“This might ruin it for us forever now we’re going to think about it”: Dave Grohl explains how Foo Fighters guitarists work together like a drummer
Dave Grohl has compared the Foo Fighters’ triple-guitar rhythm work to that of a drummer.
In a brand new episode of the Shred With Shifty podcast – and the first of its second season – Grohl gathers with Pat Smear and host Chris Shiflett to break down how they work together as a three within the band.
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Grohl may well have picked up on the trio’s likeness to drum rhythms due to his iconic drumming background in Nirvana, and as they demonstrate via a short play through of Rope from their 2011 album Wasting Light, it starts to make perfect sense.
“Anytime I do a guitar interview people always ask, ‘how do you guys figure out who plays what and orchestrate it?’” begins Shiflett. “I always say, ‘we used to when you first came back [points to Smear, who rejoined in 2005 after leaving in 1997], it seemed like we thought about that a lot, and nowadays we just seem to kind of fall into it when we when we’re making records.’ So, what should we do to illustrate?”
Grohl replies, “It’s kind of drum related, the way it works. If you imagine playing a normal sort of 4/4 beat with two hands and one foot, you’ve got one hand that’s doing the eighth notes and then you’ve got your left hand that’s doing the twos and the fours, and you’ve got your kick drum that’s doing the one and the threes.
“So if you think of the way that we play together, each one of us is a different element of that thing. So you are typically the right hand [he points to Shiflett]. I’m typically the twos and the fours, and [Smear is] kind of on the ones. So if you put those things together, and this might ruin it forever for us now that we’re going to think about it, but it’s kind of that way.”
You can check out their short demonstration below:
The full episode of Shred With Shifty featuring Dave Grohl and Pat Smear is out now via all popular streaming platforms.
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