Here's a little video about the making of Nirvana's album Nevermind.  There's a couple of cool things about it.  First of all, they discuss choosing Butch Vig to be their producer.  Butch Vig is also producing the new Foo Fighters album which I mentioned in my last post.  According to fooarchive.com they have started a few weeks of rehearsing in preperation for recording with Butch in September.  So in the video you get to see this guy in action and hear what he has to say about Nevermind.  The second really cool thing is that at the very end of the video, Butch shows the various tracks for In Bloom and you get to hear Dave's harmonies right along with Kurt Cobain's vocals.  Cool to hear Dave's pre-Foo vocals and what his voice sounded like then.  Apparently he used to be really self-conscious about his singing ability, so it was interesting for me to hear something from early on and see  what his voice sounded like.  Maybe he hadn't developed his trademark scream yet.  Maybe he was a little off-key in spots.  Maybe his voice was high and whiny.  Nope.  None of those things.  Turns out his voice sounded great all along.


I hate Dave Grohl.
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Chris Shiflett, guitarist for the Foo Fighters,  recently discussed the new Foo album with Spinner.com.  Here's an excerpt from  that interview:

"What can we expect from the new Foo Fighters record?

It's a little too early to know exactly. We've just been learning songs and making some demos. Pretty much everything we've learned so far has been pretty upbeat and rocking and I think it sounds pretty good. I've read that Dave (Grohl) said It's gonna be the heaviest Foo Fighters record ever and I think it'll definitely be a lot more rocking than the last couple. Butch Vig (who produced Nirvana's 'Nevermind') is gonna produce the record. Dave built a studio at his house and we'll be recording it there. I believe the tracking room is in fact his garage! I should probably sell it as going back to basics. The truth is it's gonna be a world class studio. We'll have a bunch of good gear. But we'll definitely be going back to basics."

The part I'm excited about is that this confirms the kind of things I've read from both Dave Grohl himself and Taylor Hawkins.  Dave is excited about recording with Butch Vig again, who was the producer of Nirvana's  Nevermind album and helped make that album sound so  big and great.  I'll be  posting more about Butch Vig in the next week.  Taylor has also said (I'll have to paraphrase from memory here) that the new songs are shorter, harder and more back-to-basics rock and roll.  That's what  I'm talking about! 

I want a short, muscular, LOUD Foo Fighter's album.  Kind of like what Pearl Jam just  did with  their Backspacer album.  Except with the Foo Fighters I expect it to be catchier.  

To check out the full Chris Shiflett interview go here:
.http://www.spinner.com/2010/07/23/foo-fighters-chris-shiflett-new-album-details/

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