As well as performing with their own bands, Grohl and Vedder each picked up a role as a member of Watt's backing band throughout the tour, supplying drums and guitar respectively. After extensive touring with a full-fledged band—along with Grohl were Mendel, Smear and drummer William Goldsmith—the band went into recording follow-up album The Colour and the Shape, released in 1997.

Afterwards, the band played several of their largest shows up to that point, making their debut on the European festival circuit with performances at Pukkelpop, Reading and Lowlands. You can change the cookie settings and revoke your permission at any time on the cookie policy page . It would be a very low-key release, with only 100 LP records being pressed after the sessions were finished. I was just concentrating on everything being as together as possible, having everything be tight and in sync.

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Both would arrive in the morning at Robert Lang Studios, start production by noon and do four songs a day.

The album was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 1996 Grammy Awards ceremony, but lost to MTV Unplugged in New York, an album by Grohl's former band Nirvana.

Other processors included UREI 1176 and LA3A compressors as well as an Echoplex for delays and a "crappy digital reverb". The Foo Fighters performed nearly 100 concerts throughout 1995, and over 70 dates the following year. Foo Fighters pip Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds to Number 1 with But Here We Are after intense race". The album was promoted through extensive tours and six singles, two of which were accompanied by music videos.A deal was eventually signed to Capitol Records, as president Gary Gersh was a personal friend of Grohl ever since he worked on Nirvana's label Geffen Records. A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters have endured recently, But Here We Are is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family. Cloudspotter" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart but peaked at number 13 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. Everlong" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs) chart.

The album received minor criticism for its lack of intensity, which many proposed was due to the fact that Grohl played all the instruments himself. Making a Fire" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart but peaked at number six on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. Big Me" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs) chart.

Along with Mendel and new drummer Hawkins, Grohl recorded Foo Fighters' third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose, in 1999 and signed a distribution deal with RCA Records, [3] which remains their label as of 2021. Variants include the melancholic "Exhausted", which Grohl defined as a song that's "sad but makes you feel good". Following the tour for The Colour and the Shape, Foo Fighters left Capitol and Grohl decided to build a home studio in Alexandria, Virginia wanting a production away from studio interference, given the troubled recording of the previous album, which led to the departure of Goldsmith and Smear. Grohl said that he recorded the album just for fun, describing it as a cathartic experience to recover from the suicide of Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain.