I’ll be honest, when things blew up around the second or third record, I thought it could implode at any time. When you first started, did you ever envision it lasting this long? That’s evidenced by their interplay onstage, and the warm vibes exuded offstage by bassist Jeff Ament, who, at 51, still plays with the same youthful vigor he did years ago, but has also come to appreciate a little downtime now and then.ĭays before the final show on the Lightning Bolt tour, Ament spoke with Rolling Stone about ending another chapter in the band’s career, how he plans on spending his time away from the spotlight and what’s next for Pearl Jam.Īt this point, Pearl Jam has been around for almost 25 years. Now almost a quarter-century into their existence, Pearl Jam seem to have reached a new level of appreciation for how far they’ve come, the distinctiveness of their longevity and each other. Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament on Basketball and Breaking Noses The fourth episode – which focuses on Austin, Texas – airs Friday, November 7th. That multi-part program finds the Foos traveling to eight historic American music cities, interviewing prominent area musicians and using the experiences as creative fuel for writing and recording the album’s eight corresponding songs. The LP – which features guest appearances from Zac Brown and and Cheap Trick axeman Rick Nielsen, among others – is a companion piece to the HBO documentary of the same name.
The band’s eighth studio album, Sonic Highways, is out on November 10th. So what if, for the 20th anniversary, we went in and re-recorded the first record – same songs, same arrangements, in sequence – but as the Foo Fighters 2014? Taylor was like, ‘Are you out of your fucking mind?! That’s the worst idea ever! People would fucking hate it!’ And Pat said, ‘That’s exactly why we should do it!’" “‘Cause the first record isn’t the Foo Fighters it’s just me. “At one point I thought, ‘You know what would be really funny? To re-record the first Foo Fighters record as the band we are now,’” Grohl says. Considering that shift, Grohl says he contemplated re-recording Foo Fighters with his bandmates just to “piss people off,” but he reconsidered after drummer Taylor Hawkins assured him it was “the worst idea ever.” But two decades later, that innocent studio lark has developed into a stadium-filling band. In its infancy, Foo Fighters was a solo project for the former Nirvana drummer, who recorded all the instruments on the first Foo album.
“But the best way to celebrate our 20th anniversary isn’t to focus on 20 years ago, but to focus on the last 20 years, meaning two years ago and six years ago and eight years ago.” Naturally, Grohl isn’t planning a special jaunt behind the 20th anniversary of the band’s self-titled 1995 debut: “I mean, I don’t mind playing a lot of those old songs just to revisit,” he says. See more of the chat with Grohl and Duff with Corden (it's much lighter, trust us), below the "James That Tune" segment.Hear Foo Fighters’ Rowdy New Song ‘Congregation’
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Grohl has been making the rounds promoting his Studio 666 movie with his band Foo Fighters. "His face makes it worse," countered Grohl, then explaining, "I know what song it is but I'm afraid to say it for fear that people will think it sounds like that." "Best of You" was the song, the best of performances it was not, as the segment mercifully ended with Grohl still looking annoyed as they cut away for a commercial. "This is the last one," Corden offered, with Grohl responding, "Promise?" But as Corden prepared his final song, Duff and Grohl blew him off discussing finding a SmashBurger franchise in the Valley.Įventually garnering his guests attention, Corden tried to ensure Grohl would get one of the songs by mouthing the lyrics. "Can we phone a friend," asked Duff, before Corden revealed the song to be "My Hero."
should know it," then decided it was probably too hard without the drums so he started thumping on drum pad option. After an initial pass at the song, Corden told Grohl, "You.
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To start the segment, Corden tests out several keys trying to figure out how to present the song he's going to play until Grohl can no longer take the noodling around, shouting down the host to "Just play the fucking song, man."Īs Corden fumbles around the keys, Grohl rubs his forehead unamused guessing "Everlong," before Corden revealed it to be "Learn to Fly."Īs Duff and Grohl waited for the next song, she let out a sigh and a bored stare while Grohl remained non-plussed.
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