School of Rock - Wednesday 7/1 - Foo Fighters/Everlong

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Dave Grohl joined the band Nirvana as the group's drummer in 1990. In order to occupy himself during tours, he took a guitar with him and wrote songs. Grohl held back these songs from the band; he said in 1997, "I was in awe of frontman Kurt Cobain's songs. And intimidated. I thought it was best that I keep my songs to myself."  After Kurt Cobain’s death, Grohl received offers to work with various artists, and almost accepted a permanent position as the drummer in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Ultimately Grohl declined and instead entered Robert Lang Studios in October 1994 to record twelve of the forty songs he had written. That was the Foo Fighters self titled debut record which peaked at number 23 on the charts.  Their biggest selling record, The Colour and the Shape, made it to number 3 and sold over 2 million records.  Everlong is the second single released in August of 97.