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TIL "Foo Fighters" was founded by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project. It was a nickname coined by Allied aircraft pilots for UFOs. Grohl named it after that, as he wanted people to feel that it was a group, because he had recorded the first record by playing all the instruments himself.

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