CLEVELAND, Ohio - If you though Green Day's show on Thursday at Cleveland's House of Blues, in front of just over 1,000 people, was exclusive, Foo Fighters one upped them.

The band, fronted by Warren-native Dave Grohl, performed a special concert at Record Connection in Niles (just down the road from Grohl's grandmother's home) in front of 150 lucky fans.

The show was part of Record Store Day. Grohl is this year's ambassador for the event that honors independent record stores and audiophiles.

The Foo Fighters' leader said the band initially planned to perform in another city. However, once Grohl found out his friend Joan Jett was being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, all bets were off.

"Someone had the bright idea, 'You should play a show in the town where you were f***** born," Grohl said to the crowd.

Foo Fighters released some early demos, "Songs From The Laundry Room," as part of the annual festivities. The band will head to the Rock Hall later tonight presumably to perform alongside Jett and the Blackhearts.

Foo Fighters showed up at Record Connection precisely at noon. Fans had been lined up for hours. The record store's performance room was hot and musty, which is probably just what Grohl preferred.

Fans certainly did not mind. The band played for an hour, breezing through old material and more recent music.

One highlight came when Grohl hopped behind the drums for a solo (He was the drummer in a little band called Nirvana), while actual drummer Taylor Hawkins sang a bit.

The band performed thunderous renditions of "My Hero" and "The Pretender," while delivering a fun-loving version of "Big Me" ("I wrote this song as a joke and then it became the song people threw candy at us while we were on stage," Grohl said).

The singer/guitarist dipped into his bag of tricks for a cover of Kim Wilde's "Kids in America," a song Grohl first covered 20 years ago.

"I know we're in a "f***** strip mall," yelled Grohl, who actually rode his motorcycle to the venue. "But let's pretend like this is a stadium show."

Of course, anyone who has seen Foo Fighters knows the band routinely gives it their all, whether in front of 150 people or 100,000.

The band closed things out with awesome performance of "Everlong." Grohl mumbled something along the lines of "This is probably the last time you'll see us like this," referring to the intimacy of the show. That's probably true, but what a moment for those who were there.