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Foo Fighters

The emergence of the Foo Fighters in 1995 as one of rock's great new hopes should have given drummers everywhere a reason for optimism. Consider the story of Dave Grohl. The former drummer of the Washington, D.C. punk band Scream joined a trio called Nirvana in 1990, only to see them become the most important band of the '90s and then self-destruct with Kurt Cobain's suicide.

Lesser men would have disappeared from the pop music landscape, but rather than fade away, Grohl mentally regrouped and emerged as Foo Fighters. In Nirvana, Grohl's drumming was a powerful element but his songwriting was limited to the obscure b-side "Marigold." With Foo Fighters, Grohl was allowed to take what he learned from Cobain and give it his own spin. He wrote, sang, and played...
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