that cheesy MOR thing which has seen them reach heights Nirvana would have been unlikely to have reached or maintained properly.

But because of Smiling Dave's history of being in that punk band that time and having built up a fair swell of goodwill by being in Nirvana, Foo Fighters are the cheery face of blandly inoffensive pop-metal that it's still cool to like.

I place Foo Fighters alongside the following acts;

Dire Straits
Chris Rea
Coldplay
The Eagles
Santana