The band promoted the release that summer by completing another US tour with Wool and Shudder to Think, with 25 concerts in little over a month. 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. You can change the cookie settings and revoke your permission at any time on the cookie policy page . The only performance by an outsider was a guitar part on "X-Static" provided by Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs, who was watching Grohl record the songs. The album's first single " Rope" holds the record for the most consecutive weeks at number one on the US Rock Songs chart.

Big Me" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs) chart. Foo Fighters pip Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds to Number 1 with But Here We Are after intense race". The former's tour of acoustic concerts resulted in the live album Skin and Bones (2006), [6] while the latter tour had two gigs at Wembley Stadium recorded on the DVD Live at Wembley Stadium (2008).

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.

During the sessions, Grohl was invited by Tom Petty to perform with The Heartbreakers on Saturday Night Live one month later. The Line" did not enter the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 50 on the Canadian All-format Airplay chart.

Both would arrive in the morning at Robert Lang Studios, start production by noon and do four songs a day. Waiting on a War" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart but peaked at number 10 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. 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.

After all, the guys around frontman Dave Gohl have never actually disappointed - neither live at the festivals of this world nor on record or CD. The album's tour resulted in the band's first video album, 2003's Everywhere but Home, featuring live concert footage from the One by One tour.When the tapes attracted record label interest, Grohl signed with Capitol and recruited a full band to perform the songs live. Grohl was insecure about his singing, and added effects to his voice in "Floaty", [12] and tried to enhance the performance through double track – "You know how people double their vocals to make them stronger? 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. Reviewer David Browne of Entertainment Weekly considered that "[Grohl's] songs pack the riffy wallop of unpolished Nirvana demos, and his voice has Kurt Cobain's lunging, over-the-top passion.