Nate Mendel
Foo Fighters' bassist since The Colour and the Shape and the band's longest-serving member after Grohl.
Nate Mendel (born Nathan Gregor Mendel on December 2, 1968) is the bass guitarist of Foo Fighters and a former member of Sunny Day Real Estate. He is not a founding member, but he is the longest-serving member after Dave Grohl and has played on every Foo Fighters album since The Colour and the Shape.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Nathan Gregor Mendel
- Born
- 2 December 1968
- Birthplace
- Richland, Washington, U.S.
- Genre
- Alternative rock
- midwest emo post-grunge
- grunge
- hardcore punk
- punk rock
- indie rock
- post-hardcore
- emo
- Occupation
- Musician
- Instruments
- Bass
- guitar
- vocals
- Years active
- 1982–present
- Current member of
- Foo Fighters
Facts from the source article.
Background
Mendel grew up in Richland, in southeast Washington, and started on violin before a friend talked him into playing bass in a teenage band; he taught himself mostly from hardcore punk records. Outside Foo Fighters he has worked with The Jealous Sound and The Fire Theft, and released a solo album, If I Kill This Thing We're All Going to Eat for a Week, under the name Lieutenant.
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