This year, the Foo Fighters not only celebrate their 25th band anniversary, they also have to say goodbye to their drummer Taylor Hawkins. Now the band around Dave Grohl is releasing a comprehensive review of their joint work.
When Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died unexpectedly at the age of 50 in a hotel room in Bogotá at the end of March, it was a severe shock for his bandmates and all fans. All planned concerts of the world tour and a performance at the Grammys are then canceled, and it is still not entirely clear how the Foo Fighters will continue. But now a "Best of" will be released, reminiscent of the good old days with Hawkins.
Entitled "The Essential Foo Fighters", a collection of the quintet's greatest hits and their fans' favorite songs, including "All My Life", "Times Like These", "Monkey Wrench" will be available digitally, on CD and on vinyl starting Friday. , "Long Road To Ruin", "Best Of You" and "The Pretender". In total there are 21 tracks on the digital and vinyl release, while the CD comes with 19 songs. The conclusion is an acoustic version of the opener "Everlong".
The release is a comprehensive reminder of 25 years of Foo Fighters, which saw vocalist Dave Grohl, guitarists Pat Smear and Chris Shifflet, bassist Nate Mendel and keyboardist Rami Jaffee with Taylor Hawkins on drums and offstage.
At the beginning of September there was already a tribute concert for the deceased musician. Performing at London's Wembley Stadium were the likes of Travis Barker, Liam Gallagher, Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme, Kesha, Queen's Brian May, Nirvana's Krist Novoselic, Chic's Nile Rodgers and Metallica's Lars Ulrich.
But it was Taylor Hawkins' 16-year-old son who turned heads at the Foo Fighters gig. During the six-hour show, the teenager took his late father's place and performed the song "My Hero" with the band. 75,000 people in the audience - and countless other viewers on the streaming service Paramount and on YouTube - were enthusiastic.
