Useless Facts About The Current Lineup

(This is all the same old crap that's in every Foo bio, but my page wouldn't be complete without it)

Dave Grohl

Born:
David Eric Grohl on January 14, 1969 in Warren, Ohio

Childhood Hometown:
Springfield, Virginia

Former Bands:
Freak Baby, Mission Impossible, Dain Bramage, Scream (with
Franz), Nirvana

Well-known Facts:
Was introduced to punk music by his cousin Tracey
Dropped out of HS at age 17 to tour with Scream
One of his songs, Marigold, became a Nirvana B-side
Released Pocketwatch under the name "Late"
Wrote, sang, and played all the instruments on all the songs on FF (except for a little guitar help on X-Static by Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs)
Recorded FF in a week
Also played most of the drums on TCATS (he recorded over William's drum tracks with his own, which may have caused William to leave the band)
Favorite song on TCATS is See You

Taylor Hawkins

Born:
Oliver Taylor Hawkins (no wonder he goes by Taylor!!) on February 17, 1972 in Fort Worth, Texas

Childhood Hometown:
Laguna Beach, California

Former Bands:
Sass Jordan, Mother Tongue, Sexual Chocolate (back-up band for Alanis Morissette)

Well-known Facts:
Hates to play I'll Stick Around

Nate Mendel

Born:
Nathan Gregor Mendel on December 2, 1968 in Washington

Former Bands:
Product of Rape, Diddly Squat, Brotherhood, Christ on a Crutch,
Sunny Day Real Estate and its many names (with William)

Well-known Facts:
Favorite Foo song is Exhausted
Is an original member of the Foo Fighters
Has a college degree--a double major in History and Journalism

Chris Shiflett

Born:
Chris Aubrey Shiflett on May 6, 1971 in Santa Barbara, California
Former Bands:
No Use For A Name, 22 Jacks, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes