July 4, 2025 • 1 min
As Foo Fighters prepare to mark the 30th anniversary of their debut album this Friday (July 4), Dave Grohl has offered up both a written and audio recollection of how the band first came together.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Here's what's trending in the world of rock. It's the
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Speaker 2 (00:07):
As Food Fighters prepared to mark their thirtieth anniversary of
their debut album on July fourth, then Golds offered up
while they've written in audio recollection of how the band
first got together. Within the discussion, he recalls having a
dinner party where he broke out a Ouiji board and
began to contemplate the musical future with a group of
musicians that eventually would come to form his foot Fighters band.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
It's been thirty years since I sat beside Nate Mendel
with my hands on that wija board and the last
time I ever touched one. But I now realized that
there was no way to predict what was to become
of our lives that night, And just as I was
that stormy Thanksgipping evening in nineteen ninety four, I'm still
grateful for life, love music, and the mystery of where
(00:45):
this path may lead us next. Let's keep moving.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
The Food Fighters have returned to the spotlight this past week.
Earlier this week, the band issued a cover of Minor
threats I Don't Want to Hear It. Later, they followed
up with their first original song since the but Here
we Are album cycle. The new song is Mode Today's
Song and serves an uplifting and triumph recollection of the
journey of the band has Undergone. You can hear here
on C one on one.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Keep listening to iHeartRadio. For more rock news, see one
oh one Rocks
Here's what's trending in the world of rock. It's the
iHeartRadio Rock Report.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
As Food Fighters prepared to mark their thirtieth anniversary of
their debut album on July fourth, then Golds offered up
while they've written in audio recollection of how the band
first got together. Within the discussion, he recalls having a
dinner party where he broke out a Ouiji board and
began to contemplate the musical future with a group of
musicians that eventually would come to form his foot Fighters band.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
It's been thirty years since I sat beside Nate Mendel
with my hands on that wija board and the last
time I ever touched one. But I now realized that
there was no way to predict what was to become
of our lives that night, And just as I was
that stormy Thanksgipping evening in nineteen ninety four, I'm still
grateful for life, love music, and the mystery of where
(00:45):
this path may lead us next. Let's keep moving.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
The Food Fighters have returned to the spotlight this past week.
Earlier this week, the band issued a cover of Minor
threats I Don't Want to Hear It. Later, they followed
up with their first original song since the but Here
we Are album cycle. The new song is Mode Today's
Song and serves an uplifting and triumph recollection of the
journey of the band has Undergone. You can hear here
on C one on one.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Keep listening to iHeartRadio. For more rock news, see one
oh one Rocks
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