If you haven't had enough Dave Grohl in your diet

If you haven't seen this movie/documentary yet, I highly suggest you obtain a copy and watch it. It's about Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, CA. Everyone from Fleetwood Mac to Nirvana and Neil Young to Rage Against The Machine recorded there. A lot of people attribute the custom Neve 8028 Console for the sound that they were able to get while recording there. Drummers also love the sound that the studio seems to produce. Here's a quote from the Sound City wikipedia page, "Producer Greg Fidelman recorded the sound of a bass drum from each of the big recording studios in the Los Angeles area, subsequently playing the sample for Metallica without divulging from which studio the sound had originated. Based upon this sample, the band chose Sound City Studios to record Death Magnetic." When everyone else was going to all digital, Sound City stuck to analog tape recording. About 2/3 of the movie is about the recording studio and then the last 1/3 is Dave Grohl recording music with a plethora of people who've also recorded and love Sound City. If you're a music fan, you owe it to yourself to watch this movie. You can purchase it here for $12.99 OR you can "gift" it to someone for only $10. Create another email address and send it to yourself. I think it's only on sale for this week.


Another good music documentary (if you like the Foo Fighters that is) I finally decided to watch is Foo Fighters: Back And Forth. It's all about the Foo. Starting with a little bit of Nirvana, obviously, it tracks their entire history right up through their newest album, Wasting Light. This movie definitely reinforces my opinion that Dave Grohl is one of the coolest guys in the music business. He comes off a little like an ass sometimes, but he really is doing what's best for the band. One interesting fact is that Dave almost became the drummer for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Weird. This documentary does a great job of interviewing past members and people from other bands that members of the Foo have been in. It really is an entire history of the band. The Foo Fighters seem to have such an amazing time playing. These are the kinds of bands that I just love. There's a reason that whenever I list favorite bands, they're always high up on the list. After watching this movie, they may take the number one spot. You'll have to "obtain a copy" somehow because I don't believe it's streaming on Netflix or any other service.