Editing Dave Grohl (section)

====1999–2005====
Grohl's life of non-stop touring and travel continued with Foo Fighters' popularity. During his infrequent pauses he lived in Seattle and Los Angeles before returning to [[Alexandria, Virginia]]. It was there that he turned his basement into a recording studio where the 1999 album ''[[There Is Nothing Left to Lose]]'' was recorded.<ref name="back">{{cite video|author=[[James Moll|Moll, James]] (director)|title=[[Foo Fighters: Back and Forth|Back and Forth]]|year=2011|medium=documentary|publisher=RCA}}</ref> It was recorded following the departure from Capitol and their former president Gary Gersh. Grohl described the recording experience as "intoxicating at times" because the band members were left completely to their own devices. He added, "One of the advantages of finishing the record before we had a new label was that it was purely our creation. It was complete and not open to outside tampering."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/981242/0|magazine=Billboard|date=October 16, 1999|access-date=September 25, 2016|title=Foo Fighters had 'Nothing To Lose'|
last=Flick|first= Larry|volume=111|issue=42|pages=14–14, 44}}</ref>

In 2000, the band recruited [[Queen (band)|Queen]] guitarist [[Brian May]] to add some guitar flourish to a cover of [[Pink Floyd]]'s "[[Have a Cigar]]", a song which Foo Fighters previously recorded as a B-side. The friendship between the two bands resulted in Grohl and Taylor Hawkins being asked to induct Queen into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins induct Queen|url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/queen/transcript/dave-grohl-and-taylor-hawkins-/|work=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|access-date=March 29, 2013}}</ref> Grohl and Hawkins joined May and Queen drummer [[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]] to perform "[[Tie Your Mother Down]]", with Grohl<!-- Grohl sang at the 2001 induction&nbsp;– Hawkins did not sing the song until later performances. --> standing in on vocals for [[Freddie Mercury]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/foo-fighters-491-1353630 |title=Foo Fighters joined by Queen legends | work=[[NME]] | date=June 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521043625/http://www.nme.com/news/nme/23362 |archive-date=May 21, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> May later contributed guitar work for the song "Tired of You" on the ensuing Foo Fighters album, as well as on an unreleased Foo Fighters song called "Knucklehead".

[[File:Dave Grohl (132997591).jpeg|thumb|left|Grohl performing in 2005]]
Near the end of 2001, Foo Fighters returned to the studio to work on their fourth album. After four months in the studio, with the sessions finished, Grohl accepted an invitation to join [[Queens of the Stone Age]] and helped them to record their 2002 album ''[[Songs for the Deaf]]''. (Grohl can be seen drumming for the band in the video for the song "[[No One Knows]]".) After a brief tour through North America, Britain and Japan with the band<ref name="guardian" /> and feeling rejuvenated by the effort, Grohl recalled the other band members to completely re-record their album at his studio in Virginia. The effort became their fourth album, ''[[One by One (Foo Fighters album)|One by One]]''.

On November 23, 2002, Grohl achieved a historical milestone by replacing himself on the top of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[modern rock]] chart, when "[[You Know You're Right]]" by Nirvana was replaced by "[[All My Life (Foo Fighters song)|All My Life]]" by Foo Fighters. When "All My Life" ended its run, after a one-week respite, "[[No One Knows]]" by Queens of the Stone Age took the number one spot. Between October 26, 2002, and March 1, 2003, Grohl was in the number one spot on the Modern rock charts for 17 of 18 successive weeks, as a member of three different groups.