The Foo Fighters‘ self-titled debut album just lately turned 30 and the Dave Grohl-led band seems to be in a nostalgic temper. That explains why the group dropped a shock cowl of Minor Menace’s early 1981 hardcore traditional “I Don’t Wanna Hear It” on Monday (June 30) as a part of a three-decade celebration they’re calling #FF30.
The accompanying video for the blitzing punk tune — which options an instrumental observe recorded in 1995 and vocals laid down this yr — is a lightning quick montage of candid, chummy pictures from all through the band’s profession, together with a wholesome dose of candy snaps with beloved late drummer Taylor Hawkins.
Although on the floor the blazing, barking vocals and triple-time pace of the observe are seemingly at odds with the Foos’ typical mixture of pop hooks and radio-friendly rock, the duvet makes excellent sense given Grohl’s punk rock pedigree. The singer/guitarist who was born in Ohio however moved to Virginia as a toddler was launched to punk by his cousin when he was 13-years-old, setting him on a path or rock that included teen stints in a sequence of bands together with Quick and Dain Bramage.
He joined the D.C. hardcore band Scream in 1986 as their drummer, teaming up with the group that was signed to Discord Data, an unbiased label based by Minor Menace’s Ian MacKaye. The unique model of “I Don’t Wanna Hear It” was characteristic on Minor Menace’s debut 1981 self-titled EP and on the Foos model Grohl barks out the long-lasting refrain: “I don’t need to hear it/ No, you’re stuffed with s–t.”
The track is the primary new music from the Foos since their 2023 However Right here We Are album and primarily based on the notes, the instrumental observe was recorded across the time of the discharge of the self-titled Foo Fighters debut — on which Grohl performed almost each word — with vocals laid down someday this yr.
The quilt is a part of an expansive thirtieth anniversary celebration that has included a barrage of Instagram posts of traditional music movies, promo pictures and reside efficiency clips from the group’s profession, in addition to a deep-dive Substack options notes, pictures and ephemera tied to the band’s 11 studio albums.
The Foos have been off the street and out of the information for a lot of the previous yr since Grohl revealed final August that he’d fathered a child out of wedlock. They’ve begun to slowly re-emerge with the #FF30 rollout and the announcement of their first run of reveals because the sacking of drummer Josh Freese in Could; the well-traveled session and touring drummer was tapped in 2023 to switch Hawkins after his shock death in March 2022 at age 50 whereas on tour in Colombia.
At current the Foo Fighters are planning to get again on the street in October with a present in Jakarta at Carnaval Ancol, adopted by an look at an F1 occasion in Singapore on Oct. 4, in addition to reveals in Tokyo and Osaka that month and a slot on the Corona Capital competition in Mexico Metropolis on Nov. 14; at press time no data was obtainable on who will play drums for these gigs.
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