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Foo Fighters is a rock band that is classified as post-grunge or alternative rock. The genre emerged during the 1980s, and about the same time as when Foo Fighters started. This variation of rock adopts some styles of punk but mainly to identify that new rock songs were hitting the scene, moving away from rhythm and blues. Tagging music with the label "alternative" can be difficult since the term is used to describe change, or a difference to the current music at the time. Strangely enough there isn't a music style adopted by alternative rock since it wasn't really meant to be well known unless the crowd decides to spread rumors. Alternative rock may not have a music style but the lyrics written have a certain trend releveant to political issues and personal issues. Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock, adopting with it the way lyrics were written but instead of not aiming for commercial popularity, the music is aimed for mainstream success with the same lyrics. This means that the music features distorted guitars. Foo Fighters also has a habit of switching between quiet verses and a loud chorus (demonstrated later in the listening guide). There is also an element of melody but its rhythm is mixed in with the bass and drums, but its easy to catch as it is the motif of the song.

Listening Guide
Everlong, Foo Fighters
0:00 They had a long night, skip it.
0:27 Music finally starts, at first it begins with the electric guitar aided by the bass. Afterwards the second guitar joins in with the drums.
0:58 Dave Grohl, the vocal lead starts off. The first verse has a break inbetween that lets the motif of the song be heard before he continues the lyrics.
1:50 The chorus of the song is played. Along with the motif following afterwards.
2:33 The second verse starts differently but after "and now I've known you've always been" it repeats the same words from the first verse before going into the chorus.
3:26 The music and lyrics stop this is a common occurence in many of Foo Fighter's song with only Dave's guitar playing before being joinined in with the rest of the instruments. The tempo picks up quite considerably.
3:58 The chorus again minus two words "she sang", marks the end of the song.