Dave Grohl formed Foo Fighters in 1994, shortly after the break-up of Nirvana, and the band has gone on to become one of the ...

Foo Fighters, fronted by Nirvana legend Dave Grohl, have been a mainstay in rock music for almost 30 years - but fans are just realising the out of this world meaning behind the band's name ...

Meiers gave these objects a name, taking a nonsense word used by characters in the popular “Smokey Stover” firefighter cartoon: “foo fighters ... UFO’s in World War II.

Foo Fighters grew out of the ashes of Nirvana, but with one important difference: Dave Grohl moved from behind the drum kit to out front at the mic. Working alone at first, Grohl polished up songs ...

Fans of the Dave Grohl-fronted band Foo Fighters are only just realising how it got its name - which the frontman himself said was 'silly'.