Wasting Light

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FOO FIGHTERS: WASTING LIGHT DEBUTS AT #1 IN TWELVE COUNTRIES". RCA Records. 2011-04-20. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02 . Retrieved 2012-01-15. Ryan, Kyle (June 29, 2011). "Interview: Bob Mould". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012 . Retrieved January 15, 2012. a b c d e f g Peters, Mitchell (March 25, 2011). "Foo Fighters: The Billboard Cover Story". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013 . Retrieved August 13, 2011. Twenty years on from the landmark recording of Nevermind, Wasting Light sees Grohl reunited with that album's producer, Butch Vig and — for the first time since Kurt Cobain's suicide in 1994 — his former Nirvana bandmate, bassist Krist Novoselic. Two strict conditions were imposed upon the making of Wasting Light: Grohl insisted that it had to be recorded entirely to tape and, if that wasn't enough of a headache‑provoking scenario for Vig, entirely in the Foos' frontman's two‑car garage at his home in Encino.

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Turning to bass parts, Nate Mendel would record his Lakland Bob Glaub Signature bass through an Ashdown ABM 900 EVO II head with an Ashdown 8x10 cabinet. "He has a bunch of basses, but he really likes those Lakland basses,” says Vig. "I think we might have used a Fender on one song, I think we tried a Gibson Ripper on one song. But he's very fluid, he has a really good feel and that was almost more important sometimes than the sound — how the performance felt on the song.”Turner, Gustavo (2011-04-11). "EXCLUSIVE Interview: Dave Grohl on Cutting the New Foo Fighters Album's Master Tape to Pieces--and Giving Them Away to the Fans". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 2011-08-20 . Retrieved 2011-06-18. Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Foo Fighters; 'Wasting Light ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved December 8, 2021. The Garbage super-producer on recording the Foo Fighters' new album Wasting Light" Rhythm – June 2011

The album was made using only analog equipment. Digital equipment was only used after the album was made. [8] Grohl did this as he thought digital recording was "getting out of control". He also said that when he heard new music, all he could hear was drum machines. He didn't like the idea of not using real musical instruments. [5] When making the album, the band did not want to use digital recording as they wanted to sound how they did in their first albums. [6] The album was made in the garage of Dave Grohl, the lead singer and guitarist of the band. The house was in Encino, California. The album was made on only analog equipment. [7] [8] It was produced by Butch Vig. Vig had worked with Grohl in 1991 and 1992 to produce Nirvana's album Nevermind. [9] The band spent three weeks making sure they could play the songs well before recording, as no mistakes can be fixed after recording on analog equipment. [10] There were also guests who played on the album, such as Bob Mould, Krist Novoselic, Jessy Greene, Rami Jaffee and Fee Waybill. [5] Top 100 Album – Jahrescharts 2011" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016 . Retrieved May 23, 2021. a b Ryan, Kyle (April 12, 2011). "Foo Fighters: Wasting Light". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on April 15, 2011 . Retrieved April 12, 2011.Kot, Greg (April 1, 2011). "Album review: Foo Fighters, 'Wasting Light' ". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012 . Retrieved February 24, 2013. Foo Fighters: Wasting Light" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved June 26, 2016. Billboard 200 Year-End 2011". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018 . Retrieved May 4, 2012. For his part, Butch Vig took some convincing. "Well, the first day we sat down and talked about it,” the producer laughs, "he dropped one bombshell: 'I wanna do it in my garage.' I thought, Well, he's probably got a pretty nice garage. So we went down to his house and opened it up — and it's just a shitty little rectangular room, about 18 feet by 20 feet or something. Hard, dry wall. It just sounded like a trashy garage. But we put up a drum kit and four mics and Dave started playing and it sounded good. Really intense, because the room is small and the sound pressure was just super‑crushing loud. Then he dropped the second bombshell: 'I want to do it on tape.' I was like, 'OK...' — in my head, thinking what we'll do is we'll probably record on tape and then dump it into Pro Tools.”