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Foo Fighters Is An American Rock Band Formed In Seattle In 1994. Foo Fighters Was Initially Formed As A One-Man Project By Former Nirvana Drummer Dave Grohl. Following The Success Of The Eponymous Debut Album Grohl Lead Vocals Guitar Recruited A Band Consisting Of Nate Mendel Bass Guitar William Goldsmith Drums And Pat Smear Guitar . After A Succession Of Lineup Changes Including The Departures Of Goldsmith And Smear The Band Formed Its Core Lineup In 1999 Consisting Of Grohl Mendel Chris Shiflett Guitar And Taylor Hawkins Drums . In 2005 Smear Returned To The Band And In 2017 Rami Jaffee Joined The Band Performing The Keyboards And Piano. Prior To The Release Of Foo Fighters' 1995 Debut Album Foo Fighters Which Featured Grohl As The Only Official Member Grohl Recruited Bassist Nate Mendel And Drummer William Goldsmith Both Formerly Of Sunny Day Real Estate As Well As Nirvana Touring Guitarist Pat Smear. The Band Began With Performances In Portland Oregon. Goldsmith Quit During The Recording Of Their Second Album The Colour And The Shape 1997 Most Of The Drum Parts Were Re-Recorded By Grohl. Smear Departed Soon Afterward But Appeared As A Guest With The Band Frequently From 2005 He Rejoined In 2010. Smear And Goldsmith Were Replaced By Franz Stahl And Taylor Hawkins Stahl Was Fired Before The Recording Of The Group's Third Album There Is Nothing Left To Lose 1999 . The Band Briefly Continued As A Trio Until Chris Shiflett Joined On Guitar After The Completion Of There Is Nothing Left To Lose. Foo Fighters Released Their Fourth Album One By One In 2002. It Was Followed With The Two-Disc In Your Honor 2005 Which Was Split Between Acoustic Songs And Heavier Material. Foo Fighters Released Their Sixth Album Echoes Silence Patience & Grace In 2007. For Foo Fighters' Seventh Studio Album Wasting Light 2011 Produced By Butch Vig Smear Returned As A Full Member. Sonic Highways 2014 Was Released As The Soundtrack To The Television Miniseries Directed By Grohl. Concrete And Gold 2017 Was The Second Foo Fighters Album To Reach Number One In The United States And Their First Studio Album To Feature Longtime Session And Touring Keyboardist Rami Jaffee As A Full Member. The Band's Tenth Album Medicine At Midnight 2021 Was The Last To Feature Hawkins Who Died In March 2022. Produced By Greg Kurstin And Foo Fighters "But Here We Are" The Band's 11th Would Release On June 2nd 2023. On May 21 2023 Some Days Before The Album's Release Foo Fighters Would Officially Announce That Josh Freese Would Be The New Drummer. Over The Course Of Their Career Foo Fighters Have Won 15 Grammy Awards Including Best Rock Album Five Times Making Them Among The Most Successful Rock Acts In Grammy History. In 2021 The Band Was Announced As Recipients Of The First-Ever "Global Icon" Award At The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2021 Their First Year Of Eligibility. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Foo_Fighters Studio Albums
Foo Fighters 1995 The Colour And The Shape 1997 There Is Nothing Left To Lose 1999 One By One 2002 In Your Honor 2005 Echoes Silence Patience & Grace 2007 Wasting Light 2011 Sonic Highways 2014 Concrete And Gold 2017 Medicine At Midnight 2021 But Here We Are 2023
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"Concrete And Gold" Is The Closing Song Of The Foo Fighters Ninth Studio Album And Also Serves As The Record's Title Track. Asked About The Disc's Name By BBC Radio 6 Music Frontman Dave Grohl Said "There's Sort Of A Theme Within The Eleven Songs That Goes From Beginning To End So This Is Kind Of The Resolve Of The Entire Record. The Chorus Of The Song 'Concrete And Gold Says 'I Have An Engine Made Of Gold Something So Beautiful. The World Will Never Know. Our Roots Are Stronger Than You Know. Up Through The Concrete We Will Grow.' It's Kind Of Beautiful." The Song Features An Unlikely Collaboration With Boyz II Men's Shawn Stockman Whose Powerful Vocals Are Layered To Create A Towering Choir. Asked By BBC Radio Presenter Matt Everitt What Was The Weirdest Moment The Band Experienced Making The Record Frontman Dave Grohl Replied "The Guy From Boyz II Men Walking Through The Parking