origin of the Foo Fighters' band name

[hpdrifter]

I'd put this in Other music but its kind of a one off thing, not really a topic for ongoing debate.

Anyone know the real origin of the band name "Foo Fighters"?

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

During WWII the slang term pilots gave to any UFO's they saw whilst up in the air was "Foo Fighters." I'm thinking that's where they got it.

[Freebasser]

Indeed.

Wikipedia is your friend (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighter)

[hpdrifter]

I googled it and that's almost word for word what came up. But I just thought I'd ask to see if anyone had any other info. I thought I heard it was from when Dan Rather got his ass kicked by the guy who said "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" (future REM song) but wasn't sure.

[Caribou]

Yup, it's the UFO thing.
It's also the reason mr. Grohl's record label is called 'Roswell Records'.

[adam_f]

It's also the reason why Dave Grohl is so hot.

[Caribou]

He's so hot he must be an alien from the planet Sexz!

[TurdBerglar]

grohl needs to fucking start drumming in a band again