Have the Foo Fighters ever covered Nirvana?

They have done "Marigold" and that is captured on their live Skin and Bones album. I assume this isn't quite the answer being hoped for. It's true, as Ian Atkin has answered, they have not played any Nirvana hits or Kurt Cobain penned songs. read more

No. Dave Grohl has stated that he deliberately avoided using Nirvana's music to draw fans when the band was formed in 1994. He's kept to his word, and to date Foo Fighters have not covered any actual Nirvana song. However, Foo Fighters did cover a song covered by Nirvana. read more

Best Answer: Dave Grohl was the drummer for Nirvana. As for the band Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl being the lead singer/guitarist of FF) doing a cover of Nirvana, they did an acoustic cover of the Nirvana song Opinion. read more