Here's the album ...



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In 1997, Foo Fighters teamed with alt-rock production cornerstone Gil Norton to make their best album, The Colour and the Shape. Ten years later, they've regrouped with Norton for a disc that's more sophisticated and diverse, if a tad less rockin'. The curveballs include "Stranger Things Have Happened," a solo soul-searcher where leader Dave Grohl's accompanied by just his acoustic guitar and a ticking metronome, and "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners," an acoustic guitar duet for Grohl and guest virtuoso Kaki King. Plus "Summer's End" tickles the Foos' classic-rock fetish with a dead-on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young arrangement. There's still enough of the intense, snarling power-pop that's Foo Fighters' longtime forte. "The Pretender," "Erase/Replace," and "Long Road to Ruin" combine sheer thrust, zeal, and melody like no other group currently on the charts. Yet the finale, "Home," makes its clear that this is a changed band--or, at least, that Grohl's a changed man. With only his piano for company, Grohl's pleading voice reveals fragile layers of insecurity and loneliness as he sings "all I want is to be home." Seems this rock & roll road warrior's mellowed some, albeit without compromising Foo Fighters' vitality.

Product Description
Having commemorated their tenth anniversary with a year-plus run commencing with In Your Honor (a double album the New York Times called an "unexpected magnum opus"), sold out rock arena shows and a toned down intimate theater trek, and a headlining gig at London's Hyde Park for a crowd of 85,000, the question looms larger than any in the Foo Fighters' career to date: What do they do for an encore?!? The answer comes in the form of "The Pretender," the first single from the band's sixth studio album [title]Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace[/title], out on Roswell/RCA. Produced by Gil Norton, who last worked with the band on 1997's double-platinum The Colour and The Shape (recently reissued in deluxe 10th anniversary form), Dave Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, drummer Taylor Hawkins and guitarist Chris Shiflett have crafted a 12-track milestone that showcases and reconciles the band's every strength and sensibility in the most complex and confident Foo Fighters album to date.

1. The Pretender
2. Let It Die
3. Erase/Replace
4. Long Road To Ruin
5. Come Alive
6. Stranger Things Have Happened
7. Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)
8. Summer's End
9. Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners
10. Statues
11. But, Honestly
12. Home

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Dunno if Dave plans to promote the new album by slamming a different person in the press every day ...

http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/31202

Dave Grohl slams Paris Hilton

Fresh from unveiling his contempt for Courtney Love, Dave Grohl has now criticised party girl Paris Hilton, labelling her "a total raging, disgusting, rich, lazy party slut".

The Foo Fighters frontman reportedly also told The Sun newspaper: "Paris is fucking lame."

Grohl and Hilton reportedly fell out after meeting in a restaurant years ago, when the singer claims the millionaire heiress put on "the full princess attitude with the nose in the air".

Consequently, he concluded: "I pray that my daughter will not turn out like her."

Please report in if anybody hears of any exclusive/bonus tracks to be had.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKhnmUdmz74[/youtube]

Foo Fighters are interesting. Here's a guy who was the drummer for one of the biggest bands of the time, yet little did everyone know that he was a talented songwriter in his own right, a guy who would go on to become the frontman for a huge band of his own.

Rumor has it Grohl is going to be in the drummer's chair for the Zep reunion - not Little Bonham.

(I'm sorry, but I don't believe anything that comes out of that woman's mouth ...)

Courtney Love claims Kurt Cobain 'loathed' Dave Grohl



Oct 2, 2007

Courtney Love has hit out at Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, claiming that Kurt Cobain "loathed" him.

The song 'Let It Die', on Foo Fighters new album 'Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace', is widely assumed to be about the relationship between Kurt and Courtney.

It contains the lyric: "A simple man and his blushing bride/Intravenous, intertwined... You're so considerate/Did you ever think of me?".

Writing on her MySpace Courtney said: "As for that drummer, well he's hit on me so many times. He's just a very very conflicted guy about me, which is why he continually writes songs about me to hear he 'hates' me more than 'anyone else'.

