Foo Fighters to record new album

[Don]

Dave Grohl will reunite with producer Butch Vig for the first time since recording Nirvana's Nevermind to work on Foo Fighters' new album.

The 41-year-old drummer and singer will begin recording the follow-up to the band's 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace in September.

He said: "It's the first album the two of us have made together in 20 years.

"There's something that Butch does that helps a song become a bigger song. At this point I just want to rock."

Dave Grohl is currently touring Europe with his side-project Them Crooked Vultures.

The ex-Nirvana drummer explained that reuniting with the producer will help Foo Fighters return to a more primal sound for their new material.

"We've done a lot of acoustic stuff, the last couple of records have had a lot of pianos and mandolins. This one, I just want it to be on ten.

"We're going to do it in my garage. It's just a garage, it's got junk and a refrigerator in it."

Speaking ahead of Them Crooked Vultures' appearance at this year's Teenage Cancer Trust residency at London's Royal Albert Hall, Grohl said Foo Fighters have been keeping unreleased new material for a couple of years.

"When we ended the last tour about a year-and-a-half ago or two years ago we had a lot of music we'd written on the road," he explained.

"We had an albums worth of stuff ready but we didn't want to go into the studio and do it because we knew it'd put us right back out onto the road - we really needed a break."

Grohl says he has "30 or 40 ideas" that the band will reconvene to work on in the autumn.

"The way you make an album dictates the way it sounds," he explained.

"One of my favourite records we made was our third one which we made in my basement in Virginia.

"We had sleeping bags that we nailed on the wall for sound proofing.

"The general vibe on that record is really comfortable. I'd got upstairs and make chilli and come downstairs and do a vocal on a couch. It's the same idea.

"To me it's about switching up the process, we've been using pro tools and all that computer stuff the last couple of records.

"We're putting that stuff in the closet and getting our old tape machines out so that we can just do it like we used to do it."

Them Crooked Vultures return to the UK in June to play this year's Download festival.

[S2M]

What's the name of it, 'Crickets'?!

[ProgRocker53]

What's the name of it, 'Crickets'?!

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[ProgRocker53]

What's the name of it, 'Crickets'?!

This is great news, can't get enough Grohl and Them Crooked Vultures is insanely awesome too

[steveo777]

What is Foo?

[Glenn]

Awesome news!

[Glenn]

What's the name of it, 'Crickets'?!

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Meaning "Who Cares"...

Not to worry, 95% of the bands he likes couldn't play a bowling ally and draw 200 on "free beer for every spare" night.

[Glenn]

Love the Foo's and the talent of Grohl.

Own everything they have put out and I'm glad they just keep going making kick ass music.

[Voyager]

What is Foo?

Foo Fighters are people who don't like watching reruns of a 1980's television series called the "A-Team".

[Jana]

What's the name of it, 'Crickets'?!

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Meaning "Who Cares"...

Not to worry, 95% of the bands he likes couldn't play a bowling ally and draw 200 on "free beer for every spare" night.

so true. good one, jss.

[ProgRocker53]

What's the name of it, 'Crickets'?!

?

Meaning "Who Cares"...

Not to worry, 95% of the bands he likes couldn't play a bowling ally and draw 200 on "free beer for every spare" night.

[Ehwmatt]

What's the name of it, 'Crickets'?!

?

Meaning "Who Cares"...

Not to worry, 95% of the bands he likes couldn't play a bowling ally and draw 200 on "free beer for every spare" night.

Was that Dagwood you killed I saw on Fbook not too long from the Ohio Deli in Columbus? If so, just saw the Man vs Food dude kill it. If you did that, mad props to you sir.

[Rockindeano]

What's the name of it, 'Crickets'?!

?

Meaning "Who Cares"...

Not to worry, 95% of the bands he likes couldn't play a bowling ally and draw 200 on "free beer for every spare" night.

He's got a point S2M. I mean you did take Danger Danger over Springsteen in a three game sweep.

