Foo Fighters release EP dedicated to Paris victims

Dave Grohl says he hopes the EP can bring a little light into a sometimes dark world. Photo / Nick Reed

Band dedicates EP to attack victims — and hints at quitting.

The Foo Fighters have released a free mini-album dedicated to the victims of the Paris attacks as the guitar rock giants hinted they were finished ... for now.

The band born out of the ashes of Nirvana made available online without charge an EP called Saint Cecilia, the title an allusion to the patron saint of music.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl said the EP - recorded inside the Saint Cecilia Hotel in Austin, Texas - was originally designed as "a celebration of life and music" to mark the end of the group's global tour.

"Now, there is a new, hopeful intention that, even in the smallest way, perhaps these songs can bring a little light into this sometimes dark world," Grohl wrote in a letter to announce the EP.

Grohl, who was the drummer for Nirvana which disbanded after Kurt Cobain's 1994 death, also released a lengthier letter in which he indicated not to expect more music in the near future.

While describing the last tour as a highlight of his career, the 46-year-old wrote: "You get that feeling that, if you're not careful, you'll run out of bread crumbs to find your way home and be lost in the woods forever.

"We could keep going. After all, we'd made it this far, right? What's another 20 years?" But he said that all good things must come to an end.

Addressing fans, Grohl wrote: "I can't help but wonder when we will see each other again. Who knows? But, with everything Foo Fighter-related, it will only be when it feels right. And that's a feeling that's easy to feel."

The tour had been due to end this month with dates in Europe including Paris.

But the band ended its tour early after the assault claimed by the Islamic State group that included a massacre of 89 people at an Eagles of Death Metal concert at the Bataclan.