Foo Fighters On 'Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace'
Following a show-stealing performance at Live Earth, Dave Grohl and Nate Mendel joined John Kennedy to talk through their much anticipated new album.
After a mammoth tour that included both full on rock and a series of sublime acoustic shows that followed the release of their double album 'In Your Honour' it culminated in one of their biggest shows ever, headlining Hyde Park last summer with support from old friends the Queens Of The Stone Age.
Not long after the Foo Fighters went straight back to the studio with producer Gil Norton to record their sixth studio album 'Echoes, Silence, Patience And Grace'.
Speaking to John Kennedy, Dave Grohl and Nate Mendel spoke to John Kennedy about why they rarely take a break, their wonderful performance at Live Earth and how they found being back in the studio with Gil Norton after ten years. [listen]
'The Pretender'
"We put this together in a day...other songs on the record took weeks and weeks..." [listen]
'Let It Die'
"Gil takes a song in a direction sometimes you wouldn't even think of.." [listen]
'Erase/Replace'
"The middle part of this song is my favourite bit on the whole record.." [listen]
'Long Road To Ruin'
"Just a great pop-rock song with a brilliant bridge in it.." [listen]
'Come Alive'
"It builds and builds and builds, then builds a little bit more.." [listen]
'Stranger Things Have Happened'
"This time we let Chris out of his cage for a couple of songs.." [listen]
'Cheer Up Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)'
"I named it as a joke but it just seemed to stick and everyone seemed to like it.." [listen]
'Summer's End'
"Taylor gets to swing on this like never before.." [listen]
'The Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners'
"Maybe for the first time I felt like what we do is good and that it can help people.." [listen]
'Statues'
"It's really great when you learn a new instrument..the last time I did that was when I was about eleven years old.." [listen]
'But Honestly'
"For every song we we make there's twice as many ideas around it.." [listen]
'Home'
"When I sang it for the first time, I got really chocked up when I listened back to it.." [listen]
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