Whether they’re billed as Chevy Metal, The Holy Shits or simply Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl and Company sure know how to put on the impromptu rock show. Last week, the band paraded through London playing absurdly intimate gigs as a warm up for their slot at the closing ceremonies of the Invictus Games, most notably a show in an abandoned train tunnel underneath London’s Waterloo Station.

Over the last couple of years, this is something the Foos have done with some frequency and despite being able to sell out Wembley Stadium (twice), they seem to prefer the close-quarters, sweat and beer-filled rock shows. Then again, who doesn’t? Check out five of the group’s most badass intimate shows in places where you’d least expect to find one of the world’s biggest rock bands.

Abandoned Train Tunnel

Their most recent intimate conquest in London saw the band playing to 600 lucky attendees underneath London’s Waterloo Station. The news here is that London’s Underground has an underground, and it’s filled with rock and roll.

A Pizza Restaurant

Ahead of their shows in Mexico City with The National, the Foos stopped into Rock & Roll Pizza in Moorpark, CA for a slice and a rock show. The 23-song set was played a mere inches away from fans in the front row on a stage so small that Taylor Hawkins didn’t even need to mic his drums.

Your Garage

Where it all began, really. To promote their new album Wasting Light, Grohl and Co. literally set up in garages around the country and rocked to a few lucky contest winners. The story was preserved in this 40-minute documentary.

Preservation Hall

Earlier this year, as they made their way around the country recording a song in different cities for what will be their next record, Sonic Highways, the band paused in New Orleans to shut down Preservation Hall for a night of NOLA-themed rock and roll. Throughout the night, as the crowd grew exponentially seemingly by the second, guests like Trombone Shorty and members of the famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band joined in.

Although in attendance, Arcade Fire’s first couple Win Butler and Regine Chassagne did not sit in with the Foo Fighters but did join Preservation Hall Jazz Band for a take on “Iko Iko.”

A Bartop

Rock is dead, Gene? Really?