Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "The Pretender (Foo Fighters song)" in English language version.
Most, like I once did, would try to define Grohl and his Foo companions (Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel and Chris Shiflett) as strictly being hard rock. And with hits like "Pretender", "All My Life" and "Everlong", it's tough to argue that point.