Dave Grohl Talks About Recording New Foo Fighters Album
Monday, 29 March 2010
Written by Jon Stickler
Having overcome his recent drug battle with (ahem) Caffeine, drummer, guitarist and "nicest man in rock" Dave Grohl has been talking about the new Foo Fighters album.
The band are to start work shortly on a new album with producer Butch Vig. Grohl, speaking with BBC Newsbeat, had this to say about the new record: “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”.
When asked on the unique way the album is to be recorded – which is going to be in Dave Grohl’s garage - the frontman had this to say: “The way you make an album dictates the way it sounds. One of my favourite Foo Fighters records was our third one (1999’s There Is Nothing Left To Lose), which we made in my basement in Virginia. We had sleeping bags that we nailed on the wall for soundproofing. The general vibe on that record is really comfortable. I’d go 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”.
The band are currently in the process of writing new material for the follow-up to 2007’s ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience And Grace’. The new album, which will be the band’s seventh studio offering, is expected to be recorded in September later this year.
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