The album was promoted through extensive tours and six singles, two of which were accompanied by music videos. Following Cobain's suicide in April 1994, Grohl entered a state of depression, [4] and found it difficult to both listen to music and play instruments. During the sessions, Grohl was invited by Tom Petty to perform with The Heartbreakers on Saturday Night Live one month later. Treat Your Loved Ones - A truly thoughtful and creative gift for any Foo Fighters lover in your life.

The performance was followed by an invitation to be a full-time member of the Heartbreakers, but once Petty heard about the Foo Fighters, he instead encouraged Grohl to move on with this solo project. The Line" did not enter the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 50 on the Canadian All-format Airplay chart. In an attempt to keep his anonymity, Grohl planned to release the songs under the name Foo Fighters, [8] a name he took from a ufology book he was reading at the time, Above Top Secret, that in a chapter described the " foo fighter" phenomena. After Grohl completed the recordings, he chose the name "Foo Fighters" for the project to hide his identity, and passed cassette copies of the sessions to personal friends. The Sky Is a Neighborhood" did not enter the Netherlands' Single Top 100 but peaked at number 24 on the Netherlands' Single Tip Chart.I'll Stick Around" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs) chart.

The Glass" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 16 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.Grohl enjoyed these experiences and thus decided to work on his own musical project, [8] which he believed could serve as a "some sort of cathartic therapy. Eddie Vedder premiered two songs from the recording on January 8, 1995, during his Self-Pollution radio broadcast.

I'll Stick Around" was issued as the second single on September 4, 1995, and would also mark Foo Fighters' music video debut, directed by Gerald Casale. After those tapes attracted record label interest, Grohl signed with Capitol Records, who released the results as the album Foo Fighters in 1995.

No Son of Mine" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart but peaked at number six on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. Goldsmith later explained, "It was all pretty much based on the whole Foo Fighters thing—Roswell, the space stuff, an antique Buck Rogers raygun. It was the first Foo Fighters album released after the passing of the drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022. And because good music always goes down well and should not be missing in any good household, you will also find many other albums by the band in our assortment.