<P> Grohl hoped to keep his anonymity and release the recordings in a limited run under the title "Foo Fighters", taken from the World War II term "foo fighter", used to refer to unidentified flying objects . "Around the time that I recorded the first FF tape, I was reading a lot of books on UFO's . Not only is it a fascinating subject, but there's a treasure trove of band names in those UFO books!" he said . "So, since I had recorded the first record by myself, playing all the instruments, but I wanted people to think that it was a group, I figured that FOO FIGHTERS might lead people to believe that it was more than just one guy . Silly, huh?" Continuing, Dave Grohl insisted that a more appropriate name could have been chosen . "Had I actually considered this to be a career, I probably would have called it something else, because it's the stupidest fucking band name in the world ." </P> <P> However, the demo tape circulated in the music industry, creating interest among record labels . Grohl formed a band to support the album . Initially, he talked to former Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic about joining the group, but both decided against it . "For Krist and I, it would have felt really natural and really great", Grohl explained . "But for everyone else, it would have been weird, and it would have left me in a really bad position . Then I really would have been under the microscope ." Having heard about the disbanding of Seattle - based rock band Sunny Day Real Estate, Grohl drafted the group's bass player, Nate Mendel, and drummer, William Goldsmith . Grohl asked Pat Smear, who served as a touring guitarist for Nirvana after the release of its 1993 album, In Utero, to join as the group's second guitarist . Grohl ultimately licensed the album to Capitol Records, releasing it on his new record label, Roswell Records . </P> <P> Foo Fighters made its live public debut on February 23, 1995, at the Jambalaya Club in Arcata, California and then March 3 at The Satyricon in Portland . They followed that with a show at the Velvet Elvis in Seattle on March 4 . The show on March 3 had been part of a benefit gig to aid the finances of the investigation into the rape and murder of The Gits singer Mia Zapata . Grohl refused to do interviews or tour large venues to promote the album . Foo Fighters undertook its first major tour in the spring of 1995, opening for Mike Watt . The band's first single, "This Is a Call", was released in June 1995, and its debut album Foo Fighters was released the next month . "I'll Stick Around", "For All the Cows", and "Big Me" were released as subsequent singles . The band spent the following months on tour, including their first appearance at the Reading Festival in England in August . </P> <P> After touring through the spring of 1996, Foo Fighters entered Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, Washington, with producer Gil Norton to record its second album . While Grohl once again wrote all the songs, the rest of the band collaborated on the arrangements . With the sessions nearly complete, Grohl took the rough mixes with him to Los Angeles, intending to finish up his vocal and guitar parts . While there, Grohl realized that he was not happy with how the mixes were turning out, and changed William Goldsmith's "drum tracks with his own for all but two songs ." During the L.A. sessions, Grohl had played drums on the songs . Unhappy with Goldsmith's drumming, Grohl removed it from the recordings and re-recorded the drum tracks . As Goldsmith was about to come down to L.A. to find out why he wasn't being called upon to re-record his parts, he called Mendel from Seattle inquiring if he should make the trip . Grohl then called Goldsmith saying, "Dude, don't come down here, I'm recording some of the drum tracks". Shocked by this, Goldsmith met up with Mendel in Seattle and repeated Grohl's claim to be re-recording "some" of the tracks . Mendel asked, "Is that what he told you?"; Goldsmith affirmed it, and Mendel stated, "No, man, he did them all". </P>

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