Biography/History Band Biography 1999 Okay, Nate Mendel (bass), Taylor Hawkins (drums) and Dave Grohl (guitar/vocals) haven't robbed a dry cleaners at gunpoint or posed nude for Playgirl (yet) but the whole world knows the trials and tribulations of the Foo Fighters all the same... Band Biography 1997 "The album really tells the whole story," says Foo Fighters lead vocalist and guitarist David Grohl on the making of his band's brand new The Colour & The Shape... Band Biography 1995 Dave Grohl: "Had a guitar around the house all my life but never got around to really learning how to play it until I was about 10 years old. I was told to take lessons because everyone was sick of hearing 'Smoke On The Water.' Took lessons for about one year and stopped because it wasn't teaching me how to play music...