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Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band, founded in 1994 by musician Dave Grohl. After recording by himself what would become the album Foo Fighters, Grohl decided to recruit a full band with him as singer and guitarist. The original line-up included bassist Nate Mendel, drummer William Goldsmith, and Pat Smear. Taylor Hawkins took over the drums in 1997 after Goldsmith was fired. Smear left in 1998 being during the tour for second album The Colour and the Shape, with Franz Stahl becoming the guitarist for the reminder of the tour. Afterwards Stahl left for creative differences, and while the band recorded There Is Nothing Left to Lose as a trio, for the tour they again had a second guitarist, Chris Shiflett. Smear eventually became part of the band’s tour musicians in 2006, and rejoined as a full-time member in 2011. ==Foo Fighters tour (1995-1996)== The first Foo Fighters show took place in February 19 above a boat house in Seattle and was performed for friends and family; the band's first public show took place in February 23 on the Jambalaya Club in Arcata, California; the band were in the area mixing the album and a local promotor asked the cover band The Unseen if Foo Fighters could open for them, which they agreed to; Grohl also played drums with The Unseen on a cover of Slow Down. On the spring of 1995 (starting on April), the Foo Fighters embarked on their first ever United States tour supporting Mike Watt along with fellow tour newbies Hovercraft, whose line-up included Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder at the time. As well as performing with their own bands, Grohl and Vedder each picked up a role as a member of Watt's backing band throughout the tour, supplying drums and guitar respectively. The band's first show outside the United States took place in May 2 in The Opera House in Toronto; they played their first show outside of North America in June 3 in the King's College London; after playing two songs, Grohl discounted the media rumors at the time, telling the audience that none of his songs were about Kurt Cobain. ''Foo Fighters'' was released July 4, 1995 on Roswell Records, distributed by Capitol Records. The band promoted the release that summer by completing another US tour with Wool and Shudder to Think, with 25 concerts in little over a month. During this tour, Foo Fighters played several of their largest shows up to that point, making their debut on the festival circuit with performances at Pukkelpop, Reading and Lowlands. Foo Fighters made their network television debut on ''The Late Show with David Letterman'' August 14, 1995 when they performed "This Is a Call".〔 That fall, the band continued to tour extensively, completing a European tour with Built to Spill. Amid the tour, Foo Fighters filmed the MTV special ''I'm OK, Eur-OK: Foo Fighters Live in London'' which featured exclusive footage recorded on November 15, 1995 at the Brixton Academy in London, England, with the majority of the broadcast featuring songs culled from the debut album. Foo Fighters appeared as the musical guest on ''Saturday Night Live'' for the first time on December 2, 1995 with host Anthony Edwards, and performed both "I'll Stick Around" and "For All the Cows". The band then closed out the year with their first trips to Japan and Australia.〔Apter, 2006. p. 294-8〕 Foo Fighters continued to tour in support of the album on into 1996, performing at the Summersault Festival that January. The band made an infamous appearance on the March 18, 1996 Rockline radio broadcast, where they performed acoustically. Included in the set was a version of "Wattershed" that contained improvised lyrics by Grohl, delivered in the vocal style of Fred Schneider from The B-52's. That same month Foo Fighters embarked on yet another US tour, this time with a revolving door of supporting acts, including that dog., Ween, Jawbreaker and The Amps. Most shows featuring That Dog on the bill included member Petra Haden joining Foo Fighters on stage during "Floaty" to provide violin. Foo Fighters made an appearance at the first ever Tibetan Freedom Concert on June 15, 1996, a high-profile festival organized by the Beastie Boys to benefit the cause of Tibetan independence, followed by a final tour of Europe that July, to close out support of the album.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Foo Fighters live performances」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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