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“Day two, Dave Grohl says, ‘You’re going to need more guitars.’ We walk into the shop and he’s going, ‘Get whatever you want.’ I was so freaked out”: Chris Shiflett on his guitar shopping spree when he first joined the Foo Fighters

Shiflett was taken to the store he’d once visited as a wishful-thinking kid – and was armed with Grohl’s credit card in order to get adequately kitted out for his new gig

Guitar World

"I don't only shoot famous people, but it's fun working with cranky old rock stars": Photographer Scarlet Page on her portraits of Lemmy, David Bowie, Dave Grohl, Chris Cornell and more

Scarlet Page has shot portraits of some of our greatest rock stars, and she's got stories about all of them

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“You’re hearing a shredder struggling on 11 flatwound strings trying to solo – I tried to mimic Thin Lizzy and Jurassic Park”: Amyl and the Sniffers are one of the hottest rock bands on the planet – and they got there by breaking punk’s no-solos rule

The fast-rising Australian outfit’s guitarist Declan Martens aims to sound like Angus and Malcolm Young together. He discusses his love of chunky strings, how to make guitar solos punk, and using Dave Grohl’s guitars while recording in the Foo Fighters’ studio

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Grohl fathers child outside marriage

In a statement, Grohl says he's doing everything he can to regain the trust of his wife and children

Salon

“At a certain point we couldn’t get into 606 anymore. Some band called the Foo Fighters had it booked out for a month”: Scott Ian and Jonathan Donais check in from the studio to explain why the new Anthrax record will “punch people in the face”

It's been a long time coming, but as Ian explains, life is complicated – and the forthcoming studio album from the Big Four alumni could be their best and heaviest since the ’80s

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Who are Dave Grohl's children? Foo Fighters singer reveals baby beyond marriage to Jordyn Blum

The Foo Fighters singer admits to fathering a child with a woman who is not his wife – but what other children does he have?

Evening Standard

“I’m Doing Everything I Can”: Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl Admits To Getting Mistress Pregnant

“Dave Grohl really DID have another confession to make.” The post “I’m Doing Everything I Can”: Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl Admits To Getting Mistress Pregnant first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Who are Dave Grohl’s wife and children? Foo Fighters frontman reveals birth of daughter ‘outside of marriage’

Musician revealed he has fathered a child ‘outside of his marriage’ and is working to regain wife’s trust

The Independent UK

Foo Fighters slam Trump for song use

A spokesperson for the band says that any royalties from the usage will be donated to the Harris/Walz campaign

Salon

“I always wanted to put together a Superstrat. That is so illegal in the Foo Fighters, but I’ve slipped it in without asking”: Chris Shiflett has taken a Superstrat on tour with Foo Fighters to divebomb in solos – and he got the idea from Richie Sambora

Shiflett's shift to a Strat-style Charvel custom build has given him free rein to dive bomb in the solo for Breakout and honor his guitar heroes

Guitar World

“I mean, that is like so illegal in the Foo Fighters but I’ve slipped it in just a little bit without asking!”: Chris Shiflett says Richie Sambora inspired him to take a pink Superstrat on tour with the Foos, and now he’s divebombing in solos

Nobody tell Dave...

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How a chance encounter in rural Ireland inspired Dave Grohl to form the Foo Fighters: “Even in the most remote area I could possibly find, I can’t outrun this thing... so I thought, ‘I'm gonna go home, and I’m gonna start over’”

The Irish hitch-hiker who inspired Dave Grohl to form Foo Fighters has come forward

MusicRadar

“I only played the drums on that song”: Foo Fighters cover Tenacious D but Dave Grohl forgets the words

Seems like the D haven’t been cancelled after all...

MusicRadar

Even hit band Teen Jesus struggles to make rock pay

A levy on tickets to artists such as Taylor Swift could help the likes of Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, whose musicians still have to work other jobs.

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“I was like, ‘OK, so how many songs am I not going to play bass on?’” Nate Mendel on the time John Paul Jones arrived for his Foo Fighters cameo

Foo Fighters’ ambitious double-disc In Your Honour included guest performers Josh Homme, Norah Jones and Led Zeppelin legend John Paul Jones

The National (Scotland)

Watch as Foo Fighters play Flower of Scotland to packed Hampden Park

THE Foo Fighters have serenaded Scottish fans by playing the unofficial national anthem during a packed gig at Hampden Park in Glasgow.

The National (Scotland)

Transport warning issued ahead of big event in Glasgow tonight

A travel warning has been issued ahead of an iconic rock band's Glasgow gig today.

MusicRadar

“I continue to miss Taylor, as does the band, his family, friends and the rest of the world.” Josh Freese pays tribute to Taylor Hawkins while marking one year as the Foo Fighters’ drummer

It's been 12 months since Freese was selected for one of the biggest gigs in rock

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Dave Grohl's guitars: meet the six-strings behind the Foo Fighters, plus get DG's tone on a budget

Want to know what guitars Dave Grohl plays? We unveil the nicest man in rock's guitar arsenal

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"Don't even get us started on that Van Halen sh*t": Wolfgang Van Halen plays Eruption and Hot For Teacher with the Foo Fighters

And The Cradle Will Rockville

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"Inside some of these catchy tunes lie really interesting voicings": Learn 4 guitar chords from the Foo Fighters

The best of Foo

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“It continues to be bittersweet. Part of me is like, 'I wish there wasn’t a reason for me to be the drummer in the Foo Fighters.’” Josh Freese on getting the call from Dave Grohl to take over from Taylor Hawkins

Plus, 5 other things we learned from the session ace’s interview with Rick Beato

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“It looks right, plays very well and most importantly, it’s punching above its weight in the tone department”: Epiphone Dave Grohl DG-335 first-look review

After waiting Everlong for an affordable version of Dave Grohl’s iconic Trini Lopez-inspired signature guitar, it’s finally here. Here’s our first impressions

Louder

“I fell in love with Highway To Hell when I heard it in my dad’s pick-up truck. Bon Scott had a cheek to him”: pop superstar Rick Astley on his love of AC/DC, Slipknot, Yes and Foo Fighters

From AC/DC’s Highway To Hell to Foo Fighters’ Everlong, these are the song Rick Astley is never gonna give up

Louder

"You have to manifest your destiny. You have to think about what you want to do, then do it": A celebration of the life of Taylor Hawkins

Two years on from the death of Taylor Hawkins, we remember and celebrate the life of the Foo Fighters drummer, natural showman and perennial 'Mister Fanboy'

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