Lot And Me Saying 'Oh Dude Will You Sing On Our Record?' And He Does. On The Heaviest Song On The Entire Record. It Sounds Like If Black Sabbath And Pink Floyd Made Their... It's The Last Song On The Record With The Guy From Boyz II Men His Name's Shawn Singing And It's Like 40 Vocals Stacked." Concrete And Gold Was Produced By Greg Kurstin The Man Behind Hits For The Likes Of Kelly Clarkson "What Doesn't Kill You Stronger " Adele "Hello" And Sia "Cheap Thrills." Dave Grohl Told The Guardian "Four Years Ago A Song Came On The Radio Called 'Again & Again ' By The Bird And The Bee. I Became Obsessed. Three Months Later I Was In Hawaii And I See The Guy From The Bird And The Bee. I Said 'I Don't Want To Interrupt But I'm Such A Huge Fan And You're A Genius.' I Asked About A New Bird And The Bee Record And He Said He Had To Finish Producing Sia Pink Beyoncé And Adele. I Had No Idea He Was A Producer Too! Then While Foo Fighters Were Taking Our Break – Which Was Basically Just Us Making A Record In Secret – I Asked The Guys What They Thought About Greg Kurstin. I Played Them Adele Sia And Beck And The Guys Were Like 'Are You Sure?' I Thought If We Made The Biggest-Sounding Foo Fighters Record Sonically But We Incorporated Greg's Sense Of Melody And Composition We Could Make Something That Sounds Like Slayer Making Pet Sounds. And The Crazy Thing Is We Actually Did What We Set Out To Do. Nobody Wants To Say 'this Is The Best Album We've Ever Made ' But When You Hear It You'll Be Surprised. It Does Not Sound Like Something We've Done Before." This Track's Lush Seven-Part Harmonies Add A Lavish Twist To A Sound Dave Grohl Described To Q Magazine As "The Beatles Colliding With Motorhead." He Said "I Just Wanna Make Lenmy Proud. He'd Understand Like On The 50 Guitars On Make It Right. I Think We Pulled It Off."
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Foo Fighters Is An American Rock Band Formed In Seattle In 1994. Foo Fighters Was Initially Formed As A One-Man Project By Former Nirvana Drummer Dave Grohl. Following The Success Of The Eponymous Debut Album Grohl Lead Vocals Guitar Recruited A Band Consisting Of Nate Mendel Bass Guitar William Goldsmith Drums And Pat Smear Guitar . After A Succession Of Lineup Changes Including The Departures Of Goldsmith And Smear The Band Formed Its Core Lineup In 1999 Consisting Of Grohl Mendel Chris Shiflett Guitar And Taylor Hawkins Drums . In 2005 Smear Returned To The Band And In 2017 Rami Jaffee Joined The Band Performing The Keyboards And Piano. Prior To The Release Of Foo Fighters' 1995 Debut Album Foo Fighters Which Featured Grohl As The Only Official Member Grohl Recruited Bassist Nate Mendel And Drummer William Goldsmith Both Formerly Of Sunny Day Real Estate As Well As Nirvana Touring Guitarist Pat Smear. The Band Began With Performances In Portland Oregon. Goldsmith Quit During The Recording Of Their Second Album The Colour And The Shape 1997 Most Of The Drum Parts Were Re-Recorded By Grohl. Smear Departed Soon Afterward But Appeared As A Guest With The Band Frequently From 2005 He Rejoined In 2010. Smear And Goldsmith Were Replaced By Franz Stahl And Taylor Hawkins Stahl Was Fired Before The Recording Of The Group's Third Album There Is Nothing Left To Lose 1999 . The Band Briefly Continued As A Trio Until Chris Shiflett Joined On Guitar After The Completion Of There Is Nothing Left To Lose. Foo Fighters Released Their Fourth Album One By One In 2002. It Was Followed With The Two-Disc In Your Honor 2005 Which Was Split Between Acoustic Songs And Heavier Material. Foo Fighters Released Their Sixth Album Echoes Silence Patience & Grace In 2007. For Foo Fighters' Seventh Studio Album Wasting Light 2011 Produced By Butch Vig Smear Returned As A Full Member. Sonic Highways 2014 Was Released As The Soundtrack To The Television Miniseries Directed By Grohl. Concrete And Gold 2017 Was The Second Foo Fighters Album To Reach Number One In The United States And Their First Studio Album To Feature Longtime Session And Touring Keyboardist Rami Jaffee As A Full Member. The Band's Tenth Album Medicine At Midnight 2021 Was The Last To Feature Hawkins Who Died In March 2022. Produced By Greg Kurstin And Foo Fighters "But Here We Are" The Band's 11th Would Release On June 2nd 2023. On May 21 2023 Some Days Before The Album's Release Foo Fighters Would Officially Announce That Josh Freese Would Be The New Drummer. Over The Course Of Their Career Foo Fighters Have Won 15 Grammy Awards Including Best Rock Album Five Times Making Them Among The Most Successful Rock Acts In Grammy History. In 2021 The Band Was Announced As Recipients Of The First-Ever "Global Icon" Award At The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2021 Their First Year Of Eligibility. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Foo_Fighters Studio Albums
