. Tracks 12-13:
The Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen, Holland, 8/27/95. Track 14: "Live in
New York, July '95." Track 15: "Live in London, England 11/16/95" (this is
actually from The BBC Session).
DAVE GROHL DEMOS
--Babyface
--58:19
--1.Pokey Little Puppy 2.Petrol C.3. 3.Friend Of A Friend 4.Throwing Needles
5.Just Another Story About Skeeter Thompson 6.Color Pictures Of A Marigold
7.Hell's Garden 8.Winnebago 9.Bruce 10.Milk 11.X-Static 12.My Hero 13. Down
In The Park 14.This Is A Call 15.Gas Chamber 16.Exhausted
--Tracks 1-10: Late! Pocketwatch "tool tape," released by Simple Machines on
cassette only (recorded 12/90 and 7/91). Tracks 11-16: "Various live '95" shows.
THE DEMO TAPES
--Kiwi Records
--
--1.This Is A Call 2.I'll Stick Around 3.Big Me 4.Alone+Easy Target 5.Good
Grief 6.Oh, George 7.Weenie Beenie 8.Floaty 9.Winnebago 10.X-Static 11.For
All The Cows 12.Exhausted 13.Podunk 14.Watershed 15.Butterflies
--Tracks 1-15: Robert Lang's Studio, Seattle, WA, 10/17/94-10/22
(23?...listed as 22)/94. This is Dave's demo tape for the self-titled first
release. Just Dave, except track 10 with Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs.
Recorded with Barrett Jones.
ENTER THE DRAGON
--Red Sun
--53:42
--1.This Is A Call 2.I'll Stick Around 3.Winnebago 4.Wattershed 5.For All The
Cows 6.Weenie Beenie 7.Butterflies 8.Big Me 9.Podunk 10.Good Grief 11.X-Static
12.Alone+Easy Target 13.Exhausted
--Tracks 1-13: King's College, London, England, 6/3/95.
FIGHTING THE "N" FACTOR
--Oxygen
--68:05
--1.Enough Space 2.This Is A Call 3.Winnebago 4.Wattershed 5.For All The Cows
6.Weenie Beenie 7.Big Me 8.I'll Stick Around 9.Alone+Easy Target 10.Up In
Arms 11.Gas Chamber 12.Exhausted 13.Winnebago 14.Wattershed 15.Marygold
16.Heart-Shaped Box(take 1) 17.Heart-Shaped Box(take 2) 18.Rape Me 19.Serve
The Servants 20.Dumb
--Tracks 1-12: The Brixton Academy, London, England, 11/15/95. Tracks 13-14:
The BBC Studios, London, England, 11/16/95. Track 15: Late! tape (recorded
at Upland Studios, Arlington, VA, 12/23/90). Tracks 16-18: Nirvana's
Saturday Night Live rehearsals (9/25/93). Tracks 19-20: "Tunnel TV Show,"
Rome, Italy, 2/23/94.
FOO FIGHTERS AT THE ROXY-HOLLYWOOD 7-27-95
--(homemade)
--62:45
--1.I'll Stick Around 2.Winnebago 3.Wattershed 4.chat 5.Big Me 6.chat 7.This
Is A Call 8.chat 9.Weenie Beenie 10.chat 11.Butterflies 12.For All The Cows
13.chat 14.X-Static 15.My Hero 16.Podunk 17.Alone+Easy Target 18.Exhausted
19.Down In The Park 20.How I Miss You
--Tracks 1-19: The Roxy, Hollywood, CA, 7/27/95. Track 20: The BBC Evening
Session, London, England, 11/16/95. The 'chat' tracks are just the Foos
talking to the crowd between songs. From what people have told me, this disc
is_very_rare, and not made by a mainstream bootleg company, but the taper
himself.
FOO RADIO
--Moonraker
--
--1.This Is A Call 2.Winnebago 3.Wattershed 4.For All The Cows 5.Weenie
Beenie 6.Butterflies 7.Big Me 8.Good Grief 9.Coda 10.How I Miss You 11.
Alone+Easy Target 12.I'll Stick Around 13.Gas Chamber 14.This Is A Call
15.I'll Stick Around 16.Floatie
--Tracks 1-12: The Concert Hall, Toronto, Canada, 4/3/96. Tracks 13-16: The
Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, 12/17/95. Tracks 9 is actually Podunk.
FOOKING GREAT
--Primadonna
--76:39
--1.Winnebago 2.I'll Stick Around 3.Butterflies 4.Wattershed 5.Big Me 6.Magic
Marker 7.Weenie Beenie 8.For All The Cows 9.Oh, George 10.Floaty 11.Good
Grief 12.Alone+Easy Target 13.Exhausted 14.Butterflies 15.I'll Stick Around
16.Big Me 17.Wattershed 18.For All The Cows 19.Alone+Easy Target 20.Exhausted
--Tracks 1-13: The Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium, 8/25/95. Tracks
14-20: Vancouver, BC, Canada, 5/12/95. Track 6 is actually This Is A Call.
FRENZY
--Oxygen
--71:09
--1.This Is A Call 2.Winnebago 3.Wattershed 4.For All The Cows 5.Weenie
Beenie 6.Butterflies 7.I'll Stick Around 8.Podunk 9.Alone+Easy Target
10.Exhausted 11.Floaty 12.My Hero 13.Down In The Park 14.Alone+Easy Target
15.Floaty 16.How I Miss You 17.Up In Arms 18.Gas Chamber
--Tracks 1-13: Circus, Stockholm, Sweden, 10/16/95. Tracks 14-18: The BBC
Evening Session, London, England, 11/16/95.
GOOD GRIEF
--EMCD
--56:05
--1.Alone+Easy Target 2.Winnebago 3.Wattershed 4.Big Me 5.This Is A Call
6.Weenie Beenie 7.For All The Cows 8.Butterflies 9.I'll Stick Around
10.X-Static 11.My Hero 12.Good Grief 13.Podink 14.Exhausted 15.Floaty
16.Down In The Park
--Tracks 1-16 : Hollywood American Legion Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 7/28/95.
Track 10 is with Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs.
HOWLING WIND
--Tornado
--67:54
--1.Random Mumblings 2.I'll Stick Around 3.Not A Fool 4.Wattershed 5.Big Me
6.This Is A Call 7.Weenie Beenie 8.For AllThe Cows 9.My Hero 10.I Will
Listen 11.Alone+Easy Target 12.Exhausted 13.Down In The Park 14.Random
Mumblings 15.This Is A Call 16.Not A Fool 17.I'll Stick Around 18. Wattershed
--Tracks 1-13: Soma, San Diego, CA, 7/29/95. Tracks 14-18: Hollywood
American Legion Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 7/28/95. Tracks 1&14 are actually
Winnebago. Tracks 3&16 are actually Butterflies. Track 10 is actually Podunk.
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH
--Situation Red
--
--1.Enough Space 2.This Is A Call 3.Winnebago 4.Wattershed 5.For All The Cows
6.Weenie Beenie 7.Big Me 8.I'll Stick Around 9.Alone+Easy Target 10.Up In Arms
11.Gas Chamber 12.Exhausted 13. Alone+Easy Target 14.Floaty 15.How I Miss
You 16.Up In Arms 17.Gas Chamber 18.Butterflies 19.Down In The 20.My Hero
21.Gas Chamber
--Tracks 1-12: The Brixton Academy, London, England, 11/15/95. Tracks 13-17:
The BBC Evening Session, Maida Vale Studios, London, England, 11/16/95.
Tracks 18 & 21: Robert Lang's Studio 10/17/94-10/23/94. Track 19: Tramps -
New York City, 4/27/95. Track 20: The Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen,
Holland, 8/27/95.
ON THE AIR
--Moonraker
--
--1.Enough Space 2.This Is A Call 3.Winnebago 4.Wattershed 5.For All The Cows
6.Weenie Beenie 7.Big Me 8.I'll Stick Around 9.Alone+Easy Target 10.Up In
Arms 11.Gas Chamber 12.Exhausted 13.Interview 14.I'll Stick Around 15.For
All The Cows
--Tracks 1-13: The Brixton Academy, London, England, 11/15/95 (not 11/14/95
as listed). Tracks 14-15: Saturday Night Live, New York City, 2/12/95. Track
13 is not actually an interview, but really is sound bites taken from the
MTV "I'm Okay Euro-K" concert (the 11/15/95 show).
OPEN ARMS
--Blue Note
--64:39
--1.Gas Chamber 2.This Is A Call 3.For All The Cows 4.Wattershed 5.I'll
Stick Around 6.Floaty 7.Weenie Beenie 8.Enough Space 9.This Is A Call
10.Winnebago 11.Wattershed 12.For All The Cows 13.Weenie Beenie 14.Big Me
15.I'll Stick Around 16.Alone+Easy Target 17.Up In Arms 18.Gas Chamber
19.Exhausted
--Tracks 1-7: The Universal Ampitheater, Los Angeles, CA, 12/17/95. Tracks
8-19: The Brixton Academy, London, England, 11/15/95.
