"Exhausted" is the first Foo Fighters release and the first single from the debut album

Foo Fighters (album)

Foo Fighters is the debut album by the Foo Fighters. At the time, the only official member of the Foo Fighters was Dave Grohl, who wrote and recorded the entire album himself at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle, Washington in 1994, prior to organizing the band...

. It was only issued as a promotional single, pressed on black 12" vinyl. The song is notable for being the first original Foo Fighters track released to the public (along with "Gas Chamber

Back from Samoa

Back from Samoa is the second album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans. It was initially released in 1982 on Bad Trip Records .-Track listing:# "Gas Chamber" – 1:02...

", a song originally performed by the Angry Samoans

Angry Samoans

The Angry Samoans are an American punk rock band in the first wave of American punk. Formed in August 1978 in Los Angeles, California by early 1970s rock writer "Metal" Mike Saunders and his sibling lead guitarist bonze blayk, along with co-conspirator Gregg Turner and original recruits bassist...

), when it premiered January 8, 1995 on Eddie Vedder

Eddie Vedder

Eddie Vedder is an American musician and singer-songwriter who is best known for being the lead singer and one of three guitarists of the alternative rock band Pearl Jam. He is widely considered a cultural icon of alternative rock.He is also involved in soundtrack work and contributes to albums...

's Self-Pollution Radio broadcast. Both tracks from this release were staples of the bands earliest live shows, being played throughout 1995 and on into 1996.

The cover artwork was created by Tim Gabor, who was also credited for the design and art direction of the debut album. The front image was eventually used again for a promotional CD single

CD single

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 version of "For All the Cows

For All the Cows

"For All the Cows" is the third major single released by the Foo Fighters from their self-titled debut album Foo Fighters. The band had discussed the creation of a music video for this single which would feature the band dressing up in cow costumes. No video was made, however...

". All photos displayed on the back cover would later appear slightly rearranged in the liner notes

Liner notes

Liner notes are the writings found in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.-Origin:...

 of the debut album.

The b-side, "Winnebago", originally appeared on the Late! album Pocketwatch

Pocketwatch (album)

Pocketwatch is a cassette album by Dave Grohl, under the pseudonym Late!, released in 1992 on the now defunct indie label, Simple Machines, as part of their Tool Cassette Series.-Background:...

in 1992. The re-recorded version presented here would be excluded from the final album (except on the Australian bonus disc), but made two more b-side appearances on "This Is a Call

This Is a Call

"This Is a Call" is the first major single released by the Foo Fighters from their self-titled debut album. It was released in 1995. No video was made for the song.Dave Grohl said about the song: "The chorus says 'This is a call to all my past resignation'...

", and the US maxi-single version of "Big Me

Big Me

"Big Me" is the fourth major single, released in 1996, by the Foo Fighters from their self-titled debut album Foo Fighters. Although it never charted on the Billboard Hot 100, the song became a crossover hit for the band on pop radio during the spring of 1996, when it reached #13 on the Billboard...

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