£7? It seemed like a good investment!

Thirty years ago this week, Foo Fighters arrived in the UK for the first time…

Just £7 would get you into King’s College London Students Union to see Dave Grohl’s first appearance on a UK stage since Nirvana‘s legendary 1992 headline set at Reading Festival.

An unusual setting (the sticky-floored, mid-century KCL wasn’t a typical venue on the UK music circuit) but no less intriguing.

The British music press assembled en masse for a first glimpse of that guy from Nirvana in a new guise as the frontman of his own band.

“It seemed like a good investment for £7 to go and check this band out,” said Colin Cassell, one of the lucky attendees who, admittedly, had one eye on support act Bivouac and another on the after-show club night.

From Colin’s perspective, it certainly proved money well spent (and let’s face it, £7 might just about get you a pint of beer at a concert these days).

He’s been a Foos fan ever since that balmy evening of 3rd June, 1995 - never missing a UK tour and forming lifelong friendships through the online Foo community.

Colin is one of three voices who helped Foos Files tell the story of that historic King’s College London show for this week’s episode.

The others are Paul Yeadon, singer and guitarist for the aforementioned Bivouac, and music journalist Howard Johnson who reviewed the show for Raw magazine.

“I remember having my nose put out of joint that it was all a bit ‘Billy Business’,” said Howard, in reference to the paperwork photographers were required to sign for the privilege of capturing the show.

Little did we know, that’s the direction the music industry was heading in.

Nevertheless, these seemed like much more humble and simple times…

Colin, Howard and Paul’s recollections are warm, fun and engaging - as you’ll hear in the episode which drops on Wednesday.

I hope you take as much enjoyment from listening as I did putting it together.

Dan