Foo Fighters, fronted by Nirvana legend Dave Grohl, have been a mainstay in rock music for almost 30 years - but fans are just realising the out of this world meaning behind the band's name ...

Meiers gave these objects a name, taking a nonsense word used by characters in the popular “Smokey Stover” firefighter cartoon: “foo fighters.” Reports kept coming in. The objects flew ...

The Faux Fighters, formed by frontman Jamie Deighton, will play at The Marrs Bar on Saturday, April 26, from 8pm. Deighton, after spending time in Seattle in the 1990s, decided to form the band, which ...

Fans of the Dave Grohl-fronted band Foo Fighters are only just realising how it got its name - which the frontman himself said was 'silly'.