9 5 . ▁ ▁Foo ▁F igh ters ▁( 1 9 9 5 – 1 9 9 7 ) ▁During ▁one ▁of ▁Sun ny ▁Day ▁Real ▁Est ate ' s ▁last ▁concert s , ▁former ▁N ir v ana ▁member ▁Dave ▁Gro hl ▁left ▁the ▁band ▁a ▁note . ▁G olds m ith ▁called ▁him ▁back , ▁and ▁Gro hl ▁invited ▁both ▁G olds m ith ▁and ▁M end el ▁to ▁his ▁new ▁band , ▁Foo ▁F igh ters , ▁along ▁with ▁former ▁Germ s ▁and ▁tour ing ▁N ir v ana ▁guitar ist ▁Pat ▁Sm ear , ▁during ▁late ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁they ▁emb ark ed ▁on ▁a ▁club ▁tour ▁supporting ▁Mike ▁W att ▁along ▁with ▁Edd ie ▁V ed der ' s ▁side ▁project ▁H over craft . ▁After wards , ▁the ▁band ' s ▁already ▁recorded ▁debut ▁album ▁– ▁on ▁which ▁Gro hl ▁had ▁recorded ▁nearly ▁all ▁instruments ▁by ▁himself ▁– ▁was ▁released . ▁G olds m ith ▁stated ▁that ▁while ▁he ▁enjoyed ▁the ▁smaller ▁ven ues , ▁" pre tty ▁much ▁everything ▁after ▁that ▁ble w ," ▁saying ▁that ▁as ▁the ▁band ▁got ▁bigger ▁" it ▁turned ▁into ▁a ▁world - dom ination ▁thing ▁that ▁became ▁really ▁cre atively ▁st if ling " ▁and ▁he ▁grew ▁tired ▁of ▁reprodu cing ▁songs ▁he ▁had ▁no ▁input ▁compos ing . ▁G olds m ith ▁also ▁developed ▁car pal ▁tunnel ▁synd rome ▁after ▁the ▁tour . ▁ ▁After ▁tour ing ▁through