> The rock band known as the Foo Fighters got their name from a phrase used bywhich group?And the answer: World War II pilots. The term "foo fighter" was used by aircraft pilots in World War II to describevarious unidentified flying objects or UFOs. It was first used in 1944, whenpilots flying at night over Germany reported seeing fast-moving glowing objects.Eventually both Allied and Axis pilots around the world reported similarmysterious sightings in the air.Photo credit: Spotify.Rising from the ashes of Nirvana, the alternative rockband Foo Fighters formed in Seattle, Washington in 1994. The group began as aone-man project for Dave Grohl following the dissolution of his former band,Nirvana. With the exception of a single guitar part on "X-Static" played by GregDulli of the Afghan Whigs, Grohl performed all of the instruments himself on hisnew record demos. Eventually, Grohl started to gain interest from several recordlabels, and these recordings were released as the Foo Fighters' self-titleddebut in 1995. The alt-rock record reached the top 25 on the Billboard 200chart, while spawning the singles "I'll Stick Around" and "Big Me." Grohl hired a full band to support him on the tour for his debut album. Onrhythm guitar and lead vocals, Grohl and the newly formed Foo Fighters went onto release their sophomore album, The Color and the Shape, in 1997. With asimilar alternative rock sound to their first album, The Color and the Shape wona place in the Billboard Top 10 and a Grammy nomination. This time around, theother band members contributed to the musical sound of the album while Grohlcontinued to write. With the release of their third album came the group's firstGrammy wins, including one for best music video for "Learn to Fly."Did you know?The Foo Fighters became friends and collaborators with the remaining members ofQueen in the '90s. The two groups performed together several times, and evenrecorded some tracks!