Watch Nate Mendel return to sing Sunny Day Real Estate as Foo Fighters cover ‘Seven’

    Nate Mendel and Pat Smear of Foo Fighters perform in 2026. CREDIT: Amy Sussman/Getty Images

    Nate Mendel has been performing Sunny Day Real Estate track ‘Seven’ while on tour with Foo Fighters. Check out footage below.

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    The bassist started out as a member of the Seattle group, before they disbanded after their second album and both Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith went to join Foo Fighters in the mid ‘90s.

    While Goldsmith left the Dave Grohl-led band in 1997 during work on ‘The Color And Shape’ – with Grohl re-recoding all of his drum parts – Mendel has been in the line-up much longer, and only returned to Sunny Day Real Estate briefly in 2009 for a reunion tour.

    Now, as Foo Fighters have kicked off their 2026 ‘Take Cover’ tour – which celebrates the release of latest album ‘Your Favorite Toy’ – Mendel has been using the shows to make a nod to his other band.

    At each show since a stop in Norway on June 10, Foo Fighters have been breaking out a medley of No Use For A Name’s ‘Invincible’, The Wallflowers’ ‘One Headlight’, and their own tracks ‘Manimal’ and ‘Tap Dancing in a Minefield’. Also in that medley is the song ‘Seven’, which was released by Sunny Day Real Estate in 1994.