Foo Fighters

Released: July 4, 1995

Songwriter: Dave Grohl

Producer: Foo Fighters Barrett Jones

[Verse 1]
Stick it to the mailman
Pinned against a pot plant
Sick of all the suntan
Oily with the Ray-Ban

[Hook]
Take that to the bank and call it a check
Masked without a weapon

[Verse 2]
Skinny as a spit pan
Dealing with the shit plan
Playing with my bad hand
Just another rock band

[Hook]
Take that to the man and call it a check
Trapped within a contract

[Pre-Chorus]
Hey there boy, while you were catching the black widow
The rest of us were watching Melrose

[Chorus]
I wanna swim in the wattershed
I wanna listen to the flowerhead
I lost a gallon and still I bled
I keep on thinking I get ahead

[Verse 3]
I'm so pissed at all the disc jam
Pissed about the 5-ham
Pissed about the green state
Miss it and I can't wait

[Hook]
Take that to the man and call it a check
Trapped within a contract

[Pre-Chorus]
Hey man, can't you tell it's still a problem?
See you at the devil's tower

[Chorus]
I wanna swim in the wattershed
I wanna listen to the flowerhead
I lost a gallon and still I bled
I keep on thinking I get ahead

[Outro]
I'm so pissed at all the disc jam
Pissed about the 5-ham
Pissed about the green state
I miss it and I can't wait

Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed in 1995 by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. Originally a solo project by him to overcome the grief of Kurt Cobain’s death, Grohl attracted label interest with his inaugural demo tape.

According to Dave Grohl, the band is named after the UFOs that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II.

I was reading a lot of books on UFOs. Not only is it a fascinating subject, but there’s a treasure trove of band names in those UFO books! 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?

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