 In spring 1995 , the Foo Fighters embarked on their first ever United States tour supporting Mike Watt along with fellow tour newbies Hovercraft , whose line @-@ up included Vedder at the time . As well as performing with their own bands , Grohl and Vedder each picked up a role as a member of Watt 's backing band throughout the tour , supplying drums and guitar respectively . On May 1995 , radio stations KROQ @-@ FM and KNDD started playing some tracks of the then @-@ unreleased album before receiving a cease @-@ and @-@ desist from Capitol . That June , " Exhausted " and " This Is a Call " were sent to college and modern rock radio stations . One week later , " This Is a Call " became the band 's first commercial single . 
