Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has given fans an update on the rock supergroup’s new album, revealing the band have demoed some tracks and that frontman Dave Grohl’s plans are ‘awesome’.
Speaking to Spinner, Hawkins also revealed that the new songs are a long way from being finished, but that some tracks have been demoed more than once: “In all honesty, Dave’s got 15 or so song ideas that are awesome and we’ve already demoed some of them twice even,” he said. “But it’s definitely in the fetal stages. We do a lot of demoing, it’s a large process for us. It takes a long time to do it. We don’t just say, ‘OK, let’s go make a record’, and pop in the studio and record it just like that.”
Hawkins also discussed the numerous side-projects which the members of the Foo Fighters are involved with, saying they help to energise the band when they re-assemble to record new material: “All that stuff in the past, it’s proven to be recharging. You need everybody to really want to be doing it. Especially Dave, because they’re his songs. If he’s excited – and he appears to be – we’re in great shape.”
The new album will be the Foo Fighters’ first since 2007’s ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace’ and will be produced by Dave Grohl’s former Nirvana cohort Butch Vig.
Sweeeet. The drummer from the Foo Fighters is killing it! This is an awesome performance on Jimmy Kimmel. Taylor Hawkins – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeCyYm1YiW0&feature=player_embedded
Weird…I believe they came out with the album “Wasting Light” between now and EChoes, Silence, patience grace. Guess the author really knows what they’re talking about.
How’s about a check of the publish date? – Ed