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| The original line up, circa 1995 |
This past July marked the 18th year anniversary of the release of the debut Foo Fighters album.
On July 4th 1995 the album first hit stores, which coincidentally is both Independence Day in America and former drummer Will Goldsmith's birthday. As if that wasn't enough to make me feel old, I also owned this album on both CD and cassette.
While it is technically the first Foo Fighters record, in this case it's more like Dave Grohl's solo project, which he wrote and recorded himself and then later recruited Nate Mendel, Will Goldsmith and Pat Smear to tour with him.
The songs were decidedly simplistic, the production was lo-fi but with that said, it had a certain charm that the other records didn't have. Perhaps it was just a young Dave working with complete freedom, no pressure and no expectations from anyone. He obviously didn't set out to try an outdo Nevermind, but instead he wrote a decent set of loose knit songs that proved he was a little more than just a drummer.
Sure, it wasn't a meticulously crafted work of genius, but the album surely demonstrated he learned a thing or two from his previous band. It also hinted of good things to come in the future.
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