Foo Fighters form
Following the death of Cobain, Grohl forms a one-man project in Seattle; Foo Fighters. Prior to the release of the debut album, which features Gorhl as the soul member, he recruits bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith, as well as fellow Nirvana touring mate, Pat Smear, as guitarist.
I’ll Stick Around
The band releases their song, I’ll Stick Around, from their self titled album. Grohl;
I actually had an anxiety attack because I finally realized that this was good, whereas everything else I recorded over the previous six years I thought was crap.
Monkey Wrench
The band releases their song, Monkey Wrench, from their album, The Color And The Shape. Grohl says the song is about the crumbling of his marriage:
It’s about living with someone and feeling like you’re living in a f–king cell. And then I wound up getting a divorce.
Walking After You
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Learn To Fly
The band releases their song, Learn To Fly, from their album, There Is Nothing Left To Lose. Grohl:
It’s about the search for some sort of inspiration, the search for signs of life that will make you feel alive. It’s actually one of my least favorite songs on the record.
Breakout
The band releases Breakout, from There Is Nothing Left To Lose. Grohl:
Breakout started off almost as a joke, just a play on the word and taking the piss out of your typical tortured romance love story. It’s supposed to seem kind of ridiculous because I can’t imagine anyone wanting to break off a relationship just because they have acne.
All My Life
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Times Like These
The band releases Times Like These, from their album, One by One. After George W. Bush uses the song in 2004 in his presidential campaign rallies, Grohl:
I was personally offended that George Bush was using Times Like These. I know what I’m singing about and it basically mirrored what John Kerry’s campaign was trying to represent.
Low
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Elle Magazine interview
Grohl gives interview to Elle Magazine about his most humiliating childhood moment.
In seventh grade, there was this gorgeous, angelic girl named Sandy who moved to Alexandria, Virginia, where I grew up. Within the first few weeks of school, I asked her to go steady. She said yes, and we’d meet at her locker after every period and give each other hickeys. After about two weeks, she said, I’m new here; I don’t want to get tied down, and dumped me.
The Pretender
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Rope
The band releases Rope, from their album, Wasting Light. Grohl:
We shot the video… in a big sound stage in Los Angeles. And we had to build this cube out of fabric and wood for the band to play within, and it’s lit from outside, and then, there’s a part in the video where it’s actually revealed that we’re inside this weird white cube. At first it just seems like we’re in this glowing white room from within, and then towards the end, the big reveal is we’re in this room, which is within a massive room.
Maxim Interview
Grohl talks about recording the new Foo Fighters album, Wasting Light:
No, this is definitely a Foo Fighters record, and I’m the one steering the ship. With Nirvana there was never any doubt that Kurt was the driving force. Having said that, I think this is by far the most rock record that we’ve ever done. That was our intention, and that’s why we did it with Butch. It has to sound huge. It has to feel big.
Wins Grammy
Grohl, Vig, and Brown, win the Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media for Sound City:Real to Reel. Vig:
I am lucky. When you work with those drummers, they make the recording process easier and fun because they’re really good.
Wins Grammy
Grohl, McCartney, Novoselic, and Smear wins Grammy for Best Rock Song for Cut Me Some Slack.
This song was two hours in my studio…we knocked this out in a couple of hours and to me that’s what rock and roll is all about.
Grammy Performance
Nine Inch Nails performs the closing act with Homme, Buckingham, and Grohl. The CBS telecast is cut short and viewers are not able to see the performance. Reznor:
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Grohl, Blum expecting third child
Grohl and his wife are expecting their third child together.
When you have kids, you see life through different eyes.
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
HBO airsan eight-part travelogue docuseries entitled Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways directed by Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl. The series follows the band as they visit famous recording studios across the United States while recording their new album. Grohl:
So once the music and the theme of each city was set, we traveled to each place and spent a week there. We’d get there, start recording and I would just run around town filming and interviewing as many people as I can. I did over 100 interviews. At the end of the week, I’d take all of my transcripts, put them on the floor, sit there with a pen and my journal and I reduce all of these stories into a song. I take from peoples’ backgrounds, anecdotes, the environment — it’s like reporting. It’s musical bungee jumping.
Sonic Highways release date
Foo Fighters will release Sonic Highways as November 10. The album contains eight songs, each recorded in a different city with a special guest star. Grohl:
This album is instantly recognizable as a Foo Fighters record. But there’s something deeper and more musical to it. I think that these cities and these people influenced us to stretch out and explore new territory, without losing our ‘sound.’
Ice Bucket challenge: Dave Grohl
Grohl accepts the ALS challenge from Zac Brown Band and nominates Jack Black, John Travolta and Stephen King.
