![]() Members of Led Zeppelin, Nirvana and the Queens of The Stone Age together combined for the baddest cross-generational super group of all time, as Josh Homme, John Paul Jones and Dave Grohl formed Them Crooked Vultures in 2009 immediately releasing an album. Members included (deep breath…): Stevie Nicks, Paul McCartney, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, as well as members of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Rage Against The Machine. The ultimate supergroup, anyone? After making his 2012 doc Sound City, Grohl rounded up the musicians who’d starred in the film. Josh Homme and co came calling again in 2013 for their ‘…Like Clockwork’ LP, recruiting a host of star-name collaborators including Grohl, Jake Shears and Elton John. Grohl’s drumming chops made Queens Of The Stone Age’s 2002 album ‘Songs For The Deaf’ a snarling, seminal masterpiece. The pair had previously collaborated with Grohl when he threw a 50th Birthday Concert for himself in 1997, Grohl playing guitar on Bowie’s ‘Seven Years in Tibet’.ĭave Grohl doesn’t do by-the-numbers guest stars at his gigs: during the Foo Fighters’ mega-show at Wembley Stadium in 2008, he initiated a mini Led Zeppelin reunion (of sorts) when he was joined by rock titans Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones for versions of ‘Rock n’ Roll’ and ‘Ramble On’. The Thin White Duke himself, David Bowie, called on Dave to play guitar on his 2002 album ‘Heathen’. The song was released alongside Grohl’s ownSound Citydocumentary and won Best Rock Song at the 2014 Grammys. ![]() Originally intended to be one of three drummers on the record, he demanded to play on all the tracks and allegedly declined payment to work with the band.īeatles legend Paul McCartney found himself at the centre of a long awaited ‘Nirvana reunion’ in December 2012, when he joined Grohl, Pat Smear and Krist Novoselic to perform the track ‘Cut Me Some Slack’ for a Hurricane Sandy fundraiser. Ironically, I then had to figure out his part – which was a bitch!”Ī long-time fan of post-punk legends Killing Joke, Grohl joined his idols in 2003 to work on their 12th studio album. Butch said: “He started playing these Keith Moon fills. According to Vig, he had been frustrated at his own drumming on the track when, luckily, he ran into Grohl at a party. ‘Nevermind’ producer Butch Vig asked Grohl to drum on the track ‘Bad Boyfriend’ from Garbage’s 2005 album ‘Bleed Like Me’. Most famously, he played a guitar-wielding devil in the video for their track ‘Tribute’, but he also drummed on all the songs from their 2001 self-titled album and also featured on every track bar one on 2012’s ‘Rize Of The Fenix’. One of Dave’s most enduring extra-curricular commitments has been with comedy rock duo Tenacious D. Weirdly, the track also featured The Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson and Rob Zombie.ĭave contributed a multi-instrumental turn when he worked on Cat Power’s 2003 LP ‘You Are Free’, playing drums on lead single ‘He War’ and both bass and drums on ‘Speak For Me’. Grohl played drums on two separate rock remixes of Puff Daddy’s 1997 smash, ‘It’s All About the Benjamins’. The Foo Fighters are working on new music this fall with a new album coming in 2020.Thought hip-hop was the only genre eluding the Foos man? Think again. He added that he's seen many of his friends "not survive," so he wants to enjoy exactly what he's doing. "I think that the reason why we're still here is because we do kind of disconnect ourselves from the popular stuff that's going on, but also because, what the f-k do we care? I just want to f-ing play music." "We've just never been hip or cool we just really haven't," Grohl said. "Learning to Fly" was successful, but not hip. guest starred drummer Dave Grohl, who was also the drummer for Nirvana. So when he started writing the song in 1998, he was looking to make a reaction to the music of the day that was current. These bands have members that are known to hang out in Wicker Park (one of the. The song, Grohl explained, was inspired by crooners and light rockers from the '60s and '70s, like Andrew Gold, Gerry Rafferty and 10cc. He referenced the band's 1999 hit "Learning to Fly" as their attempt at an "AM gold" or 'oldies' tune, which was far out of fashion when nü metal and alternative hard rock were taking over the airwaves. ![]() Amid Cummings' protests, Grohl continued: "First of all, we are all dads, and you're right, we're a rock band.Look, I'm 50 years old, I have f-ing grey hair.But you know, the thing is, I have never considered our band cool, and I like that."
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