Seriously, I wonder if Grohl will put a Journey cover on the album. They always seem to play a Journey tune in concert, usually LTS.

[stevew2]

that band name is almost as band as chickenshit,or whatever they are called

[Ehwmatt]

that band name is almost as band as chickenshit,or whatever they are called

Chickenshit... that's a more apt description for their music. What a disappointing collaboration that has proved so far.

[stevew2]

that band name is almost as band as chickenshit,or whatever they are called

Chickenshit... that's a more apt description for their music. What a disappointing collaboration that has proved so far.

Im not into any of them bands with fucked up names. Im diggin paul rodgers

[ProgRocker53]

What's the name of it, 'Crickets'?!

?

Meaning "Who Cares"...

Not to worry, 95% of the bands he likes couldn't play a bowling ally and draw 200 on "free beer for every spare" night.

Was that Dagwood you killed I saw on Fbook not too long from the Ohio Deli in Columbus? If so, just saw the Man vs Food dude kill it. If you did that, mad props to you sir.

http://foodbridgereview.wordpress.com/

review complete with pics

[ProgRocker53]

that band name is almost as band as chickenshit,or whatever they are called

Chickenshit... that's a more apt description for their music. What a disappointing collaboration that has proved so far.

sadly I agree, only three songs on that record I still listen to

Them Crooked Vultures is the best recent supergroup

[Michigan Girl]

What's the name of it, 'Crickets'?!

?

Meaning "Who Cares"...

Not to worry, 95% of the bands he likes couldn't play a bowling ally and draw 200 on "free beer for every spare" night.

Was that Dagwood you killed I saw on Fbook not too long from the Ohio Deli in Columbus? If so, just saw the Man vs Food dude kill it. If you did that, mad props to you sir.

http://foodbridgereview.wordpress.com/

review complete with pics

lol, Proggie ...amazing story!! I wondered what Matty
was talking about ...thought you killed someone!!! That Sandwich looks YUMMY and very large!!
But the Pics say you Defeated the Dagwood in 2004 ...been holding out?!?!
Loved this ...

Unless one happens to be an alligator, hippopotamus, or adult movie actress there is NO WAY one could fit the Dagwood into one’s mouth vertically ...

[Ehwmatt]

What's the name of it, 'Crickets'?!

?

Meaning "Who Cares"...

Not to worry, 95% of the bands he likes couldn't play a bowling ally and draw 200 on "free beer for every spare" night.

Was that Dagwood you killed I saw on Fbook not too long from the Ohio Deli in Columbus? If so, just saw the Man vs Food dude kill it. If you did that, mad props to you sir.

http://foodbridgereview.wordpress.com/

review complete with pics

Nice dude! I haven't eaten a thing since Sunday at noon because of the flu (thought it was food poisoning but anyway)... so I've been streaming Man vs Food on Netflix Blu-Ray and living vicariously through that fucker. Damn do I want some wings right now

[ProgRocker53]

What's the name of it, 'Crickets'?!

?

Meaning "Who Cares"...

Not to worry, 95% of the bands he likes couldn't play a bowling ally and draw 200 on "free beer for every spare" night.

Was that Dagwood you killed I saw on Fbook not too long from the Ohio Deli in Columbus? If so, just saw the Man vs Food dude kill it. If you did that, mad props to you sir.

http://foodbridgereview.wordpress.com/

review complete with pics

lol, Proggie ...amazing story!! I wondered what Matty
was talking about ...thought you killed someone!!! That Sandwich looks YUMMY and very large!!
But the Pics say you Defeated the Dagwood in 2004 ...been holding out?!?!
Loved this ...

Unless one happens to be an alligator, hippopotamus, or adult movie actress there is NO WAY one could fit the Dagwood into one’s mouth vertically ...

Haha thanks. I forgot to change the date settings on the camera, they had been reset somehow recently and everything's tagged as 2004. That all really happened last month.