History YMMV / FooFighters

** ''But Here We Are'' became this for the SeasonalRot mentioned above, deemed one of their most inspired and energized albums in years. In fact, unlike the predecessors, which as mentioned above are their lowest rated, it has the highest score in [=RateYourMusic=], ''and that somehow includes their most popular albums''.

** ''But Here We Are'' became this for the SeasonalRot mentioned above, deemed one of their most inspired and energized albums in years.

** The Foo Fighters vs. the Foo[[note]]February 2020 saw a rise in memes pitting the band against their supposed arch-nemesis, the Foo. Jokes range from the fighting of the Foo being the Foo Fighters' major contribution to society to the Foo Fighters having a BerserkButton that snaps at the very presence of the Foo. Coincidentally, on ''Series/TheDavidLettermanShow'', the band [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2PR2_Zw5PE did a similar joke themselves before the meme gained popularity, albeit in a slightly different fashion,]] and before that, ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqrG6JXsPPw did a skit of their own.]][[/note]]

** The Foo Fighters vs. the Foo[[note]]February 2020 saw a rise in memes pitting the band against their supposed arch-nemesis, the Foo. Jokes range from the fighting of the Foo being the Foo Fighters' major contribution to society to the Foo Fighters having a BerserkButton that snaps at the very presence of the Foo. Coincidentally, the band [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2PR2_Zw5PE did a similar joke themselves before the meme gained popularity, albeit in a slightly different fashion.]] [[/note]]

** Foo Fighters vs. Foo[[note]]February 2020 saw a rise in memes pitting the band against their supposed arch-nemesis, the Foo. Jokes range from the fighting of the Foo being Foo Fighters' major contribution to society to the Foo Fighters having a BerserkButton that snaps at the very presence of Foo.[[/note]]
* MisattributedSong: The disco song "Kung Fu Fighting" is often credited to the Foo Fighters on file-sharing sites. The song was actually performed by Carl Douglas.

* EpicRiff: The talk box intro of "Generator", "Good Grief", "Everlong", "The Pretender", "All My Life", "Stacked Actors", "Hey, Johnny Park!", "Rope", and the ever popular "Best of You".

* EpicRiff: The talk box intro of "Generator", "Good Grief", "Everlong", "All My Life", "Stacked Actors", "Hey, Johnny Park!", "Rope", and the ever popular "Best of You".

* NeverLiveItDown:
** William Goldsmith, largely due to his inability to accept his drumming wasn't right for the group and tendency to blame Dave Grohl. In fairness, Grohl gave him the opportunity to do plenty of takes to get it right.
** A ''very'' VocalMinority will never forget the fact the Foo Fighters supported the "AIDS isn't a real disease" movement, despite the band having long moved on from it (it only ended among the causes they supported due to Nate Mendel) and has not shown support for it in years.

* FaceOfTheBand:
** Music/DaveGrohl. In fact, the first album was [[IAmTheBand made almost completely by him]], with the help of a producer and only the guitar part in "X-Static" played by another musician (Greg Dulli of Music/TheAfghanWhigs).
** Dave himself was on the other side of this trope with Music/{{Nirvana}}. Nirvana was Music/KurtCobain. Many people wouldn't even know Dave Grohl was part of it.

** ''But Here We Are'' became this for the SeasonalRot mentioned above, deemed one of their most inspired and energized album in years.

** ''But Here We Are'' became this after for the SeasonalRot mentioned above, deemed one of their most inspired and energized album in years.

* WinBackTheCrowd: ''Wasting Light'' finished the winning back that ''Echoes'' started after ''One by One'' and ''In Your Honor'' lost some fans.

* BuryYourArt: The band seemed to take this approach with "The One", a non-album track that was done for the Orange County soundtrack. Even though it received a lot of radio airplay and its video was often played on music channels, they cancelled its full release as a single (except in Australia) and did not include it on "One By One" (despite the similar title), burying it on the b-side to "All My Life" in the UK and Europe. Also, they passed it up for both their compilations Greatest Hits and The Essential Foo Fighters, and don't play it live. It was a very popular song at the time, and so this is particularly odd to fans.

* SignatureSong: "My Hero" (it's used in a hundred movies, TV shows and commercials), "Everlong" (their most streamed song), "Learn to Fly", "Best of You", "The Pretender" and "All My Life".

* BuryYourArt:
** The band seemed to take this approach with "The One", a non-album track that was done for the Orange County soundtrack. Even though it received a lot of radio airplay and its video was often played on music channels, they cancelled its full release as a single (except in Australia) and did not include it on "One By One" (despite the similar title), burying it on the b-side to "All My Life" in the UK and Europe. Also, they passed it up for both their compilations Greatest Hits and The Essential Foo Fighters, and don't play it live. It was a very popular song at the time, and so this is particularly odd to fans.

* NeverLiveItDown: William Goldsmith, largely due to his inability to accept his drumming wasn't right for the group and tendency to blame Dave Grohl. In fairness, Grohl gave him the opportunity to do plenty of takes to get it right.
** A ''very'' VocalMinority will never forget the fact the Foo Fighters supported the "AIDS isn't a real disease" movement, despite the band long moved on from it (it only ended among the causes they supported due to Nate Mendel) and has not shown support for it in years.

* SeasonalRot: After ''Wasting Light'' was deemed their best album since the first three, the general consensus is that [[ToughActToFollow the follow-ups weren't as good]], with ''Concrete & Gold'' in particular being their lowest rated on [=RateYourMusic=].

* SeasonalRot: Aside from ''Wasting Light'', the general consensus is that the albums usually trended downward in quality after ''The Colour and the Shape''. Either the subsequent ''Sonic Highways'' or ''Concrete & Gold'' are their nadir, the former being lower rated on [=RateYourMusic=] than any of the other Foo albums.

** Music/DaveGrohl. In fact, the first album was [[IAmTheBand made completely by him]], with the help of a producer and only the guitar part in "X-Static" played by another musician (Greg Dulli of Music/TheAfghanWhigs).