He was released from the band in 1999, before the recording of their third studio album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose, due to creative differences. Stahl also appeared in the music video for the Foo Fighters song "My Hero", even though he did not play on the recording. Stahl performed on the track "A320", which was featured in Godzilla: The Album, and the re-recorded version of the Foo Fighters song "Walking After You", which was released as a single and is included on the soundtrack for The X-Files movie. Stahl started his short lived Foo Fighters career with their hit "Everlong" from their second studio album, The Colour and the Shape. During the tour, Stahl was invited by Grohl to replace the Foo Fighters" original guitarist Pat Smear, who had decided to leave the band.Īfter the tour was finished, he flew in just two days before his debut performance at the Radio City Music Hall in September 1997, having just one day of rehearsal. In 1981 Franz and Thompson formed Scream in Alexandria, along with Peter and drummer Kent Stax.Īfter Scream broke up in 1990, Franz and Peter formed the band Wool, which even released the album Box Secretariat for London Records but broke up in 1996.Īs Stahl visited a friend who was producing Japanese musician J, he found out that the drummer was fellow District of Columbia musician Scott Garrett, and that they needed a guitarist for the tour. After learning guitar, Franz started playing in local Virginian bands with bassist Skeeter Thompson. Their father, Arnold, was a lawyer and also managed the District of Columbia rock band The Hangmen, who scored a regional hit with 1965"s "What a Girl Can"t Do". Meanwhile, the Foos are currently on the road in Europe, and there's nine days to go until their mysterious countdown clock runs out.Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America Learning to Fly is available to purchase here. I guess I never got over Charlie."īelow, watch the video for "My Hero," which featured Stahl (even though he wasn't on the recording). He's also been playing with another reunited hardcore band, DYS.Īll in all, this reminds us a bit of a quote from High Fidelity: "Some people never got over Vietnam or the night their band opened for Nirvana. And it's not as if Stahl doesn't have anything else going on: he's a member of the veteran hardcore band Scream (a band that used to feature Grohl), and they have reunited in recent years. It's a little sad to learn that Stahl is still looking for closure 16 years later, given that he was only in the band for two years and never played on an album. Stahl told Wall, "There's never been any sort of closure on any of it.
This revelation comes from author Mick Wall and his new Foos book Learning to Fly.
But while his former bandmates have clearly long since moved on, Stahl has evidently still not fully got over being kicked out back in 1999. Do you remember Franz Stahl? He was the guitarist for the Foo Fighters for a couple of years back in the late '90s before being fired via a conference call.