POCKETWATCH
--
--
--1.Pokey The Little Puppy 2.Petrol CB 3.Friend Of A Friend 4.Throwing
Needles 5.Just Another Story About Skeeter Thompson 6.Color Pictures Of A
Marigold 7.Hell's Garden 8.Winnebago 9.Bruce 10.Milk 11.Winnebago 12.This Is
A Call 13.Floaty 14.I'll Stick Around 15.Big Me 16.Wattershed 17.For All The
Cows 18.Podunk 19.Alone+Easy Target 20.Exhausted
--Tracks 1-10: Late! Pocketwatch tape. Tracks 11-20: First Avenue Club,
Minneapolis, MN, 5/8/95.
POCKETWATCH DEMOS
--Primadonna
--75:51
--1.Pokey's Little Puppy 2.Petrol CB 3.Friend Of A Friend 4.Throwing Needles
5.Just Another Story About Skeeter Thompson 6.Coloured Pictures Of A Marigold
7.Hells Garden 8.Winnabego 9.Bruce 10.Milk 11.Winnabego 12.This Is A Call
13.Butterflies 14.I'll Stick Around 15.Big Me 16.Watershed 17.For All The
Cows 18.Alone/Easy Target 19.Floaty 20.Exhausted
--Tracks 1-10: Late! Pocketwatch tape. Tracks 11-20: King Performance
Center, Seattle, WA 5/11/95. Track 19 is actually Podunk.
READING
--Kiss The Stone
--62:14
--1.Wattershed 2.Big Me 3.This Is A Call 4.Weenie Beenie 5.For All The Cows
6.Exhausted 7.Down In The Park 8.This Is A Call 9.Floaty 10.I'll Stick
Around 11.Big Me 12.Wattershed 13.For All The Cows 14.Podunk 15.Alone+Easy
Target 16.Exhausted
--Tracks 1-6: The Reading Festival, Reading, England, 8/26/95. Tracks 7-16:
Tramps, New York City, 4/27/95.
READING '95 & UNRELEASED DEMOS
--FFCD
--
--1.Watershed 2.Big Me 3.This Is A Call 4.Weenie Beenie 5.For All The Cows
6.Exhausted 7.This Is A Call 8.Hell's Garden 9.Steel Forces 10.Bruce 11.Milk
12.Instrumental 13.Petrol 14.Friend Of A Friend 15.Throwing Needles 16.Just
Another Story
--Tracks 1-6: The Reading Festival, Reading, England, 8/26/95. Track 7: The
David Letterman Show, New York City, 8/14/95. Tracks 8-16: Late! Pocketwatch
tape. Track 9 is actually Winnebago. Track 12 is actually Pokey The Little
Puppy.
TOUGH FIGHTERS
--Luxemburg
--66:30
--1.One Of Big One 2.I'll Stick Around 3.Butterfly 4.Watershed 5.Big Me
6.This Is A Call 7.Weenie Beenie 8.For All The Cows 9.Oh, George 10.Put On
11.Alone+Easy Target 12.Exhausted 13.My Hero 14.Down In The Park
15.Butterfly 16.Floaty 17.For All The Cows 18.One Of Big One 19.Oh, George
--Tracks 1-14: The Avalon Club, Boston, MA, 8/11/95. Tracks 15-19: The
Avalon Club, Boston, MA, 4/30/95. Tracks 1&18 are actually Winnebago. Tracks
3&15 are actually Butterflies. Track 19 is actually Wattershed.
TUNEFUL CHAOS
--Oxygen
--71:58
--1.Big Me 2.This Is A Call 3.Weenie Beenie 4.For All The Cows 5.My Hero
6.Oh, George 7.Wattershed 8.Big Me 9.This Is A Call 10.Weenie Beenie 11.For
All The Cows 12.Exhausted 13.I'll Stick Around 14.Winnebago 15.Butterflies
16.Podunk 17.Good Grief 18.X-Static 19.Alone+Easy Target
--Tracks 1-6: The Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen, Holland, 8/27/95. Tracks
7-12: The Reading Festival, Reading, England, 8/26/95. Tracks 13-19: King's
College, London, England, 6/3/95.
UP AGAINST!
--Oxygen
--73:50
--1.This Is A Call 2.Winnebago 3.Wattershed 4.For All The Cows 5.Weenie
Beenie 6.Butterflies 7.Big Me 8.Good Grief 9.Podunk 10.How I Miss You
11.Alone+Easy Target 12.I'll Stick Around 13.Pokey Little Puppy 14.Petrol CB
15.Friend Of A Friend 16.Throwing Needles 17.Just Another Story About
Skeeter Thompson 18.Hell's Garden 19.Bruce 20.Milk
--Tracks 1-12: Concert Hall, Toronto, Canada, 4/3/96. Tracks 13-20: Late!
Pocketwatch tape.
WE AIN'T NO BABY
--3D Reality
--
--1.Butterflies 2.Wattershed 3.Big Me 4.This Is a Call 5.Weenie Beenie 6.For
All the Cows 7.X-Static 8.Oh, George 9.Podunk 10.Alone+Easy Target
11.Exhausted 12. (...,...) 13.Down In The Park
--Tracks 1-13: Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI, 8/12/95. Track 12 is
actually two songs by some guys in the audience.
WE'LL STICK AROUND
--Synergy
--
--1.Enough Space 2.This Is A Call 3.Winnebago 4.Wattershed 5.For All The
Cows 6.Weenie Beenie 7.Big Me 8.I'll Stick Around 9.Alone+Easy Target 10.Up
In Arms 11.Gas Chamber 12.Exhausted 13.Wattershed 14.Big Me 15.This Is A
Call 16.Weenie Beenie 17.For All The Cows 18.Exhausted
--Tracks 1-12: The Brixton Academy, London, England, 11/15/95. Tracks 13-18:
The Reading Festival, Reading England, 8/26/95.
WEENIE BEENIE
--Moonraker
--
--1.Enough Space 2.This Is A Call 3.Winnebago 4.Wattershed 5.For All The Cows
6.Weenie Beenie 7.Butterflies 8.Big Me 9.I'll Stick Around 10.Oh, George
11.Good Grief 12.Podunk 13.Alone+Easy Target 14.Exhausted 15.Floaty 16.My
Hero 17.Down In The Park
--Tracks 1-17: Circus, Stockholm, Sweden, 10/16/95.
WITH COMPLIMENTS TO EDDIE
--Kiwi Records
--64:58
--1.Instrumental Jam special opening song by Hovercraft 2.Down In The Park
3.This Is A Call 4.Good Grief 5.I'll Stick Around 6.Weenie Beenie 7.Big Me
8.For All The Cows 9.Floaty 10.Alone+Easy Target 11.Shine/Exhausted
--Tracks 1-11: Tramps, New York City, 4/29/95. Track 1 (actually
called "0001") is w/Vedder, etc.; hence the title of this bootleg. Track 4
is actually Floaty. Track 6 is actually Big Me. Track 7 is actually
Wattershed. Track 9 is actually Podunk. The 'intro' to track 11 ("Shine") is
actually the Foos making fun of Collective Soul's tune.
X-STATIC
--Kiss The Stone_&_Typhoon
--53:27
--1.This Is A Call 2.I'll Stick Around 3.Winnebago 4.Wattershed 5.For All The
Cows 6.Weenie Beenie 7.Butterflies 8.Big Me 9.Podunk 10.Good Grief
11.X-Static 12.Alone+Easy Target 13.Exhausted
--Tracks 1-13: King's College, London, England, 6/3/95.
