| Foo Files | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Longtype: | series |
| Artist: | Foo Fighters |
| Cover: | Foo Fighters 00950025 EP.jpg |
| Caption: | The cover of the first release in the collection, 00950025 |
| Released: | 2019–2020 |
| Recorded: | 1994–2011 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Length: | 4:45:30 |
| Prev Title: | Concrete and Gold |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
| Next Title: | Medicine at Midnight |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
Foo Files is a series of EPs released by Foo Fighters starting in 2019.[1] Available through streaming media services, the EPs consist of the B-sides released by the band through its trajectory, along with selected live performances. All the titles list the years of the song's releases plus "25" to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Foo Fighters in 2020.
Foo Files does not include any recordings that were included on the band's 2011 covers album, Medium Rare.
The tracks were taken from the band's performance at the Roundhouse for the 2011 iTunes Festival.[2]
The tracks were taken from a 2007 performance at the band's own Studio 606, in Northridge, California, for the online show Walmart Soundcheck.[3]
Released in the same day the Storm Area 51 event would happen, it is a 2005 performance at the Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, New Mexico.[4]
This EP contains B-sides for the singles from the 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.[5]
This EP contains B-sides for the singles from the 2002 album One by One.[6]
This EP contains B-sides for the singles from the 2005 album In Your Honor and contains most songs from Five Songs and a Cover.[7] [8] Also released as 02050525 with only the first six tracks.[9]
This EP contains B-sides for the singles from the 1999 album There Is Nothing Left to Lose, and is also available as 01999925, with only the first five tracks.[10] [11]
This EP contains B-sides for the singles from the 1997 album The Colour and the Shape.[12]
This EP contains B-sides for the singles from the 1995 album Foo Fighters.[13]