"Kurt loathed HIM more than anyone else (except a journalist). In his will he made a codicil that Grohl was no longer a member of Nirvana. I just ignored the guy and will continue to."

She added: "Dave knows this, and he takes it out on me! Hey, it wasn't MY band and it wasn't MY idea! It's funny he 'hates' me since I don't think about him.

"He's just sub-mediocre kind of [guy] who does this 'nice guy' nonsense. There isn't a word he could he say that would ruffle my feathers, honestly. ANYWAY what a fun, fabulous, special evening!"

http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/32201



Dave Grohl: I still dream about Kurt Cobain

Foo Fighters' frontman Dave Grohl has revealed that he regularly dreams about his former Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain.

Grohl explained that he has a recurring dream in which Cobain hides from him.

"I still dream abut Kurt," he said. "Every time I see him in a dream, I'll be amazed and I get this feeling that everyone else thinks he's dead.

"It always feels totally real, probably because I'm a very vivid dreamer. But, in my dreams, Kurt's usually been hiding - we'll get together and I'll end up asking him, 'God, where have you been?'"

Elsewhere in today's articles at the NME, Dave posed for a Halloween photo dressed as the Devil:

http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/32556

Foo Fighters announce new US tour dates

Foo Fighters have announced the first shows of a full US tour, kicking off in January 2008.

The band played a number of low-key warm up shows earlier this year, including one at the Fillmore @ Irving Plaza in New York.

Joining the four-piece are Pat Smear on guitar, Rami Jaffee on keyboards and Jessie Greene on strings.

The tour will support the release of the band's sixth album 'Echoes Silence Patience And Grace' which was released earlier this year.

The dates announced so far are:

Dallas TX American Airlines Center (January 23)
Memphis TN FedEx Forum (25)
Nashville TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium (26)
Worcester MA DCU Center (February 18)
Philadelphia PA Wachovia Spectrum (21)
Detroit MI Joe Louis Arena (24)

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Meanwhile, Dave Grohl's previous band Nirvana are finally getting an official release of their [lilred]MTV Unplugged[/lilred] performance on DVD, details here:

http://www.imwan.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=20967

Every time this thread gets bumped, I'm expecting news of a re-release of the album with additional material...

Without intent to inflame or incite, if I personally had to name the most overrated and overhyped band out there, I would name the Foo Fighters. If Grohl had no connection with Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, my opinion is his band would have faded away already. But again, that is just my opinion and I don't mean to offend anybody who loves them.

I'm not offended, but I'd have to disagree, and I'm not much of a fan. Without question his connection to Nirvana allowed him access and an initial exposure that many do not have; but the band's longevity can't be attributed to a band that has ceased to exist approx 15 years ago. The Foo's brand of humor and ability to craft very good pop songs - in a style very distinct from Nirvana - shouldn't be dismissed too readily. You may not like the music (I'm waiting for an eventual Greatest Hits to add them to my collection), but this industry and the audience is way too noncommital to reward on a past that is a century old in dog years...

Without intent to inflame or incite, if I personally had to name the most overrated and overhyped band out there, I would name the Foo Fighters. If Grohl had no connection with Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, my opinion is his band would have faded away already. But again, that is just my opinion and I don't mean to offend anybody who loves them.



I disagree 100% and I'm only a casual fan of Foo Fighters. They are the polar opposite of Nirvana and write insanely catchy songs that still manage to rock. They have racked up a massive amount of hits and their videos are consistently creative and hilarious.
It's been 12 years since the debut Foo Fighters release-not only are they still huge, they've outlasted Nirvana by plenty and have dedicated fans.
If the Nirvana thing had anything to do with their popularity, how did Krist Novoselic do with Sweet 75? Hideous that's how.
Your post didn't offend me either I just disagree and feel the Foo Fighters career stands on its own and they will be looked at as one of the biggest bands of the 90's and '00s.

I obviously just don't get the band or their music. I love Toto, always have from day one, but most people, when I mention that, they laugh at me and say, incredulously, "Toto?"....."TOTO??!" I'm sure we all love a band that most people don't get.