* 1968 – Nate Mendel, American bassist ( Foo Fighters )

He has worked with bands including Rush, Silverchair, and the Foo Fighters.

* 1972 – William Goldsmith, American drummer ( Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters, and The Fire Theft )

In February 2011 Lemmy acted as the driver of the limo for the Foo Fighters new music video " White Limo "

* 2011 – Foo Fighters – Guest actor on Foo Fighters " White Limo " Music Video

* 2006 Foo Fighters: Hyde Park

* 1971 – Chris Shiflett, American guitarist ( Foo Fighters, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Jackson United, No Use for a Name, and Viva Death )

Pat Smear went on to greater notoriety performing with Nirvana and the Foo Fighters.

Pat Smear went on to play with Nirvana in their last year and, after the death of Kurt Cobain, with Mike Watt, and then with the Foo Fighters.

** David Grohl, American rock drummer and composer ( Nirvana, Foo Fighters )

* " Aurora ", a song by Foo Fighters from There Is Nothing Left to Lose

The Foo Fighters paid homage to the band in performing " Tie Your Mother Down " to open the ceremony before being joined on stage by May, Taylor, and Paul Rodgers, who played a selection of Queen hits.

Trivium, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, George Michael,

The drum set used by Roger Taylor during the show was given to Taylor Hawkins, drummer of the Foo Fighters and Queen fanatic, and is currently stored in Studio 606.

Numan has become acknowledged and respected by his peers, with such musicians as Dave Grohl ( of Foo Fighters and Nirvana ), Trent Reznor ( of Nine Inch Nails ), and Marilyn Manson proclaiming his work an influence and recording cover versions of old Numan hits.

From 2006 to 2009 he played in punk band Flipper, also recording an album, and in 2011 contributed bass and accordion to the song " I Should Have Known ", from the Foo Fighters ' record Wasting Light.

Since Led Zeppelin dissolved in 1980 with the death of Bonham, Jones has collaborated with a number of artists, including Diamanda Galás, R. E. M., Jars of Clay, Heart, Ben E. King, Peter Gabriel, Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Cinderella, The Mission, La Fura dels Baus, Brian Eno, the Butthole Surfers and Uncle Earl.

Jones plays on two tracks on Foo Fighters ' album In Your Honor.

In July 2008, the band played in a VH1 tribute to The Who alongside Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam and The Flaming Lips.

The performance consisted of three Purple Rain tracks (" Let's Go Crazy ", " Baby I'm a Star " and the title track ), along with cover versions of " We Will Rock You " by Queen, " All Along the Watchtower " by Bob Dylan, the Foo Fighters song " Best of You " and " Proud Mary " by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

The band was formed in 1995, and quickly developed an enviable live reputation, securing support slots for the likes of Everclear, The Foo Fighters and Soundgarden ( after a Wellington Town Hall show, Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd presented Clinton Tokona with his Music Man bass guitar after falling out with it on stage ).

Since its inception in 1992, Big Day Out has attracted a large range of artists, with headlining acts including Nirvana, Blink 182, The Strokes, Muse, Violent Femmes, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, The Ramones, Soundgarden, Rammstein, System of a Down, Limp Bizkit, Rage Against the Machine, The Prodigy, Marilyn Manson, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Tool, Neil Young and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

In 2009 Them Crooked Vultures, a supergroup that brought together Foo Fighters ' Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin bass player John Paul Jones attracted attention as a live act and released a self-titled debut album that reached the top 20 in the US and UK and the top ten in several other countries.

Dave Grohl is the former drummer of Nirvana, current frontman of Foo Fighters, and drummer of Them Crooked Vultures.

Also, as a reference to another rock band, The Foo Fighters, Tom spits in to the camera lens like Dave Grohl in the " Monkey Wrench " music video, but at the end, Mark violently forces him to wipe it off using a US $ 100 bill.

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, Nirvana and Them Crooked Vultures has said:

Dave Grohl ( ex-Nirvana, Foo Fighters ) and Mark Tremonti ( Alter Bridge, Creed ) have both stated on several occasions that Celtic Frost were an influence.

RCA saw continued success with artists such as Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews Band, the Foo Fighters, and later The Strokes.

* Jones sang " Maybe I'm Amazed " with Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters at the Kennedy Center Honors Paul McCartney concert with Paul in attendance.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl sat beside Hawkins ' hospital bed until he woke up.

After Sunny Day Real Estate disbanded in 1995, Mendel and Goldsmith were invited by Dave Grohl to join his band, the Foo Fighters in 1995.

1997: In 1997, Pat Smear announced that he was leaving Foo Fighters half way through their performance and presented his replacement, Franz Stahl, who had been a member of the band Scream with Dave Grohl.

Some popular singers from later decades include Roberta Flack (" Killing Me Softly with His Song "), Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band (" You Broke My Mood Ring "), singer-songwriter Tori Amos, Herb Fame ( of Peaches & Herb ), Van McCoy ( disco producer, " The Hustle "), Toni Braxton, Ginuwine, Mýa, Dave Grohl ( of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters ), Starland Vocal Band (" Afternoon Delight "), Joan Jett ( rock singer ) and Nils Lofgren ( guitarist for Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr and Neil Young ).

* Dave Grohl-Nirvana / Foo Fighters drummer, guitarist and lead singer-grew up in Alexandria

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is known for having an interest in supernatural phenomena.

Yorn has shared bills with the Dave Matthews Band, R. E. M., Crowded House, Foo Fighters, Weezer, Coldplay, The Dixie Chicks, Semisonic, and Sunny Day Real Estate, among others.

Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl hoped to keep his anonymity and release recordings under the title " Foo Fighters ", taken from the World War II term for UFOs and indirectly from Holman ’ s strip.

Probot was a heavy metal side project of ex-Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters rhythm guitarist and lead-singer Dave Grohl.

In 2003 he joined forces with former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters ' frontman Dave Grohl to produce " Red War " for the self-titled release of Dave Grohl's metal project, Probot.

In 1997, Franz Stahl joined Dave Grohl's newly formed group, the commercially successful Foo Fighters, for a two year stint.

In September 2007, Gibson introduced the DG-335, designed in collaboration with the Foo Fighters ' Dave Grohl.

Notable fans of the band include Dave Grohl of Nirvana / Foo Fighters, who interestingly lists a show of Rights of the Accused as his first concert.

The 2012 lineup included the Eagles, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Foo Fighters, Ne-Yo, Dr. John & the Lower 911, Steel Pulse, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Dave Koz, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Ellis Marsalis, Kristin Diable & The City and Buckwheat Zydeco.

From 1994, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl's new band, the Foo Fighters, helped popularize the genre and define its parameters.

He is also compared often Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters as being a genius multi-instrumentalist and writer.