Founding member of the Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, started the it in 1995. He was origanally the drummer of Nirvana (but not the first). When Kurt Cobain (Lead singer/lead guitarist/song writer of Nirvana) killed himself in 1994, the band split, and Dave went on to make the solo album, "Foo Fighters". He got members to join his new band and they've sold millions of records since and became one of the biggest bands ever, along with Nirvana.