_______________________________________________________________________________
*Updated 12/1/97*
-Andrew Wontorsky
aw6758a@american.edu
III. Live Shows
A. Where and when have the Foos played live?
Foo Fighters Concert Chronology
V. 2.15
Corrections and additions
*for V. 2.15* --Slowly but surely adding new dates
Contributors--Liz / Michael Thompson / Daniel Smith / Erin / Kelly
Alexander / Rich Weber / Candace McRae / Pete Salzman / Andrew Kruczek /
Arnie Montes / Bob Cwalina / Dirk De Bruyker / Chris Wallace / Martin
Menrad / Brian Schweitzer / Jim Wraith / Brian / Patrick Benny / MrDrainyou /
Jennifer McRae / Joey Beasley / Jai / Richard Pingree / Dave To / Gary Davis
/ Kris Sproul / Mikael Gomez / Kenny Fletcher / FMccune766@aol.com /
Jonas Blank / Stephen Archer / Jim Lennerhed / Dennis F. Ciszeski /
Ralph / Alan Kerley / Jon Bruhm / Kris Vanden Berghe / Cornelius / Adam
Ottley / Malia Perez / Paddy O'Dwyer / Scott Schillaci / Laura / Amy
Brad Weber / Michael Peimani / Vivian / Dustin / Simon Twine /
Michael Sanderson / Marco Carl / Bruno Gomes / Tym Clarkin / Daniel Luke
Justin Hansen / Steph / Dan / Robert Barber / Dave Kinca
Date City Venue/Festival/Whatever
---- ---- -----
{Warmup shows}
??/??/1995 Seattle, WA ???? {private party show}
02/23/1995 Arcata, CA Jambalaya Club
03/03/1995 Portland, OR Satyricon
03/04/1995 Seattle, WA Velvet Elvis
03/10/1995 Silverlake, (LA, CA) Pan
03/31/1995 Albuquerque, NM Dingo Bar
{Hovercraft/Foo Fighters/Mike Watt tour}
04/12/1995 Phoenix, AZ Gibson's
04/13/1995 Albuquerque, NM Dingo Bar
04/15/1995 Denver, CO Mercury Cafe
04/17/1995 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck
04/18/1995 St Louis, MO Mississippi Nights
04/19/1995 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
04/20/1995 Nashville, TN 328 Performance Hall
04/21/1995 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
04/22/1995 Atlanta, GA Earth Jam, Stone Mountain Park **
04/22/1995 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
04/24/1995 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
04/25/1995 Washington, DC Black Cat
04/26/1995 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
04/27/1995 New York City, NY Tramps
04/28/1995 New York City, NY Tramps
04/29/1995 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
04/30/1995 Boston, MA Avalon
05/02/1995 Toronto, ON Opera House
05/04/1995 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
05/05/1995 Detroit, MI St Andrews Hall
05/06/1995 Chicago, IL Cabaret Metro
05/07/1995 Madison, WI Barrymore Theater
05/08/1995 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
05/11/1995 Seattle, WA King Theater
05/12/1995 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
05/13/1995 Portland, OR La Luna
05/15/1995 and 05/16/1995 were scheduled dates that were cancelled due to a
flu outbreak among some of the band
05/17/1995 San Francisco, CA Slim's
05/18/1995 San Francisco, CA Slim's
05/19/1995 Los Angeles, CA Palace
05/20/1995 San Diego, CA Montezuma Hall
{Surprise Appearance, opening act for Teenage Fanclub}
06/03/1995 London, England King's College
{Summer Tour, beginning with Shudder to Think and Wool}
07/20/1995 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
{Surprise Appearance}
07/21/1995 Seattle, WA on a dumpster behind
The Weathered Wall
{Summer Tour}
07/22/1995 Bremerton, WA JAMPAC Festival
07/24/1995 Portland, OR La Luna
07/26/1995 San Francisco, CA Fillmore
07/27/1995 Los Angeles, CA Roxy Theater
07/28/1995 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood American Legion Hall
07/29/1995 San Diego, CA Soma
07/31/1995 Phoenix, AZ Electric Ballroom
08/02/1995 Denver, CO Ogden Theater
08/04/1995 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
08/05/1995 Chicago, IL Cabaret Metro
08/06/1995 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
08/08/1995 Toronto, ON Phoenix Center
08/09/1995 Montreal, QU fouf
08/11/1995 Boston, MA Avalon
08/12/1995 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
08/14/1995 New York City, NY The Late Show with David Letterman
08/14/1995 New York City, NY Academy
08/15/1995 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
08/16/1995 Washington, DC The Capitol Ballroom
08/17/1995 Washington, DC The Black Cat
08/18/1995 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
08/19/1995 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
08/21/1995 Memphis, TN Omni New Daisy
08/22/1995 Nashville, TN 328 Performance Space
08/25/1995 Hasselt, Belgium Pukkelpop-festival
08/26/1995 Reading, England Reading Festival
08/27/1995 Dronten, Holland Lowlands Festival
08/28/1995 Paris, France Nulle part ailleurs***
08/29/1995 Paris, France Bataclan
08/31/1995 Cologne, Germany Live Music Hall
09/01/1995 Winterthur, Switzerland Winterthur Festival
09/02/1995 Ebensee, Austria Ebensee Holztock Festival
09/03/1995 Modena, Italy Modena Open Air Festival
09/05/1995 Manchester, England Boddingtons Festival
09/07/1995 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
09/08/1995 New Orleans, LA Rendon Inn
09/10/1995 Houston, TX Numbers
09/11/1995 Austin, TX (!) Liberty Lunch
09/12/1995 Dallas, TX Deep Ellum Live
09/14/1995 Salt Lake City, UT Club DV8
09/15/1995 Boise, Idaho Bogies
{Fall Tour}
10/16/1995 Stockholm, Sweden Circus
10/17/1995 Oslo, Norway Sentrum
10/18/1995 Copenhagen, Denmark Parkhus
10/19/1995 Hamburg, Germany Grosse Freiheit
10/21/1995 Berlin, Germany Berlin Arena
10/22/1995 Prague, Czechoslovakia Brumlovka Sky Club
10/23/1995 Stuttgart, Germany Longhorn
10/24/1995 Munich, Germany Charterhalle
10/26/1995 Vienna, Austria Bank Austria Halle-Messepalast
10/28/1995 Fribourg, Switzerland Fri-Son
10/29/1995 Lyon, France Transbordeur
10/31/1995 Barcelona, Spain Zeleste I
11/01/1995 Madrid, Spain Aqualung
11/02/1995 Bordeaux, France Theatre Barbey
11/03/1995 Nantes, France Escall
11/04/1995 Paris, France Virgin Megastore
11/05/1995 Paris, France Nulle part ailleurs***
11/05/1995 Paris, France Bataclan
11/06/1995 Paris, France Bataclan
11/07/1995 Brussels, Belgium La Luna
11/08/1995 Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso Club
11/10/1995 Wolverhampton, England Civic Hall
11/11/1995 Glasgow, Scotland Barrowlands
11/12/1995 Leeds, England Town & Country
11/14/1995 London, England Brixton Academy
11/15/1995 London, England Brixton Academy
11/16/1995 Mayda Vale, England Radio 1 Appearance
11/17/1995 Dublin, Ireland SFX
11/18/1995 Dublin, Ireland SFX
{Random Shows}
12/01/1995 New York City, NY Roseland Club
12/02/1995 New York City, NY Saturday Night Live
{Pacific Rim Swing}
12/06/1995 Tokyo, Japan Club Citta
12/07/1995 Tokyo, Japan Club Citta
12/08/1995 Osaka, Japan Bayside Jenny
12/09/1995 Osaka, Japan Imperial Hall
12/10/1995 Nagoya, Japan Club Quattro
12/12/1995 Tokyo, Japan Liquid Room
12/15/1995 Honolulu, Hawaii The Groove
{More Random Shows}
12/16/1995 Los Angeles, CA Whiskey a Go-Go
12/17/1995 Los Angeles, CA KROQ Almost Acoustic show, Universal
Amphitheater
12/17/1995 Los Angeles, CA Modern Rock Live Radio Broadcast
{Southern Pacific Rim Swing--obviously my geography is lacking}
12/29/1995 Melbourne, Australia Showgrounds
12/31/1995 Sydney, Australia Macquarie University
01/02/1996 Gold Coast, Australia Spit
01/05/1996 Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Entertainment Centre
01/07/1996 Perth, Australia Fremantle Oval
01/09/1996 Auckland, New Zealand Logan Campbell Center
01/10/1996 Wellington, New Zealand Town Hall
01/14/1996 Jakarta, Indonesia E. Plaza Sports Complex
01/16/1996 Singapore WTC Harbor Pavilion
01/18/1996 Bangkok, Thailand Hua Mark Stadium
01/20/1996 Manila, Philippines Folk Art Theater
01/22/1996 Kowloon, Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth Stadium
{More Random stuff}
02/17/1996 Seattle, WA Almost Live (sketch comedy show)
03/18/1996 Hollywood, CA Studios of Rockline
{Spring Tour}
03/22/1996 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
03/23/1996 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
03/25/1996 Kansas City, MO Memorial Hall
03/26/1996 St. Louis, MO American Theatre
03/28/1996 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre
03/29/1996 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
03/30/1996 Detroit, MI State Theatre
04/01/1996 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
04/02/1996 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater
04/03/1996 Toronto, ON Concert Hall
04/05/1996 Worcester, MA Worcester Auditorium
04/06/1996 New York, NY Roseland
04/07/1996 Baltimore, MD UMBC Fieldhouse
04/09/1996 Raleigh, NC The Ritz
04/10/1996 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
04/12/1996 Tampa Bay, FL Masquerade
04/13/1996 Orlando, FL The Edge
04/14/1996 Ft. Lauderdale, FL The Edge
04/16/1996 New Orleans, LA State Palace Theatre
04/17/1996 Austin, TX (!!) Austin Music Hall
04/18/1996 San Antonio, TX Live Oak Civic Center
04/20/1996 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
04/21/1996 Wichita, KS Cotillion Ballroom
04/23/1996 Salt Lake City, UT Salt Air
04/25/1996 New York City, NY Virgin Megastore
04/26/1996 Pullman, WA CUB Ballroom
04/27/1996 Salem, OR Salem Armory Auditorium
04/29/1996 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
04/30/1996 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
05/02/1996 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
05/03/1996 Santa Barbara, CA County Bowl
05/04/1996 Irvine, CA Crawford Hall
05/05/1996 Los Angeles, CA Whiskey A Go Go (KLOS free show)
05/26/1996 Tinley Park, IL The New World Music Theatre (Q-101
Jamboree '96)
06/01/1996 Washington, D.C. HFSFestival
06/15/1996 San Francisco, CA Tibetan Freedom Festival
07/03/1996 Sopot, Poland Sopot Rock & Pop Festival
07/04/1996 Quart, Norway Quart Festival
07/05/1996 Torhout, Belgium Torhout Festival
07/06/1996 Werchter, Belgium Werchter Festival
07/07/1996 Belfort, France Eurokennes Festival
07/09/1996 Ille de Re-La Maline, France La Maline
07/11/1996 Madrid, Spain La Riviera
07/12/1996 Feile, Ireland Feile Festival
07/13/1996 Hamilton, Scotland T in the Park
07/16/1996 Vienne, France Vineene Roman
07/17/1996 ???, Austria Austria
07/19/1996 Stradford, England Phoenix Festival
{Still More Random Shows}
01/09/1997 New York City, NY Madison Square Garden
(David Bowie's B-day party)
04/19/1997 Santa Monica, CA Alligator Lounge
05/11/1997 Hollywood, CA Studios of Modern Rock Live
05/15/1997 New York City, NY Late Show with David Letterman***
05/16/1997 Rockville, MD Parking lot of Tower Records
{Miscellaneous Swings}
05/19/1997 Cambridge, England Corn Exchange
05/20/1997 Wolverhampton, England Civic Hall
05/21/1997 Nottingham, England Rock City
05/22/1997 Leeds, England Town and Country
05/24/1997 Glasgow, Scotland Barrowlands
05/25/1997 Manchester, England Manchester Apollo
05/26/1997 Southampton, England Guildhall
05/28/1997 London, England Astoria
05/29/1997 London, England Astoria
06/07/1997 New York City, NY Randalls Island (Tibetan Freedom
Festival)
06/08/1997 Mansfield, MA Great Woods (WBCN River Rave)
06/13/1997 Burbank, CA The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
06/14/1997 Irvine, CA KROQ's Weenie Roast
07/01/1997 New York City, NY K-Rock dysfunctional family
picnic (Flushing Meadows)
07/03/1997 Pontiac, MI Clutch Cargo
07/04/1997 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
07/05/1997 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
07/07/1997 Toronto, Ontario Warehouse
07/08/1997 Toronto, Ontario Chumcity Building%
07/09/1997 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
07/10/1997 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
07/12/1997 Cincinnati, OH Garage
07/13/1997 St. Louis, MO American Theatre
07/14/1997 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
07/16/1997 Denver, CO Ogden Theater
07/19/1997 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
07/20/1997 Portland, OR La Luna
07/21/1997 Seattle, WA DV8
07/26/1997 Yamanashi, Japan Fuji Rock Festival
07/31/1997 Vancouver, Canada The Rage
08/14/1997 Cologne, Germany Live Music Hall
08/15/1997 Cologne, Germany Bizarre Festivale
08/16/1997 Leeds, England V97 Festival
08/17/1997 Chelmsford, England V97 Festival
08/19/1997 Vienna, Austria Arena
08/20/1997 Budapest, Hungary Pepsi Island Sziget Festival
08/22/1997 Biddinghuizen, Holland Lowlands Festival
08/23/1997 Kiewit-Hasselt, Belgium Pukkelpop Festival
08/24/1997 Thurles, Ireland Semple Stadium (Feile Festival)
{Back to the US}
08/29/1997 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot
09/18/1997 Las Vegas, NV Huntridge Theater
09/19/1997 Irvine, CA Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
09/21/1997 Phoenix, AZ Desert Sky Pavilion
09/23/1997 Austin, TX (!!!) Austin Music Hall
09/24/1997 Dallas, TX Bronco Bowl
09/26/1997 Huntsville, AL Big Spring Jam
09/27/1997 Charlotte, NC Carolina Music Festival
09/28/1997 New Orleans, LA KKND Mojo Music Festival, Marconi
Meadows
09/28/1997 Atlanta, GA Big Day Out
09/30/1997 Nashville, TN Vanderbilt University
10/01/1997 Raleigh, NC The Ritz
10/02/1997 Washington, DC Capitol Ballroom
10/04/1997 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion University
10/05/1997 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
10/07/1997 Providence, RI The Strand
10/09/1997 Fitchburg, MA Wallace Civic Center
10/10/1997 Montreal, Canada Metropolis
10/11/1997 Toronto, Canada Arrow Hall
10/13/1997 Sudbury, Ontario Big Thunder
10/14/1997 Kitchener, ON The Lyric
10/16/1997 East Rutherford, NJ Giant's Stadium
10/17/1997 East Rutherford, NJ Giant's Stadium
10/19/1997 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
10/20/1997 Normal, IL Braden Auditorium
10/21/1997 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
10/23/1997 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
10/24/1997 Fargo, ND Fargo Civic Memorial
10/26/1997 Kansas City, KS Memorial Hall
10/30/1997 Hollywood, CA Hollywood Palladium
10/31/1997 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Athletic Club, KROQ
Halloween Party
11/01/1997 Oakland, CA Henry J. Kaiser Arena
11/03/1997 Salem, OR Salem Armory
11/04/1997 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
11/05/1997 Vancover, BC Univ. of British Columbia
11/15/1997 Stockholm, Sweden Hovet
11/16/1997 Copenhagen, Denmark Vega
11/17/1997 Berlin, Germany Huxley's
11/19/1997 Hamburg, Germany Grosse Freiheit 36
11/20/1997 Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso
11/22/1997 Newport, Wales Newport Centre
11/23/1997 London, England Brixton Academy
11/25/1997 Nancy, France ???
11/27/1997 Barcelona, Spain Zeleste
11/28/1997 Madrid, Spain Canciller
12/01/1997 South Vinore, Italy Vidia Club
12/02/1997 Milan, Italy Propaganda
12/03/1997 Marseille, France Le Dome
12/05/1997 Rennes, France Transmusicales
12/06/1997 Manchester, England G-Mex Centre
12/07/1997 Cardiff, England International Arena
12/09/1997 Glasgow, Scotland SECC
12/10/1997 Liverpool, England Royal Court
12/11/1997 Sheffield, England Octagon
12/13/1997 London, England Shepheard's Bush
01/21/1998 Tokyo, Japan Blitz
01/22/1998 Tokyo, Japan Blitz
01/24/1998 Nagoya, Japan Diamond Hall
01/25/1998 Osaka, Japan IMP Hall
01/26/1998 Fukuoka, Japan Drum Logos
01/28/1998 Sapporo, Japan Penny Lane 24
01/30/1998 Matsumoto, Japan Kaikan Hall
01/31/1998 Tokyo, Japan Liquid Room
02/04/1998 Brisbane, Australia Festival Hall
02/06/1998 Sydney, Australia Selinas
02/07/1998 Sydney, Australia Selinas
02/08/1998 Sydney, Australia Roundhouse
02/10/1998 Melbourne, Australia Festival Hall
02/11/1998 Hobart, Australia Hobart City Hall
02/13/1998 Adelaide, Australia Thebarton Theatre
02/15/1998 Perth, Australia Metropolis Concert Club
02/18/1998 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland Town Hall
02/19/1998 Wellington, New Zealand Town Hall
03/28/1998 New York City, NY Roseland (Versace Fashion show)
04/18/1998 Lake Tahoe, CA Lake Tahoe Ski Resort
04/24/1998 Memphis, TN Mid South Music Festival
04/25/1998 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
04/26/1998 San Antonio, TX Sunken Garden Amphitheatre
04/27/1998 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
04/29/1998 Pensacola, FL Bayfront Auditorium
04/30/1998 Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain
05/02/1998 Atlanta, GA Midtown Music Festival
05/03/1998 Nashville, TN River Festival
05/04/1998 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
05/06/1998 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
05/07/1998 New York, NY Roseland
05/08/1998 Albany, NY State University of New York
at Albany
05/09/1998 Henrietta, NY Dome Arena
05/11/1998 Portland, ME State Theatre
05/12/1998 Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom
05/13/1998 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
05/14/1998 New York City, NY The Late Show w/David Letterman
05/15/1998 Wayne, NJ Patterson College
05/16/1998 Washington, D.C. RFK Stadium
05/17/1998 Richmond, VA Classic Amphitheater
05/19/1998 Louisville, KY The Brewery
05/20/1998 Noblesville, IN Deer Creek Music Center
05/22/1998 Ft. Wayne, IN Allen County Memorial Coliseum
05/23/1998 Chicago, IL World Amphitheatre
05/24/1998 St Louis, MO Riverport Amphitheatre
05/25/1998 Council Bluffs, IA Westfair Amphitheatre
05/27/1998 Colombia, MO Blue Note
05/30/1998 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
06/20/1998 Milton Keynes, UK National Bowl
06/22/1998 Lisbon, Portugal Expo '98
06/24/1998 Porto, Portugal Coliseu
06/26/1998 Pilton, Somerset, UK Glastonbury Festival
06/27/1998 St. Gallen, Switzerland Open Air Festival
06/29/1998 Ottawa, ON Lansdowne Park
06/30/1998 Montreal, QC Parc Des Illes
07/01/1998 Barrie, ON Molson Park
07/04/1998 Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Stadium
07/06/1998 Saskatoon, SK Saskatchewan Place
07/08/1998 Edmonton, AB Commonwealth Stadium
07/09/1998 Calgary, AB Race City Speedway
07/11/1998 Vancouver, BC Thunderbird Stadium
08/28/1998 London, UK Subterania
08/29/1998 Reading, UK Reading Festival
09/03/1999 Hollywood, CA Troubadour%%
09/08/1999 Providence, RI Lupos
09/10/1999 Providence, RI Providence Civic Center
09/15/1999 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
09/17/1999 New York City, NY Bowery Ballroom
09/29/1999 Montreux, Switzerland ???
