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What made it happen was: I came in and did two tracks for the greatest hits. Garbage have played shows with the Foos over the last ten years. And he’s just really good at what he does. But that was 20 years ago, you’d imagine at some point it would be ok to do it and let go of all of that baggage. I mean, having done Nevermind, that sort of eclipses anything. Grohl:It’s funny, I think one of the reasons why we had never made a record with Butch is because of the baggage that comes along with the two of us getting together. THR: Who’s riding whose coattails here? It’s not entirely clear. I just wanted that, I wanted a Butch Vig record so bad. There’s a few bands that have their Butch Vig record - like Sonic Youth have their Butch Vig record, Nirvana has their Butch Vig record and that record always stands out in the catalog as a really masterful piece of work.
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I want it to sound great in kind of a f–ked up way and Butch and I sort of met together. I’m usually sort of shifting in this other sort of direction. Butch is great at making bands sound great. Why not make it exciting? It made perfect sense to me. Rather than just walk into the nicest studio in town and go through the same process that every other band goes through. I thought the most important thing was the environment in which we record and how we do it. The Hollywood Reporter: It is somewhat ironic that before starting your all-analog garage record, you did weeks of pre-production in a top-of-the-line facility…ĭave Grohl: Then recorded it in the garage, which is exactly the opposite of what most people do. Read on for more of THR’s interview with Grohl and Vig. PHOTOS: 10 Grammy Nominees Making Waves in the Industry If you’re semi-decent at an instrument and grew up with Beatles albums, make a f–ing record in your garage. It blew me away.” Still, he adds a dose of modesty: “It’s not rocket science. Says Grohl: “To me, it’s the greatest honor. “And I’ve got all these young bands asking, ‘Will you do records in analog now?’ My answer is, ‘Not unless you can play as good as the Foo Fighters!’ ” Weeks of preproduction and rehearsals in a top-of-the-line studio preceded four months spent in Grohl’s garage in the San Fernando Valley, which offered the best of two worlds, allowing him to spend time with his wife and two daughters and make the band’s most challenging - and likely most gratifying - album, the first to get a Grammy nom for album of the year (the Foos have six noms this year).
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“You have to be a little insane to make a record this way,” says Vig, who also produced Nirvana‘s seminal 1991 album Nevermind. That’s because Wasting Light, the Foos’ seventh album, was an all-analog production created by meticulously stitching together pieces of 2-inch tape, as was the usual practice until the mid-’90s, when digital recording became commonplace. They’re not entirely kidding, though it’s doubtful they’d have much competition.
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“Or best old-school album,” offers producer of the year nominee Butch Vig, 56. Wouldn’t that be f–ing rad?” says the 43-year-old frontman. The Grammys shed 31 categories in April, but the Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl has a suggestion for one they should add: “Best garage record.