![]() ![]() Foo Fighter Beginningsįoo Fighters was the post-Nirvana project of Dave with Taylor Hawkins (drums), Nate Mendel (bass) and Chris Shiflett (guitar) and saw the drummer-turned-singer storm the charts again and again with an honest approach to rock that was, more often that not, humorously handled. So in honour of that let's take a look at how the Foo Fighters started. It is a nostalgic look at the incredible 25 years of success Dave Grohl has had with Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. Instead, this show goes deeper into the whole band's history and gives a lot of time to the people being interviewed, who have helped the band with this album. He claims to write the songs while the episode is being filmed, and perhaps that is exaggerated, but we do get a look at him working on the lyrics.īut if you're looking for a TV show purely to find out more about Dave Grohl, this perhaps isn't for you. There is also a look into the way that Grohl writes the songs, with words taken from interviews and conversations with the people he meets and partially inspired by the social history of each place. The first city they visit is Chicago, and, as well as the lure of revealing the first song, the episode contains interviews, clips and narration that is personal and a real pleasure to watch. The highlight for fans will perhaps be the performance of the new songs at the end of each episode. ![]() The show sees the band visit the eight American cities that inspired the songs on the new album, showing the recording studio that the band recorded each of the songs in along the way. Last year they produced their one-off documentary Sound City, but on HBO now is their new TV show Sonic Highways. He also hinted at the unique way that the album would be produced. But by January 2013 Grohl had announced that they had begun writing new material and just a few months later he confirmed that there would be a new album release in 2014. This is the band's eighth studio album and was completely unexpected, as they had announced a break in late 2012. The band have done a lot to promote this album, including releasing the single 'Something From Nothing' earlier this month, spurring fans to send out adoring messages on Twitter, the anticipation is building. The London memorial concert for Hawkins, who died March 25 at the age of 50, features Foo Fighters - making their first live appearance together since Hawkins’ death - performing alongside an all-star lineup that includes drum legends like Lars Ulrich, Queen’s Roger Taylor, the Police’s Stewart Copeland, Josh Freese and Travis Barker, as well as surviving Rush members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, Brian May, Mark Ronson, Kesha, Chrissie Hynde, Josh Homme, Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and more.The new Foo Fighters album Sonic Highways is out in under a month now, as it is released on 10th November 2014, and its popularity is already sky rocketing. ![]() ![]() EST, while the full show will be available to stream on-demand starting the week of Sept. EST and be streamed live on Paramount+ and MTV’s YouTube channel the livestream can also be viewed in the video above.Īdditionally, a one-hour primetime special featuring highlights from the show will air on CBS later today at 10 p.m. The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert, presented by Foo Fighters and the late drummer’s family, will begin 11:30 a.m. Foo Fighters will stage the first of their two Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts today, Sept. ![]()
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