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"Concrete and Gold" is the closing song of the Foo Fighters ninth studio album and also serves as the record's title track. Asked about the disc's name by BBC Radio 6 Music, frontman Dave Grohl said:
"There's sort of a theme within the eleven songs that goes from beginning to end, so this is kind of the resolve of the entire record. The chorus [of the song 'Concrete And Gold] says, 'I have an engine made of gold, something so beautiful. The world will never know. Our roots are stronger than you know. Up through the concrete we will grow.' It's kind of beautiful."
The song features an unlikely collaboration with Boyz II Men's Shawn Stockman, whose powerful vocals are layered to create a towering choir.
Asked by BBC radio presenter Matt Everitt what was the weirdest moment the band experienced making the record, frontman Dave Grohl replied:
"The guy from Boyz II Men walking through the parking lot and me saying, 'Oh dude, will you sing on our record?' And he does. On the heaviest song on the entire record. It sounds like if (Black) Sabbath and Pink Floyd made their... It's the last song on the record, with the guy from Boyz II Men, his name's Shawn, singing and it's like 40 vocals stacked."
Concrete and Gold was produced by Greg Kurstin, the man behind hits for the likes of Kelly Clarkson ("What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)"), Adele ("Hello") and Sia ("Cheap Thrills.") Dave Grohl told The Guardian:
"Four years ago a song came on the radio called 'Again & Again,' by The Bird and the Bee. I became obsessed. Three months later I was in Hawaii and I see the guy from The Bird and the Bee. I said: 'I don't want to interrupt, but I'm such a huge fan and you're a genius.' I asked about a new Bird and the Bee record and he said he had to finish producing Sia, Pink, Beyoncé and Adele. I had no idea he was a producer too! Then, while Foo Fighters were taking our break – which was basically just us making a record in secret – I asked the guys what they thought about Greg Kurstin. I played them Adele, Sia and Beck, and the guys were like: 'Are you sure?'
I thought if we made the biggest-sounding Foo Fighters record sonically, but we incorporated Greg's sense of melody and composition, we could make something that sounds like Slayer making Pet Sounds. And the crazy thing is, we actually did what we set out to do. Nobody wants to say 'this is the best album we've ever made,' but when you hear it, you'll be surprised. It does not sound like something we've done before."
This track's lush seven-part harmonies add a lavish twist to a sound Dave Grohl described to Q magazine as "The Beatles colliding with Motorhead." He said: "I just wanna make Lenmy proud. He'd understand, like on the 50 guitars on Make It Right. I think we pulled it off." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Published: 01 Jan 2018, 18:43
Concrete And Gold Is The Ninth Studio Album By American Rock Band Foo Fighters. It Was Produced By Greg Kurstin And Released Worldwide On September 15 2017 Through RCA Records. Described By The Band As An Album Where "hard Rock Extremes And Pop Sensibilities Collide" Concrete And Gold Concerns The Future Of The United States From The Viewpoint Of The Band's Frontman And Lead Songwriter Dave Grohl With The Heated Atmosphere Of The 2016 Elections And The Presidency Of Donald Trump Cited As Major Influences By Grohl. Juxtapositions Serve As A Common Motif In Both The Album's Lyrical And Musical Composition With Grohl Further Describing The Album's Overall Theme As "hope And Desperation".