10/02/1999 Sydney, Australia Weekender Festival
10/04/1999 Sydney, Australia JJJ Promo Show
10/06/1999 Sydney, Australia Roundhouse
10/07/1999 Melbourne, Australia Palace
10/08/1999 Melbourne, Australia The 10:30 Slot***
10/23/1999 Las Vegas, NV MTV Sports and Music Festival
10/29/1999 Miami, FL WZTA Radio Show
10/29/1999 Miami, FL Bayfront
11/01/1999 New York City, NY HMV%%%
11/06/1999 New York City, NY Saturday Night Live
11/09/1999 London, England Later With Jools Holland, BBC
11/11/1999 Stockholm, Sweden Arenan
11/13/1999 Hamburg, Germany Docks
11/14/1999 Cologne, Germany E-werk
11/15/1999 Nulle Part Ailleurs, France Canal +
11/16/1999 Paris, France Bercy
11/18/1999 Madrid, Spain TBD
11/20/1999 Barcelona, Spain Zeleste
11/22/1999 Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 Meter Sessions
11/23/1999 Glasgow, Scotland Barrowlands
11/24/1999 Manchester, UK Academy
11/25/1999 London, UK Brixton Academy
11/30/1999 New York City, NY Late Show with David Letterman
12/01/1999 Boston, MA WBCN Radio Show - Orpheum Theater
12/02/1999 Montreal, Quebec Intimate and Interactive
12/03/1999 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Festival, First Union Center
12/04/1999 Chicago, IL Q101 Twisted 6
12/05/1999 New York City, NY VH1 Fashion Awards
12/06/1999 Washington D.C., MD HFS Holiday Nutcracker, 9:30 Club
12/08/1999 Portland, OR Memorial Coliseum
12/09/1999 Seattle, WA Deck the Hall Ball, Key Arena
12/10/1999 San Francisco, CA Live 105, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
12/11/1999 Anaheim, CA KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas
12/14/1999 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
01/21/2000 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland Ericsson Stadium, BDO
01/23/2000 Gold Coast, Australia Gold Coast Parklands, BDO
01/24/2000 Sydney, Australia Metro
01/26/2000 Sydney, Australia Sydney RAS Showgrounds, BDO
01/28/2000 Sydney, Australia HMV Record Store
01/30/2000 Melbourne, Australia Showgrounds
02/01/2000 Melbourne, Australia The Chapel
02/02/2000 Melbourne, Australia HiFi Bar
02/04/2000 Adelaide, Australia Adelaide RA&HS Showgrounds, BDO
02/06/2000 Perth, Australia Bassendean Oval, BDO
02/18/2000 New York City, NY David Letterman Show%%%%
**Foo Fighters themselves didn't play that show. A few of them
however did play with Mike Watt.
***TV show.
%Muchmusic Intimate and Interactive
%%Surprise gig done under the name Stacked Actors.
%%%Music store
%%%%The show was aired 2/21/2000, but taped on 2/18/2000.
Ben
benson@netaxs.com
B. Where can I find tour dates?
See section V-A.
C. Where can I find live show reviews?
See section V-A.
IV. Television Appearances
A. What songs did they play on their appearances on David Letterman?
See Section VI-B; the recording sessions list also lists as
many TV appearances as we know about.
B. What songs did they play on their MTV special?
On November 22, 1995 MTV aired I'M OK, EUR-OK, a combination of two
taped Foo Fighters concerts from London. They played:
*Enough Space
*This Is a Call
*Winnebago
*Wattershed
*For All the Cows
*Weenie Beenie
*Big Me
*I'll Stick Around
*Alone+Easy Target
*Up In Arms
*Gas Chamber (Angry Samoans cover)
*Exhausted
C. What songs did they play on Saturday Night Live?
See Section VI-B, the recording sessions list.
D. Have there been any "in-store" appearances?
Yes, at least one that we know of. On 4/25/96, the boys played the
Virgin Records Megastore in New York City, NY. It was only intended for
private television viewing of the rest of the Virgin Megastores around
the world. The setlist is as follows:
*Wattershed
*This is a Call
*For all the Cows
*Gas Chamber
*Big Me
*Butterflies
*I'll Stick Around
*How I Miss You
*Alone + Easy Target
*Exhausted
E. Did they win any 1996, 1997, or 1998 MTV Music Video Awards?
The Foo Fighters' video for Big Me won them Best Group Video award in 1996.
In 1997 and 1998, the Foos were shut out, and did not win any awards.
V. Foo Fighters Internet Resources
A. Where can I find Foo reviews, lyrics, images, etc...?
*The Foo Fighters
http://www.imagebusiness.com/mikec/foo.html
Maintained by Mike Cunningham (mike@imagebusiness.com)
Tour schedule, images, a link to the Billboard Top 100 Albums
page, this FAQ, soundclips in .AU format
*A Brave Foo World
http://www.clever.net/foo/index.html
Maintained by Sean Foley (foo@clever.net)
Information, Foo icons, lyrics, images, guitar tabs, this FAQ,
soundclips in .WAV format, movie clips in .mov and .avi format,
tradecenter, Videography, screensavers, etc.
*Foo Fighters
http://www.duke.edu/~blaccs/pages/foo.html
Maintained by Chris Blackburn (blaccs@acpub.duke.edu)
Images, soundclips in .AU format
*-=Foo Fighters Unofficial Homepage=-
http://www.shu.edu/~bochicvi/foo/foo.html
Maintained by Vincenzo Bochicchio (bochicvi@lanmail.shu.edu)
Band information, various links
*Foo Fighters
http://www.cs.uit.no/Music/View/foo+fighters/
Maintained by: Espen Skoglund (espensk@stud.cs.uit.no)
Foo Fighters interactive discography
*Jeff's Foo Fighters Page
http://www.uwa.edu.au/student/airjeff/foo.html
Maintained by: Jeff Tan-Ang (airjeff@tartarus.uwa.edu.au)
Images, this FAQ, links to many other Foo pages
*Chris' Alternative Bands Homepage - Foo's
http://www.iea.com/~rlake/FooFighters/foos.html
Maintained by Chris Lake (clake@iea.com)
Sound clips and movie clips
*The Quadrangle - Foo Fighters
http://www.uow.edu.au/~dto/foo.html
Maintained by Dave To (dt12@uow.edu.au)
Sound clips (many in mp3 format), articles, lyrics
*Jim's Foo Fighters Page
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/1448/FOOFIGHT.HTM
Maintained by Jim Lennerhed (jimlennerhed@geocities.com)
Notes: Discography, tabs, European concerts, lyrics
*Foo Song Interps!
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8984
Maintained by Scott Newby (foovana@hotmail.com)
Notes: Fan based interpretations of the meanings behind
various Foo Fighters songs
*Lee Bishop's Nirvana and Foo Fighters Page
http://expage.com/page/leepage712
Maintained by Lee Bishop (immodium@rocketmail.com)
Notes: News, facts, and links about Foo Fighters and Nirvana
*Swimming In A Wattershed - A Foo Fighters Page
http://members.xoom.com/swimshed/index.html
Maintained by Scott Schillaci (kerzot@geocities.com)
Notes: Rare Song FAQ, concert reviews, lyrics
*Static - Foo Fighters
http://www.webmart.net/~fish/foo/
Maintained by fish@webmart.net
Notes: lyrics, images, tabs
*Foo Fighters World Wide Web Site
http://members.xoom.com/foowwwsite/
Maintained by Loel Campbell (j.campbell@north.nsis.com)
Notes: Foo related multimedia, lyrics, tabs
*Foo b, the Foo Fighters b-side page
http://freespace.virgin.net/rich.fagan/foob/foob.htm
Maintained by Chris Osborne (rich.fagan@virgin.net)
Notes: Many audio files of Foo b-sides, including mp3's
*Foo Fighters Dot Com
http://www.foofighters.com
Maintained by webmaster@foofighters.com
Notes: Official site, news, tour dates, etc.
*Dave Grohl's Best-Kept Secret
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Surf/2134/davelust.html
Maintained by Tayla Shale (taylarocks@hotmail.com)
Notes: Uh....
*Village of the Foo People
http://members.tripod.com/~jokumlarsen/main.html
Maintained by Jokum Larsen (jokumlarsen@mailexcite.com)
Notes: Bootlegs, pictures, etc.
*Oof Brand Tofoo
http://members.xoom.com/foorooster
Maintained by Curtis (Foorooster@aol.com)
Notes: Hard to describe
*foo fighters: the.colour.and.the.shape
http://members.xoom.com/natewhite
Maintained by Whitey (natewhite69@yahoo.com)
Notes: mp3s, tour dates, ICQ list, etc.
