Foo Fighters have decided to take a trip back to 1995 to remind us all how they once were when they were baby Foos. With a set of photos posted to Twitter, the band have made the decision to crack open the time capsules.

Foo Fighters first debuted as a live unit back in 1995, shortly after frontman Dave Grohl recorded the Foo Fighters’ first album by his lonesome. In recognition of the group’s 25th anniversary, the band this week shared photographic evidence of its inaugural gig — a low-key concert at a keg party in Seattle.

The image was posted to Twitter by the official band page, and you can have a gander at it in all its glory at the bottom of this post. In the pic, you can see the band’s original lineup playing for a rather intimate audience right above a boathouse on what is February 19th, 1995.

The photo emerged after Foo Fighters earlier this week announced a celebratory concert trek that will hit all ten cities the band played on their first-ever tour, a trip that supported Mike Watt and an Eddie Vedder-assisted Hovercraft in the spring of 1995.

“There is a moment in every band’s history when you decide it’s time to load the gear out of the practice space and bring the music to the people for the first time,” the band shared alongside the pic on Wednesday (Feb. 19). “This was ours, 25 years ago today. Keg party at the Marine Store, Seattle Wa…”

The accompanying commemoration continued, “25 years later, the fear and stage fright may have faded, but the love of making music with my friends is stronger than ever. Happy anniversary, fellas.”

Foo Fighters aren’t staying totally stuck in the past, however. Earlier this month, Grohl confirmed that the act have completed a new album, the successor to 2017’s Concrete and Gold.

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