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Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits
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We all know the hero myth of Nirvana: Kurt Cobain stormed MTV and radio with punk anthems of genuine rage, and saved us all from the vapidity of hair metal. This story has been repeated so many times that it's rare to find Cobain's music framed in any other context, especially since his suicide served only to make him a rock'n'roll martyr. Foo Fighters have something of a hero myth going on too, but it's a lot less dramatic: Following the death of his comrade, Dave Grohl rocked on as the leader of his own band, and spent the next 15 years making mainstream rock radio, uh, slightly more listenable. Grohl's task may not be anywhere near as glamorous or as era-defining as that of his former band, but in a way, it's much more difficult and thankless. In the years after Cobain's death, corporate consolidation of rock radio took hold and quickly snuffed out nearly every bit of underground weirdness that made its way into the mainstream after the record industry went through its phase of signing every cult band they could get in the hopes of finding another Nirvana. The playlists got tighter, and if you're reading this site, we probably don't need to tell you just how bad the music on these stations got, and how to this day it only seems to get worse. Grohl and his band may have been grandfathered into the radio format mainly for his connection to Nirvana, but he earned his keep and turned out a reliable string of enjoyable hits....full text |
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A greatest hits set is a perfect vehicle for the talents of Dave Grohl. The former Nirvana drummer has always exhibited a fine ear for enormous pop hooks, and with the Foo Fighters has enjoyed considerable chart success. But the last truly great album he appeared on was, inarguably, In Utero. Grohl was intimidated by Kurt Cobain’s writing for Nirvana – though he’d pen songs, he kept them to himself – but when the frontman committed suicide in 1994 Grohl struck out alone rather than man the kit for another group. Using the name Foo Fighters in an attempt to embrace anonymity, Grohl’s first recordings stirred enough label interest to necessitate a stepping out from the shadows. A collection of what were little more than demos became the first Foo Fighters album, a band was formed to take the songs on tour (featuring half of Sunny Day Real Estate), and the rest, as they say, is history....full text |
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Due on November 2nd (November 3rd in the US), the upcoming album is compiled of sixteen tracks in total and comes complete with two brand new songs Wheels and Word Forward. The record spans their entire fourteen-year long career including their early classic Big Me as well as Everlong, All My Life, Monkey Wrench, Learn To Fly, Break Out, My Hero, Times Like These, The Pretender and a host of others. Along with the standard addition release, a deluxe edition will also hit shelves complete with a 28-page book of photos of the band as well as a DVD full of live material from the bands recent tours. The track-listing can be seen below. Foo Fighets Greatest Hits Track-Listing: 01 - All My Life 02 - Best Of You 03 - Everlong 04 - The Pretender 05 - My Hero 06 - Learn To Fly 07 - Times Like These 08 - Monkey Wrench 09 - Big Me 10 - Breakout 11 - Long Road To Ruin 12 - This is a Call 13 - Skin and Bones 14 - Wheels 15 - Word Forward 16 - Everlong (acoustic)...full text |
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