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The band has earned a worldwide following, and have scored a number of hit songs, including "_This Is a Call", "Everlong", "Learn to Fly", "All My Life", "Times Like These", "Best of You", "DOA", "The Pretender", and "Long Road to Ruin." Three of their albums have won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album. On top of their six studio albums, they have also contributed to several movie soundtracks, including the song "The One" on the 2002 Orange County soundtrack.

Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed by musician Dave Grohl in 1995. The group is named after the World War II term “foo fighter”, used to refer to mysterious aerial phenomena. The Foo Fighters began as a solo project taken up by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl . On the debut album, Foo Fighters , released in 1995, Grohl plays all the instruments (save for one guitar part recorded by Greg Dulli ( Afghan Whigs ) on X-Static .) However, Grohl subsequently formed a band to play live