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"I remember it like some people remember the Kennedy assassination. It made me want to be weird." How watching one episode of iconic US TV show Saturday Night Live in 1980 changed future Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl's life forever

Dave Grohl on the musical performance that blew his 11-year-old mind

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Dave Grohl spends birthday cooking for families displaced by LA fires

The Foo Fighters frontman turned 56 on Tuesday

The Independent UK

“An original icon built by the same artisans who built them 30 years ago”: Mesa/Boogie is reviving the Dual Rectifier – the hallowed amp head that defined the sound of 1990s high gain music

The original Dual Rectifier arrived in 1992, and was championed by a huge array of guitar greats, from Foo Fighters to Tool and Korn

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“Chris Shiflett has this great AC30 from the ’60s; that’s the main amp on the album. That and a Princeton Reverb – until I blew it up”: How one-man blues rock band Steve Hill cheated death – then found redemption at Foo Fighters’ Studio 606

Hill survived two road traffic accidents and a house fire, but through grief and cracked ribs he made it, got his new record in the can, and this is its story

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“Kurt was sitting in the bathtub with a Walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter

Best of 2024: “I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat”

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'Her vocals are tremendous': Dave Grohl's daughter Violet preparing debut album

Dave Grohl's teenage daughter is working on her first album and has been playing live regularly on the Sunset Strip.

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“She’s a true torch singer. Her vocals are tremendous.” Dave Grohl's daughter Violet is working on her debut album

Violet Grohl is working on music with producer Justin Raisen (Kim Gordon/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Viagra Boys) according to The Hollywood Reporter

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“There was a time you wouldn’t have touched a Superstrat, at least in my world – that was very illegal. It’s cool to be able to let go of those old feelings and those silly rules”: How Chris Shiflett learned to love his inner shredder

The Foo Fighters guitarist discusses playing with Brian May, the lessons of his podcast –and how his new Cleaver Telecaster Deluxe got its name

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“I blew it up and replaced it with a black-panel Deluxe. He probably doesn’t know...”: Steve Hill on the time he recorded at Foo Fighters’ studio – and broke Chris Shiflett’s prized Fender Princeton

Hill’s experience of recording at the Foo Fighters’ legendary Studio 606 turned into a costly endeavor

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“When you start looking at Paul McCartney, you start playing the song wrong”: Chris Shiflett on what it's like to share the stage with Macca – and Brian May

After joining the Foo Fighters, Shiflett found himself rubbing shoulders with some of the best in the business

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Go record-shopping for less this Black Friday! EMP is offering up to 28% off on selected rock and metal vinyl

Rock out and save with these deals on records by Foo Fighters, Lamb Of God, Amon Amarth and more

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“There’s three of us playing guitar in Foo Fighters… A lot of tone details can get lost, which is what drew me to the Cleaver – that P-90 cut”: Chris Shiflett on how he found his weapon of choice with his Fender Cleaver Telecaster Deluxe

Here is Shiflett on his P-90 epiphany, why everyone should have 500K pots on their guitar, and everything you need to know about his new signature Tele

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“Kurt ended up giving me this rad guitar!”: Foo Fighters’ Pat Smear recalls how his ‘good’ guitar wasn’t good enough for Nirvana

He heard somebody say: “We can’t let him on stage!”

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“We’re doing my first-ever gig with Nirvana on SNL. What I didn’t know was there was a discussion about my guitar like, ‘No, we can’t let him on stage’”: Pat Smear’s first Nirvana appearance almost didn’t happen – because of his guitar

Smear had bought a 1982 Charvel when he was playing with Nina Hagen – but the guitar didn't quite impress the Nirvana troupe

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“It’s been road-tested, dropped on its head, kicked around, x-rayed, strummed, chicken-picked, and arpeggio swept!”: Fender and Chris Shiflett team up for signature Cleaver Telecaster Deluxe

The Foo Fighters guitarist's new signature workhorse is named the Cleaver because it cuts through the mix

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“It’s been road-tested, kicked around, X-rayed… We’ve made a guitar that's adaptable to all situations”: Fender and Chris Shiflett cut no corners in creating the new signature ‘Cleaver’ Telecaster – a long-awaited replica of his Masterbuilt model

The P-90-loaded workhorse was first teased earlier this year, and has been rigorously road-tested over a number of months in order to meet the Foo Fighters guitar maestro’s exacting standards

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“I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat”

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Dave Grohl 'no longer working with divorce attorney' after fathering secret child

Foo Fighters frontman hoping to reconcile with wife Jordyn Blum after admitting fathering a child with another woman

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“The Foo Fighters discovered a ghostly presence that not only knew how to terrify people, but also about the ins and outs of using Pro Tools”: The scariest places music has been recorded

Here's where you might NOT want to record your next album…

The Independent UK

Dave Grohl’s daughter shares first Instagram post since father’s secret baby scandal

Dave Grohl and his wife Jordyn Blum share three daughters

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Dave Grohl’s Daughter Returns To Social Media With Cryptic Post After His Secret Baby Scandal

Violet Grohl broke her silence over a month after her father announced he had fathered a child outside of his marriage. The post Dave Grohl’s Daughter Returns To Social Media With Cryptic Post After His Secret Baby Scandal first appeared on Bored Panda.

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"There was a rumour going round that I was British, rich and faking the Aussie thing." Punk rock saviours Amyl And The Sniffers on finding hope in music, Timmy Mallet and those nepo baby accusations

Amyl And The Sniffers hit the cover of Louder, where they discuss everything from new album Cartoon Darkness, to the best rumours they've ever heard about themselves and how to succeed in pub rap battles

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“The authentic genre-defining sound of one of the world’s most ferocious high-gain amps”: Universal Audio unveils the UAFX Knuckles ’92, offering monster Dual Rectifier tones in a compact pedal

The Dual Rectifier shaped an era of rock and metal tone and the Knuckles '92 Rev F Dual Rec Amplifier pedal brings its Metallica and Foo Fighters-approved firepower to your pedalboard

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“It’s a fantastic song.” The Struts' Luke Spiller and late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins recorded a James Bond theme song, but had it rejected in favour of Billie Eilish's Oscar-winning No Time To Die

The Struts frontman Luke Spiller hasn't given up on his dream of writing a James Bond film theme, even if he lost out to Billie Eilish last time

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Dave Grohl 'given ultimatum' by wife Jordyn Blum

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl was reportedly given an "ultimatum" by his wife Jordyn Blum after she found out he had fathered a child with another woman.

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