In the film Our Burden Is Light, Foo Fighters’ Nate Mendel and Taylor Hawkins belong to the band Bleeder.
Our Burden Is Light is an indie film in which Mendel appears in a small acting role as the main character’s best friend’s boyfriend and bassist. Within the film’s story, he and Hawkins perform as members of Bleeder alongside Jessica Ballard. The band name refers to the fictional group in the movie, not to a real-world Foo Fighters side project.
The casting connection is notable because both musicians were already established members of Foo Fighters. Mendel had joined Dave Grohl’s band in the mid-1990s after playing in the influential Seattle emo and alternative-rock group Sunny Day Real Estate. Hawkins became Foo Fighters’ drummer in 1997 and remained with the band until his death in 2022.
A common mix-up is to identify the on-screen band as Foo Fighters because of the musicians’ fame. The question is asking about their characters’ group inside the film, so Bleeder is the specific answer. Mendel’s role also fits the movie’s musical setting because he plays a bassist both on screen and professionally.