Timeline Foo Fighters: The Colour and the Shape

From a one-man demo to stadium headliners — Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters after Nirvana.

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1994 Foo Fighters demo recorded by Dave Grohl alone Robert Lang Studios Grohl plays every instrument himself, months after Kurt Cobain's death.
1995 Foo Fighters release their debut album Foo Fighters Grohl's demo, released as a band album.
1997 Taylor Hawkins joins Foo Fighters Drummer A 25-year partnership with Grohl begins.
1997 Foo Fighters release The Colour and the Shape Everlong With Everlong and My Hero — their breakthrough.
1999 Foo Fighters release There Is Nothing Left to Lose Learn to Fly Their first Grammy for Best Rock Album.
2002 Foo Fighters release One by One All My Life With All My Life and Times Like These.
2005 Foo Fighters release In Your Honor Double album One rock disc, one acoustic.
2008 Foo Fighters play Wembley Stadium Two sold-out nights Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones join them on stage.
2011 Foo Fighters release Wasting Light Recorded in a garage Recorded on tape in Grohl's garage — five Grammys.
2014 Foo Fighters release Sonic Highways Eight cities Each song recorded in a different American city, with a TV series.
2015 Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl breaks his leg on stage Gothenburg He finishes the show, then tours on a throne.
2021 Foo Fighters inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted in their first year of eligibility.
2022 Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins dies Bogota The drummer dies on tour in Colombia.
2023 Foo Fighters release But Here We Are Grief album An album about the loss of Hawkins and Grohl's mother.