The New Foo Fighters Album Is The First To Miss The Top 10 In Decades
Getty Images for Coachella Nirvana officially split in 1994 following the suicide of frontman and lead singer Kurt Cobain. One of the grunge outfit‘s members, Dave Grohl, didn’t waste much time before he took on a new project, forming Foo Fighters that same year. Later in 1994, Grohl would write and record the entirety of the bands self-titled debut, which was released the following summer. quickly became a strong seller, not just on rock rankings, but on the Billboard 200, the chart companys list of the most-consumed albums and EPs in the United States. In the decades since then, the band has only become more and more popular and the musicians have spent a long time as critical darlings – but something seems to have changed. , the twelfth studio LP by Foo Fighters, debuts on multiple rankings this week in America, including the Billboard 200. Sadly, while fans of the group are surely thrilled to hear new music from the Grohl-led troupe, misses matching the past several albums by the band. In fact, it stands out as the Grammy-winning troupes worst performer in a long, long time. Foo Fighters Miss the Top 10 Entirely opens on the Billboard 200 this week at No. 23.