“Every time I sing ‘If everything could feel this real forever’ – and everyone else is singing it in time – that’s pretty powerful”: How Dave Grohl created the cathartic rock anthem that became the Foo Fighters’ signature song

Foo Fighters.

The recording of the Foo Fighters’ second album The Colour And The Shape nearly saw the end of the band – with frontman Dave Grohl scrapping a whole album’s worth of material and disagreements causing their drummer to quit.

But an inspired late-night solo songwriting session produced a moment of genius that pushed the band to create their greatest album.