Post by Kanenite on Jul 9, 2007 15:51:41 GMT -1
“It has always been my dream to mix Steely Dan with No Means No,” Dave Grohl tells Billboard of the eclectic sound of the sixth Foo Fighters album, tentatively titled “Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace” and due Sept. 25 via RCA. “If anybody is going to do it, I’d love to be that guy.”
Indeed, the 12-song set may throw some fans for a loop, as tracks like “Let It Die” and “Erase Replace” make drastic stylistic shifts in a matter of seconds. “There’s four-piece rock band sh*t, but then there are songs where the middle sections turn into this mass orchestrated swarm and ridiculous time signatures,” Grohl says of the new material.
Among the rockers sure to sizzle in arenas this fall are opener “The Pretender” (”It’s a stomping Foo Fighters uptempo song, with a little bit of Chuck Berry in it”) and “Cheer Up Boys, Your Makeup Is Running” (”That will make festival grounds stomp really hard”).
At the other end of the spectrum, “The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners” finds Grohl and guest guitarist Kaki King flexing their fingerpicking. “This song is almost banjo-picking style with hammer-ons and pull-offs,” Grohl says. “I showed it to her once and she shredded it 10 times better than I’ve ever played it.”
That song was inspired by two Tasmanian miners who were tapped underground for two weeks and, while awaiting rescue, requested an iPod with Foo Fighters music on it to help lift their spirits. Grohl was alerted of the situation by a staffer at the band’s Australian record company and wrote a note to the two men.
“I was in tears, man,” he recalls. “I said, ‘Hey guys, it’s Dave. You’re in our thoughts and prayers. When you get out, there’s two tickets and two cold beers waiting for you wherever you want to see the band.’”
The men were eventually brought to safety, and when one of them came to see the Foos play the Sydney Opera House, “I thought I’d write something for him,” Grohl says. “I came up with this little instrumental thing. After the show, we went and got f*ckin’ wasted in the hotel bar and I was like, ‘Dude, I promise I’m going to put this on the record.’”
Here is the track list for "Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace":
01. The Pretender
02. Let It Die
03. Erase Replace
04. Long Road to Ruin
05. Come Alive
06. Stranger Things Have Happened
07. Cheer Up Boys, Your Makeup Is Running
08. Summer’s End
09. The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners
10. Statues
11. But Honestly
12. Home
Should be out soon-ish
Indeed, the 12-song set may throw some fans for a loop, as tracks like “Let It Die” and “Erase Replace” make drastic stylistic shifts in a matter of seconds. “There’s four-piece rock band sh*t, but then there are songs where the middle sections turn into this mass orchestrated swarm and ridiculous time signatures,” Grohl says of the new material.
Among the rockers sure to sizzle in arenas this fall are opener “The Pretender” (”It’s a stomping Foo Fighters uptempo song, with a little bit of Chuck Berry in it”) and “Cheer Up Boys, Your Makeup Is Running” (”That will make festival grounds stomp really hard”).
At the other end of the spectrum, “The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners” finds Grohl and guest guitarist Kaki King flexing their fingerpicking. “This song is almost banjo-picking style with hammer-ons and pull-offs,” Grohl says. “I showed it to her once and she shredded it 10 times better than I’ve ever played it.”
That song was inspired by two Tasmanian miners who were tapped underground for two weeks and, while awaiting rescue, requested an iPod with Foo Fighters music on it to help lift their spirits. Grohl was alerted of the situation by a staffer at the band’s Australian record company and wrote a note to the two men.
“I was in tears, man,” he recalls. “I said, ‘Hey guys, it’s Dave. You’re in our thoughts and prayers. When you get out, there’s two tickets and two cold beers waiting for you wherever you want to see the band.’”
The men were eventually brought to safety, and when one of them came to see the Foos play the Sydney Opera House, “I thought I’d write something for him,” Grohl says. “I came up with this little instrumental thing. After the show, we went and got f*ckin’ wasted in the hotel bar and I was like, ‘Dude, I promise I’m going to put this on the record.’”
Here is the track list for "Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace":
01. The Pretender
02. Let It Die
03. Erase Replace
04. Long Road to Ruin
05. Come Alive
06. Stranger Things Have Happened
07. Cheer Up Boys, Your Makeup Is Running
08. Summer’s End
09. The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners
10. Statues
11. But Honestly
12. Home
Should be out soon-ish