*The Worst Foo Fighters Page...
http://www.tiac.net/users/caffeine/foofighters
Maintained by caffeine@tiac.net
Notes: wav clips, news, etc.
*I'll Stick Around
http://www.tiac.net/users/daveread/foo
Maintained by Pamela (DaveRead@tiac.net)
Notes: Original artwork inspired by the Foo Fighters
*Footos - The Fresh Fighter!
http://foofighters.8m.com
Maintained by Jamie (webmaster@foofighters.8m.com) and
Whitey (natewhite69@yahoo.com)
Notes: news, tour dates, ICQlist, mailing list, etc.
*Tnltl.com
http://www.tnltl.com
Maintained by Will Walton (will@tnltl.com), Mathieu Tremblay
(mathieu@tntl.com), and Ben Guevara (ben@tnltl.com)
Notes: message board, rare audio, mailing list
Foo album and live show reviews:
http://www.seds.org/~smiley/nirvana/foo.html
www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/3194/REV.TXT
www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/1027/foofightersarticles.html
Interviews:
http://www.mtv.com/news/gallery/f/foo/foofeature99_2.html
http://www.biggun.com/Summersault/Bands/foo.html
http://www.unomas.com/featurefoofighters.html
Sunny Day Real Estate sites:
http://www.sunnydayrealestate.com
www.subpop.com/bands/sdre/sdre.html
hubcap.clemson.edu/~bpmccal/sdre.html
Nirvana links:
http://pw1.netcom.com/~dperle/nirvana/nirvlinks.html
B. Why do people yell at me when I ask for mp3s in this
newsgroup?
Well, you didn't read this FAQ to find out where to find
them. :-)
Seriously though, the issue boils down to this: you are
obtaining a digital copy of a song that you did not purchase,
which in turn means that you are not compensating the artist who
created the song. This is especially problematic when you are
asking for a song that is available on one of the Foo's major
releases, such as "Everlong" or "Big Me." Not only are you
asking for something that's readily available in music
stores, but the CDs are also now available from such places
as cdnow.com (which, coincidentally, also has samples
from the songs on the albums) on the net. This tends to raise
the ire of some of the regulars of the newsgroup, and thus
the rather negative responses to your post.
If you are really desperate for the mp3s, and are possibly
just looking for rare releases that you can't find in stores
(such as live performances), your best bet is to use one
of the many, many mp3 search engines available on the web.
A fairly decent list of available mp3 search engines can be
found at:
http://www.mp3now.com
C. Where can I find guitar tabs?
ftp://ftp.uni-puderborn.de/doc/guitar/f/foo_fighters
ftp://ftp.uu.net/doc/music/guitar/f/foo_fighters
http://idt.net/~timbob29/foo
http://saturnet.net/olga/main/f/foo_fighters
D. Is there a newsgroup?
The Foo Fighters newsgroup is alt.music.foo-fighters. For those without
access to the newsgroup, there is usually some Foo or Foo-related
discussion going on in alt.music.nirvana or alt.music.alternative.
E. Are there any mailing lists?
Yes, there is one. For more information on it, go to:
http://www.onelist.com/community/foo-news
VI. Miscellaneous
A. Is there a fan club?
Foo Merchandise and Fan Club:
P.O. Box # 19700
Seattle, WA 98109
Note: Reports are that this address has never worked, although
it was listed in the liner notes for the Foo Fighters' debut
album. Use your $. wisely.
B. Can you list every recording session and the songs recorded?
Well... no. And frankly, I haven't been able to keep this section of
the FAQ up to date. As a result, *Simon 13* maintains a more
complete list than I do. I've included the latest version that
he has here; any updates can be sent to him at his e-mail address:
beaudoux@club-internet.fr
|one in ten : a foo fighters page|
|the (updated) foo fighters recording sessions list|
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The list is split in 2 differents sections :
studio sessions (including bcc sessions)
tv/radio appearances
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Original Creator: Brian Olson (The Foo Fighters Faq)
Maintainence Concept: Johnny and Simon
1.We made this list because the first one wasn't updated anymore, so
we decided to take over.
2.We're just trying to give information out to people - we're not
suporting bootlegs.
3.We're not 100% sure on some of this info, we try our best to put
this as accurate as possible. If you want to give info or make
corrections, e-mail us.
_________________________________________________________________
please do not post this list on your website.
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Recent Updates :
February 2000 : Added 2 Meter Session info.
January 2000 : Added 2000 Leno appearance.
November 1999 : Added TINLTL sessions, SNL appearance.
August 31 1998 : Top of the Pops.
July 27 1998 : added some infos about the Xfiles soundtrack session
(again).
June 7 1998 : added some infos about the Xfiles soundtrack session.
May 23 1998 : split the guide in 2 differents sections.
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Sources:
The Foo Fighters FAQ
The Guide to Foo Fighters Live and Demo Recordings
Dave in some interviews
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Contributors :
Brian Spekis
Ed Dame
Brian Olson
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|the (updated) foo fighters recording sessions list|-|studio sessions|
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December 23 1990 - Laundry Room Studios with Barrett Jones
Pokey the Little Puppy [pocketwatch]
Petrol CB [pocketwatch]
Friend of a Friend [pocketwatch]
Throwing Needles [pocketwatch]
Just Another Story about Skeeter Thompson [pocketwatch]
Color Pictures of a Marigold [pocketwatch]
* Dave played all instruments
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July 27 1991 - WGNS Studios, Arlington, VA with Geoff Turner
Hell's Garden [pocketwatch]
Winnebago [pocketwatch]
Bruce [pocketwatch]
Milk [pocketwatch]
* Dave played all instruments
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?? ?? 1991 - Laundry Room in Arlington, VA, with Barrett Jones
How I Miss You [I'll stick around single]
* Dave on guitar and drums; Lisa Grohl on bass
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??/??/?? unknown session
Ozone [I'll stick around single]
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19?? King Buzzo Ep session
Annum
Isabella
Porg
* Dave - plays bass, drums and guitar under the name Dale Nixon
* Buzz Osbourne - vocals and guitar
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Early 1994 Backbeat Soundtrack - Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, CA
Money [Backbeat]
Long Tall Sally [Backbeat]
Bad Boy [Backbeat]
Twist and Shout [Backbeat]
Please Mr.Postman [Backbeat]
C'mon Everybody [Backbeat]
Rock 'N' Roll Music [Backbeat]
Slown Down [Backbeat]
Roadrunner [Backbeat]
Carol [Backbeat]
Good Golly Miss Molly [Backbeat]
20 Flight Rock [Backbeat]
Darkroom [Backbeat]
She's Wearing My Bathrobe [Backbeat]
Just Read The Poems [Backbeat]
Why Do They Call This Drink? [Backbeat]
You Asked, I Came [Backbeat]
* Additional Recording at Record One, LA
* Recorded by: Rik Pekkonen
* Dave - Drums on all tracks; Greg Dulli - vocals; Don Fleming -
Guitar and Vocals
* Mike Mills - Bass and vocals; Thurston Moore - Guitar; Dave Pirner -
Lead Vocals
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May 29 1994 - September 11 1994 Mike Watt Album various studios
Big Train
Against The 70's
Forever - One Reporter's Opinion
* Dave - plays drums on Big Train and Against The 70's
* Krist Novoselic - plays farfisa organ on Against the 70's
* Pat Smear - vocals on Forever - One Reporter's Opinion
* Eddie Vedder-guitar and backup singer on Big Train and lead singer
on Against the 70's; Mike Watt vocals and bass on Big Train and
Against The 70's
* Producer: Mike Watt
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October 17-23 1994 - Robert Lang's Studio, Seattle, WA
This Is a Call [Foo Fighters]
I'll Stick Around [Foo Fighters]
Big Me [Foo Fighters]
Alone+Easy Target [Foo Fighters]
Good Grief [Foo Fighters]
Oh, George [Foo Fighters]
Weenie Beenie [Foo Fighters]
Floaty [Foo Fighters]
Winnebago [this is a call single]
X-Static [Foo Fighters]
For All the Cows [Foo Fighters]
Exhausted [Foo Fighters]
Podunk [this is a call single
Wattershed [Foo Fighters]
Butterflies [bootlegs]
* Producer:Barrett Jones and Dave Grohl
* Dave on all instruments - drums, guitar and bass
* Greg Dulli - guitar solo on X-Static
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?? ?? 1994 - Laundry Room in Seattle, WA, with Barrett Jones
Gas Chamber [bootlegs]
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November 16 1995 - BBC Radio One, Mayda Vale Studios, England
Winnebago (live) [bootlegs]
Wattershed (live) [bootlegs]
Alone+Easy Target [Big Me single]
Floaty [Big Me single]
How I Miss You [bootlegs]
Up In Arms [bootlegs]
Gas Chamber [Big Me single]
* broadcast in January 1996
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January 24-26 1996 - Robert Lang Studios, Seattle, WA
Enough Space [bootlegs]
Butterflies [bootlegs]
I'm Alone Again [bootlegs]
My Hero [bootlegs]
Down in the Park [X-Files Soundtrack]
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October / November 1996 - Touch Soundtrack - Robert Lang Studios,
Seattle ,WA
Bill Hill Theme [Touch]
August Murray Theme [Touch]
How Do You Do [Touch]
Richie Baker's Miracle [Touch]
Making Popcorn [Touch]
Outrage [Touch]
Saints In Love [Touch]
Spinning Newspapers [Touch]
Remission My Ass [Touch]
Scene 6 [Touch]
This Loving Thing (Lynn's Song) [Touch]
Final Miracle [Touch]
Touch [Touch]
* Producers:Dave Grohl and Barrett Jones
* From an interview : "I started it (recording the soundtrack) six
days after we came home from the Phoenix festival of the last
year(1996). It took me 2 weeks to finish it and now I've seen the
movie for the 1st time!". If you know the exact date, mail-us.
