10 Rock Bands That Saved Their Careers With One Album

10. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

If you were to look at the state of rock in 1994, it would be safe to say that you wouldn't have heard from any other members of Nirvana these days. Kurt Cobain's death was practically a shroud around the entire alternative scene, and there was no reasonable way for Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl to continue on without him. Though Krist found another life in the world of politics, Dave actually managed to get up and starting walking again just from making a few demos in his spare time.

Because the Foo Fighters' debut record is just that, made up of a bunch of tracks that Dave Grohl was working on to get him out of his grief and depression. Playing most of the instruments himself, Dave never thought that it would be an actual band or anything, just recording some of his favorite songs that he wrote and even having the chance to become Tom Petty's drummer at the time. Dave decided to take the gamble with his own band though, and this was the skeleton of what he would become.

While the rest of the band aren't accounted for yet, the core sound of the Foos is already there, just with a bit of a grunge tinge to it. Though you can hear memories of the In Utero days on a song like X-Static, the more bombastic heaviness like I'll Stick Around wasn't nearly as depressing as what had come before. Fans needed to start moving on, and this one gave us a sign that rock could still thrive even with the voice of a generation gone.