Foo Fighters are a band.
Foo Fighters . The band briefly continued as a trio until Chris Shiflett joined as the band 's lead guitarist after the completion of There Is Nothing Left to Lose . The band 's seventh studio album , Wasting Light , produced by Butch Vig was released in 2011 , in which Smear returned as a full member . The Colour and the Shape is the second studio album by the American rock band Foo Fighters .