Foo Fighters: Learning to Fly

The world was still reeling from Kurt Cobain's death and the subsequent demise of Nirvana when Dave Grohl - who at that point was known only as the drummer of the grunge legends - headed back to DC and emerged with a brand new band called the Foo Fighters. Grohl locked himself away in a studio and recorded the Foo Fighters' debut album in less than a week. After producing a limited number of album copies, the Foo Fighters became the object of an intense record company bidding war. Acquiring the skills of Nate Mendel, William Goldsmith, Pat Smear and later Taylor Hawkins, the Foo Fighters have gone on to become one of the most successful rock bands of the modern era. Creating a heavy yet commercial sound, the Foos have achieved platinum selling albums, Billboard chart No.1s and sell-out tours. But with the success came disagreements and discrepancies due to Grohl's commitments with the Queens of the Stone Age, which led to one of the darkest times in the band's history and quartet nearly breaking up. From Grohl playing all the instruments on the band's first album to entertaining an 86,000 sell-out crowd at Wembley, the Foo Fighters have grown to establish themselves as rock royalty. This book tells the full and at times often shocking tale of one of the world's biggest rock bands.