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Showing posts with label sound city studios. Show all posts
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Dave Grohl giving his Keynote speech at South By Southwest (SXSW) 2013 is a must see for all music fans. Watch it now!
Dave Grohl's freshest sonic assault, 'Sound City: Real To Reel', was released earlier this week. In celebration of this historic release, Grohl recently unleashed a performance video from the studio that features him along with two members of his Sound City Players ensemble: Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor on keyboards and Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme on bass. Watch the video HERE!
The album, which you can crank below, is the soundtrack to the Sound City documentary, which is already available. For more information, check out the film's website, soundcitymovie.com.
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Dave Grohl's freshest sonic assault, 'Sound City: Real To Reel', will see the light of day tomorrow, Tuesday, March 12th. In anticipation of this historic release, Grohl has unleashed a performance video from the studio that features him along with two members of his Sound City Players ensemble: Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor on keyboards and Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme on bass.
The album, which you can crank below, is the soundtrack to the Sound City documentary, which is already available. For more information, check out the film's website, soundcitymovie.com. NOTE: Grohl's Sound City Players will perform at SXSW March 14.
Last night, many of Rock N' Roll's finest stars took over New York City's Madison Square Garden for "12.12.12" the Concert For Sandy Relief. The live music event helped provide assistance to the millions of people throughout the tri-state area who have been affected by Hurricane Sandy.
Towards the end of the event, which finalized around 1 AM Eastern Time, THE BEATLES' legend Paul McCartney was joined by the surviving members of NIRVANA - Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic - and Pat Smears from the FOO FIGHTERS. The group performed "Cut Me Some Slack", a song that will be available to purchase as part of a live compilation album of songs from the evening. It will also be included on the soundtrack of Grohl's NEW movie, "Sound City Movie" (Watch the trailer HERE).
Before introducing the song, McCartney said: "Recently some guys asked me to go and jam with them. So I showed up... and in the middle of it, these guys kept saying, 'We haven't played together for years, you know?'
"The penny finally dropped, I finally understood that I was in the middle of a NIRVANA reunion."
Here is some video footage of this historic performance:
Recently, the FOO FIGHTERS announced a hiatus after 18 years of rocking the entire world. HERE is a statement posted by the bands frontman Dave Grohl.
So what is in the Grohl agenda for the rest of this year and in 2013?
Well, Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme revealed to Zane Lowe on his BBC Radio 1 show that Grohl will be drumming for the band on their NEW album! However, Grohl has announced via this interview that he will not be touring with the band. So why will Grohl not be touring with the band? Well, he is very busy with the "Sound City Studios" documentary. Read more HERE.
Grohl drummed on Queens’ 2002 'Songs For The Deaf' and performed alongside Homme and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones in Them Crooked Vultures. Queens Of The Stone Age play Download 2013. Get your tickets from www.downloadfestival.co.uk.
Grohl told BBC Radio One: "There were no boundaries with that band, there were no limits
with them . . . I'll do something so completely ridiculous, I'll just,
like, 'There's no way that that Josh is going to let me do that,'
and he'll say, 'Do that for forty-five seconds, over and over again,
that's become, like, part of the song, that is a big part of the song,'
and that's the way they work."
The film is about Sound City, the Van Nuys, California, studio that served as the recording space for several musicians and groups, including Fleetwood Mac and Tom Petty. Grohl's band Nirvana even recorded their groundbreaking album 'Nevermind' in the iconic studio.
Grohl was inspired to create the film after purchasing the studio's Neve 8028 recording console in 2011. Sound City ceased its recording activities that same year, according to The Los Angeles Times.
The documentary features interviews from several famous rockers including Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, Trent Reznor, Lars Ulrich, Corey Taylor and many more.
Roswell Films Presents: Sound City. A Film by Dave Grohl. Coming February 2013. Sign up to receive pre-order info at http://soundcitymovie.com
In May of 2011, Sound City Studios (located in Van Nuys, California) was shut down as a commercial studio. Sound City Studios has quiet a history, having had many legends of music record classic records inside the studios on Cabrito Road off the 405 freeway. Some artist that recorded at Sound City Studios are:
- Fletwood Mac
- Neil Young
- Tom Petty
- Eric Clapton
- Nine Inch Nails
- Slipknot
- Nirvana
So what is the connection between Sound City Studios and Dave Grohl? Well, not only did Nirvana record their groundbreaking album 'Nevermind' there, but Grohl is now the proud owner of the 1970s Neve Console that captured plenty of magic! Here is a message that Grohl had for the Skeeter family, who owned Sound City Studios for many years:
"Thank you so much for the opportunity to own the board. I wouldn’t even have the computer I’m sending you this e-mail on if it wasn’t for this board."
In order to pay tribute to Sound City Studios and all the artists that recorded there, Grohl has announced that he will be producing a documentary about the magic behind the studio. "When Sound City closed last year, it was a very sad day. That place was like a church. The list of people that recorded there reads like a virtual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame... We recorded 'Nevermind' there back in 1991."
He continued, "That funky old place had the best drum room in world. The drum sound at the beginning of 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' — that's Sound City.
"I decided to make a film about that feeling you get when you put five guys in a room, hit 'record' and the hair on the back of your neck stands up. Expect some epic jam sessions."
One of the artists that will be joining Grohl on this awesome project is Corey Slipknot from Slipknot and Stone Sour. Here is what Taylor had to say about being part of this awesome project:
"[Dave is] doing a documentary about the legendary board from Sound City that everybody and their mom recorded on — everybody from 'Nevermind' to, actually, [SLIPKNOT's] 'Iowa'... And he's slowly but surely gotten all these people together to make music on that board again. And he called me. He was like, 'Would you like to do a tune?' I was like, 'Are you serious? I'm on a plane right now.' And it's really cool, because it's me, Dave and Rick Nielsen [CHEAP TRICK] on one tune. And I'm like, 'Ahh…. Excuse me?!' It's just a huge check mark on my bucket list, let's put it that way. And I'm really ecstatic. It's a really good tune."
Other musicians that will be part of the documentary include RATT's Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini, as well as REO SPEEDWAGON frontman Kevin Cronin.