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The Colour and the Shape session at Bear Creek Studios, Woodinville,
WA
Doll [TCATS]
Up In Arms (Slow Version) [Monkey Wrench single]
Monkey Wrench
Hey, Johnny Park
My Poor Brain
Wind Up
My Hero
See You
Enough Space
February Stars
Everlong
New Way Home
The Colour And The Shape [Monkey Wrench single]
Dear Lover??? [Scream 2 Soundtrack and My Hero single]
* Producer: Gil Norton
* Drums : William Goldsmith
* help needed; Make a Bet was recorded at either this TCATS
session or the next one, any info appreciated
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The Colour and the Shape session at Grand Master Recorders, Ltd.,
Hollywood, CA
Monkey Wrench [TCATS]
Hey, Johnny Park! [TCATS]
My Poor Brain [TCATS]
Wind Up [TCATS]
Up In Arms [TCATS]
My Hero [TCATS]
See You [TCATS]
Enough Space [TCATS]
February Stars [TCATS]
Everlong [TCATS]
New Way Home [TCATS]
* Producer: Gil Norton
* Handclaps on See You: Lance Briggs, Chris Bilheimer and Ryan Boesch
* help needed; Make a Bet was recorded at either this TCATS
session or the last one, any info appreciated
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The Colour and the Shape session at WGNS Studios, Washington, D.C.
Walking After You [TCATS]
Everlong ???
* Recorded by: Jeff Turner
* Producer: Gil Norton
* help needed
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April 30 1997 - BBC Evening Session, London, England
Requiem [everlong single]
Drive Me Wild [everlong single]
Friend of a Friend [bootlegs]
Baker Street [my hero single]
Note: 1st broadcast date is May 19 1997
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About a Girl Session - Laundry room studio, Seattle , WA with Barret
Jones
About a Girl
* help needed
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Puff Daddy Session
It's All about the Benjamins
* help needed
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AutoEnvironment Session
45 min crazy jam
* help needed
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February - March 1998 Godzilla Soundtrack session - Sound City
Studios, Van Nuys, CA
A320 [godzilla soundtrack]
* Petra Hayden plays violin on A320.
* help needed
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February - March 1998 X-files "Fight The Future" Soundtrack session -
Ocean Way Recoding, Hollywood California
Walking After You [Xfiles soundtrack]
* Jerry Harrison plays piano on Walking After You.
* According to Giles, "when the Foos were recording the new version of
Walking after you, they took about seven or eight takes to get it
right - Dave was trying to get all his emotion into the song. Anyway -
he succeeded - he's actually crying while singing the song, if you
listen carefully, you can hear his voice cracking and breaking..." It
did come from the mouth of Dave.
* help needed
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Spring 1999 There Is Nothing Left To Lose session at
Studio 606, Virginia
Stacked Actors [TINLTL]
Breakout [TINLTL]
Learn To Fly [TINLTL]
Gimme Stitches [TINLTL]
Generator [TINLTL]
Aurora [TINLTL]
Live-In Skin [TINLTL]
Next Year [TINLTL]
Headwires [TINLTL]
Ain't It The Life [TINLTL]
M.I.A. [TINLTL]
Fraternity [TINLTL import]
Have A Cigar [LTF single]
Iron and Stone [LTF single]
Try Me On ???
7 Corners ???
Fuck Around ???
* Recorded by: Adam Kasper
* In interviews, it's been said that there were 20 tracks
recorded for TINLTL
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July 1999 There Is Nothing Left To Lose Session at
Conway Studios, Los Angeles
* Recorded by: Adam Kasper
* unsure of track listing here
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|the (updated) foo fighters recording sessions list|-|tv appearances|
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January 8 1995 - Self Pollution Radio
Gas Chamber [bootlegs]
Exhausted [bootlegs]
* This was broadcast by Eddie Vedder during Pearl Jam's 1995 american
tour. Gas Chamber is the version recorded with Barret Jones at the
Laundry Room in Seattle.
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August 14 1995 - Late Show with David Letterman, NY
This Is A Call [bootlegs]
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August 28 1995 - Nulle Part Ailleurs, french tv
This Is A Call
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November 6 1995 - Nulle Part Ailleurs - french tv
interview
Big Me [bootlegs]
I'll Stick Around [bootlegs]
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December 2 1995 - Saturday Night Live - NBC Studios
I'll Stick Around [bootlegs]
For All The Cows [bootlegs]
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Almost Live, Seattle
Big Me + Dave guest starring in the episode
* Dave plays an acoustic Big Me as part of a fake talk show. Then the
host interrupts the song and says that the C chord after the chorus
really should be an A minor.
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March 18 1996 - Rockline - Clatter & Din Studios
For All The Cows [bootlegs]
Wattershed [bootlegs]
How I Miss You [bootlegs]
Up In Arms [bootlegs]
* Acoustic session
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April ?? 1997 - Tokyo, Japan, Live from the road
Carry On My Waywayd Son [bootlegs]
Wannabe [bootlegs]
Bullet With Butterfly Wings [bootlegs]
Big Me [bootlegs]
* Only part of the songs. Acoustic.
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April 2 1997 - Tokyo, Japan, EMI Studio
For All The Cows [My Hero japanese single]
Big Me [bootlegs]
Up In Arms [bootlegs]
* Acoustic
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May ?? 1997 - TFI Friday, London, UK
Monkey Wrench [bootlegs]
* Broadcast on may 9 1997
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May 9 1997 - Nulle Part Ailleurs, french TV - Cannes, France
Monkey Wrench [bootlegs]
2 others songs wich weren't broadcast.
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May 13 1997 - MTV Studio, London, UK
Monkey Wrench [bootlegs]
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May 15 1997 - Letterman Show, Ed Sullivan Theatre, NY
Monkey Wrench [bootlegs]
* Broadcast on may 16 1997.
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May ?? 1997 - Later with Jools Holland, London, UK, BBC Studios
Monkey Wrench [bootlegs]
Everlong [bootlegs]
* broadcast on may 31 1997
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June 13 1997 - Tonight show with Jay Leno, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA
Monkey Wrench [bootlegs]
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August 7 1997 - Keenan Ivory Wayans Show, Los Angeles, CA
Everlong [bootlegs]
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September 4 1997 - MTV VMA pre-show, NY
Monkey Wrench [bootlegs]
Everlong [bootlegs]
* Pat leaves the band after Monkey Wrench.
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October 8 1997 - Letterman Show, NY
Everlong [bootlegs]
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December 12 1997 - TFI Friday, London, UK
My Poor Brain [bootlegs]
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??/??/97 David Bowie - A Birthday Celebration
-Hallo Spaceboy (Foo Fighters Backing)
-Seven Years In Tibet (Only Dave Backing?)
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February 26 1998 - Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NVC Studios, Burbank,
CA
My Hero [bootlegs]
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March 18 1998 - Howard Stern Show, NY
Everlong (acoustic) [bootlegs]
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May 14 1998 - Letterman show, New York, NY
Walking After You [bootlegs]
* They played the new version, with drums and backing vocals. The
backing vocals were done by Greg from Shudder To Think. Dave played an
acoustic guitar.
They may have played Everlong with the Letterman orchestra too. At the
end of the song, you can hear the orchestra starting Everlong. Then
the advertisements start. Atter, you can hear the end of the song.
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August 28 1998 - Top Of The Pops, UK
Walking After You [bootlegs]
* Dave played with blue contact lens.
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November 6 1999 - Saturday Night Live, New York
Learn To Fly
Stacked Actors
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November 18 1999 - TBD, Madrid
????
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November 22 1999 - 2 Meter Sessions, Amsterdam
Intro (Short Dutch Intro for the band by Jan Douwe Kroeske (Ducth DJ)
with a little talking by Dave)
Ain't It The Life [Stacked Actors & Generator single]
Blackbird (Short Jam on Beatles Song by Dave and Taylor)
Learn To Fly [probably mjuice.com version]
Dave Grohl Interview
Everlong
Floaty - This Is A Call (Short "Rockabilly" Jam on these songs
by the whole band)
Next Year
Also played, but not broadcasted:
Floaty [Stacked Actors & Generator singles]
*The interview with Dave focused on the band and also the 2 Meter
Session that he did with Nirvana
*Next Year features Taylor on the Mellotron
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November 29 1999 MTV Total Request Live
Larger Than Life (Short Instrumental Backstreet Boys Cover)
Learn To Fly
Stacked Actors
*Stacked Actors was only partially aired
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November 30 1999 - The Late Show with David Letterman, New York
Learn To Fly
Breakout
*Full broadcast of Breakout on Internet, but cut on TV
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December 5 1999 - The VH-1 Fashion Awards, New York
Learn To Fly
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January 13 2000 - Tonight show with Jay Leno, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA
Learn To Fly
C. What do the songs mean?
The songs may have multiple meanings, or none at all, so you
shouldn't look too much into them. Dave has given some of the
mystery away, though, in a few interviews, and in his introductions
of the songs at concerts.
