Foo Fighters
One By One
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After a hiatus from his own band to play drums in the mighty, mighty Queens Of The Stone Age, former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is back with the home team for the release of One By One, Foo’s fourth official full-length release. Featuring cover art by Raymond Pettibon, this album contains 11 tracks of music that seem to represent a bit of a darker and more serious turn for the traditionally playful songwriter.The album’s first song, which is, incidentally, the album’s first single, is arguably the record’s best track, and sets a hard and driving tone that much of what follows has a hard time keeping up with. That is not to say it isn’t good stuff, but it’s hard to follow up a great song with a lot of good ones. Heavy riffing is a constant musical theme, presented on songs like “Low,” which is slightly metallic, sporting lots of floor tom and kick drum and lots of deep-toned riffs. Foo’s famous pop sensibility is retained, but applied in new ways. The song “Have It All” is a consistently driving song, but it’s surprisingly soft in overall aesthetic, perhaps due to the chorus’ lilt-y and multi-part vocal harmony and catchy construction. Grohl even delves into ballad territory on “Tired of You,” a mellow and intense little number that relies on gently venting vocals over intertwined acoustic and electric guitar parts to set the mood.
The first edition of this CD release comes with a companion DVD featuring two videos and one exclusive song, as well as a few other goodies.
– Max Sidman
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 Record Label RCA Records Released November 2002 |
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Bio[+]The name Dave Grohl first appeared on the lips of the music nation at large through his role smacking the skins for pensive Seattle grunge icons Nirvana, first appearing on their breakthrough album Nevermind. After the self-inflicted demise of Kurt Cobain, Grohl continued with what he had always been doing; writing songs. After recording 15 tracks and putting the word out that he had a new project, a massive bidding war ensued. The result was the 1995 self-titled Capitol debut of his new group, Foo Fighters. Blending hard guitar rock with pop punk melodies, the group quickly escaped the shadow of Grohl’s prior band. Foo Fighters — consisting of David Grohl (guitar and vocals), Nate Mendel (bass), William Goldsmith (drums, who was replaced by Taylor Hawkins) and Pat Smear (guitar, who was replaced by Franz Stahl, who was replaced by Chris Shiflett) — has consistently released albums sparkling expert with penmanship and wit, including 1997’s Colour and Shape and 2002’s One By One.
– Maurice S. Teilmann (November 2002)
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Bio[+]
The name Dave Grohl first appeared on the lips of the music nation at large through his role smacking the skins for pensive Seattle grunge icons Nirvana, first appearing on their breakthrough album Nevermind. After the self-inflicted demise of Kurt Cobain, Grohl continued with what he had always been doing; writing songs. After recording 15 tracks and putting the word out that he had a new project, a massive bidding war ensued. The result was the 1995 self-titled Capitol debut of his new group, Foo Fighters. Blending hard guitar rock with pop punk melodies, the group quickly escaped the shadow of Grohl’s prior band. Foo Fighters — consisting of David Grohl (guitar and vocals), Nate Mendel (bass), William Goldsmith (drums, who was replaced by Taylor Hawkins) and Pat Smear (guitar, who was replaced by Franz Stahl, who was replaced by Chris Shiflett) — has consistently released albums sparkling expert with penmanship and wit, including 1997’s Colour and Shape and 2002’s One By One.
– Maurice S. Teilmann (November 2002)