First, Foo Fighters' much sought after "Million Dollar Demos" finally got a release in their entirety. These One By One era demos got their name as a joking reference to the band's first attempt at recording the album. Turbulence within the band made for some troubled times and as a result the album was essentially scrapped and the group started from scratch recording it. Snippets floated around previously, but for the first time we get to hear the whole thing.
Some initial impressions -
I hate the mix and production of One By One. The sound is so compressed and overdone with that album. The demos have a much more organic sound, thankfully. All My Life had a much more haunting intro originally. Admittedly, I think with this one they got it right for the album, the final product was much better sounding to me. Burn Away on the other hand benefits from a more raw, live sound. Halo, Have It All and Overdrive are interesting listens but none of them strike me as better or worse. The big surprise here are Lonely As You and Come Back. Both, in demo form, were noticeably more rock. Come Back, especially just was much harder sounding and really better than the album version, in my opinion. Though, the final version had it's merit with it's moodier sound and instrumental break. Good to finally here it all, for sure.
A whole slew of Nirvana goodies surfaced, too. All of which are awesome. Including the Fecal Matter demo in complete form.
So the question now...is Dave Grohl behind this all? If I remember correctly when "You Know You're Right" leaked, there was a lot of talk that he was behind that, more or less to spite Courtney Love. Maybe this time is just for fun. Regardless of the source, fans are quite elated about this leak.
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