*This Is A Call: Dave thanking and paying respects to everyone
he's ever been close to.
*I'll Stick Around: A song about feeling like you're lost, but
you're not going to quit.
*Big Me: A song Dave wrote for his ex-wife.
*Floaty: Dave told an interviewer that he once had a dream that
aliens had come to the earth, and a new age of man was
beginning. It inspired one of the songs on the album.
While he didn't say which one, he did say that the
lyrics were very spacey and general. He could be
talking about "Floaty". (Then again... maybe not.)
*Up In Arms: Right before they played this song on the MTV special,
Dave mentioned that [probably paraphrased]
"That's a cute little love song about my wife."
D. Can you tell me what Dave's whispering towards the end of Everlong?
Apparently Dave scrambled three audio tracks together so as to distort
what you, the listener, hear. To this date, no one has been able
to decipher exactly what is being said, but we do know that one track
is a love letter being read, one track is a technical manual being
read, and the last track is a story about one of the studio technician's
father.
E. What was the LATE! "Pocketwatch" album?
Dave Grohl recorded a 10 track demo back in 1990. Just as with the
Foo Fighters demo, he played every instrument himself. He gave this
demo to one of his friends, Jenny Toomey, who happened to own
Simple Machines records. This demo was later released under the band
name Late! The album title was "Pocketwatch".
The tracks are:
1. Pokey the Little Puppy
2. Petrol CB
3. Friend of a Friend
4. Throwing Needles
5. Just Another Story About Skeeter Thompson
6. Color Pictures of a Marigold
7. Hell's Garden
8. Winnebago
9. Bruce
10. Milk
(A different recording of "Marigold" later appeared as a B-side of the
Nirvana "Heart-Shaped Box" single. A different recording of "Winnebago"
was released as a B-side of Foo Fighters' "This Is a Call" single. See
section II-A for more info.)
The album has been available via Simple Machines; however, they are
currently swamped with orders, and are no longer taking new orders until
they can get caught up. For more information on Simple Machines, a good
web site is "Jeff's Tribute to Simple Machines":
http://wsrv.clas.virginia.edu/~jst7q/smr/smr-home.html
F. What's the connection with the movie "Touch"?
The movie "Touch," released in the United States early in 1997,
was completely scored by Dave. The CD to look for in music stores is
entitled, "Music from the Motion Picture Touch." The tracklist is as
follows:
1. bill hill theme
2. august murray theme
3. how do you do
4. richie baker's miracle
5. making popcorn
6. outrage
7. saint's in love
8. spinning newspapers
9. remission my ass
10. scene 6
11. this loving thing (lynn's song)
12. final miracle
13. touch
G. What's the connection with Nirvana?
Are you kidding? Foo Frontman Dave Grohl was the drummer for
Nirvana. Guitarist Pat Smear was recruited by Nirvana near the
band's end. (See section I-A; for Nirvana links, see section V-A;
For additional Nirvana information, consult the Nirvana FAQ,
posted bi-monthly to alt.music.nirvana, maintained by Jeff McRae.)
H. What's the connection with Sunny Day Real Estate?
Bass player Nate Mendel and ex-drummer William Goldsmith were the
rhythm section of the once dead and now resurrected band, Sunny
Day Real Estate. (See section I-A.) A new album was recorded prior to
the break-up, and was released in November, 1995 under the independent
Sub Pop label. (For SDRE web sites, see section V-A.)
I. What's the connection with Devo?
Devo bass player Gerold Casale directed the Foo Fighters' first
video, "I'll Stick Around". Dave rented a video of a collection of
Devo videos and short films, directed by Casale. The Foos started
talking about making a video with him, that would sort of resemble
a Devo video, and it happened.
Also, in 1990 when Dave was with Nirvana, they recorded
"Turnaround", a Devo song co-written by Casale, for the John
Peel show in England. This recording was released first on the EP
Hormoaning and then the album Incesticide. (For more information,
check out the Nirvana FAQ, posted bi-monthly to alt.music.nirvana,
maintained by Jeff McRae.)
J. What's the connection with Backbeat?
Backbeat was a movie released in the mid '90s that chronicled the
early years of the Beatles. Dave played drums on a number of tracks for
the soundtrack of the movie, and even played the MTV Music Video Awards
with some of the other contributing artists.
K. What's the connection with Sean "Puffy" Combs?
Dave laid down the guitar, bass, and drum portions of the rock remix
of Puffy's "It's All About The Benjamins." It can be found on the
following single:
*Been Around The World (CD)
Puff Daddy & Family
1. Been Around The World (Radio Edit)
2. It's All About The Benjamins (Rock Remix 1)
3. It's All About The Benjamins (Rock Remix 2)
Release date: 11/21/97
L. How well are their albums selling?
Their debut album has slowly but steadily sold, never cracking the top
20 popular albums. In January 1996 it was given certification by the
RIAA as a platinum album, and this was then announced in the February
1996 issue of Billboard Magazine.
The Colour and The Shape, their second album, peaked at #10 on the charts
and has gone platinum since.
There Is Nothing Left To Lose, the Foos' third album, debuted at
#10 on the Billboard charts, and went platinum in December of 1999.
M. Why is all this information so out of date?
Because it's now January of 2016, and you're reading the February
2000 version. The Foo Fighters FAQ is updated periodically. Always
check the date of the FAQ to make sure you're looking at the most
recent version.
VII. Credits
The "Foo Fighters FAQ" is maintained by Ben Rogers
(benson@netaxs.com), and was originally created
and maintained by Brian Olson.
The "Foo Fighters Bootleg List (all compact discs)" is
maintained by Andrew Wontorsky (September-April aw6758a@american.edu,
wontorsk@nosc.mil May-August).
Contributors:
Brian Olson (PXTS92E@prodigy.com)
Chris Carman (carmance@muohio.edu)
Dee (dee@berkshire.net)
F. Cozzarelli (KGSK13C@prodigy.com)
Mike Cunningham (mike@imagebusiness.com)
Sean Foley (chispa@planet.net)
Andrew Kruczek (RFVP91C@prodigy.com)
Richard Pingree (Pinra@mtbs.demon.co.uk)
Dave To (dt12@wumpus.uow.edu.au)
Andrew Wontorsky (September-April aw6758a@american.edu,
wontorsk@nosc.mil May-August)
Gary Davis (gdavis@loop.com)
Vincent M. Yim
Jim Lennerhed (jimlennerhed@geocities.com)
Jon Bruhm (j.bruhm@ns.sympatico.ca)
Tym Clarkin (abortme@aol.com)
Lee Bishop (immodium@rocketmail.com)
Scott Schillaci (kerzot@geocities.com)
Chris Osborne (rich.fagan@virgin.net)
Brian Spekis (brianspekis@mailcity.com)
Joey Staton (statonj@usa.net)
Simon *13* (beaudoux@club-internet.fr)
CORD5@aol.com
Curtis (Foorooster@aol.com)
Fabien Lenglet (Fabien.Lenglet-Segime@renault.com)
Pamela (DaveRead@TIAC.NET)
Paulvh (paulvh@worldonline.nl)
And thanks, of course, to Foo Fighters for simply existing.
The "Foo Fighters Concert Chronology" is maintained by yours
truly.
Contributors:
Liz
Michael Thompson
Daniel Smith
Erin
Kelly Alexander
Rich Weber
Candace McRae
Pete Salzman
Andrew Kruczek
Arnie Montes
Bob Cwalina
Dirk De Bruyker
Chris Wallace
Martin Menrad
Brian Schweitzer
Jim Wraith
Brian
Patrick Benny
MrDrainyou
Jennifer McRae
Joey Beasley
Jai
Richard Pingree
Dave To
Gary Davis
Kris Sproul
Mikael Gomez
Kenny Fletcher
FMccune766@aol.com
Jonas Blank
Stephen Archer
Jim Lennerhed
Dennis F. Ciszeski
Ralph
Alan Kerley
Jon Bruhm
Kris Vanden Berghe
Cornelius
Adam Ottley
Malia Perez
Paddy O'Dwyer
Scott Schillaci
Laura
Amy
Brad Weber
Michael Peimani
Vivian
Dustin
Simon Twine
Michael Sanderson
Marco Carl
Bruno Gomes
Tym Clarkin
Daniel Luke
Justin Hansen
Steph
Dan
Robert Barber
Dave Kinca
This document may be reposted anywhere, as long as it remains in
its entirety and its original form or all together. The FAQ in its
entirety can be obtained by going to:
http://www.netaxs.com/~benson/foo-faq.txt
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