OUR NEXT GUESTS HAVE JUST RELEASED THEIR BRIM YANT 10th
ALBUM.
AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE CALLED 'MEDICINE AT MIDNIGHT.'
PLEASE WELCOME, THE GREATEST ROCK BAND ON THE PLANET, FOO
FIGHTERS!
HERE ON THE SHOW, HOW LUCKY ARE WE?
THIS IS A COVID BUBBLE I'D LIKE TO JUMP HEAD FIRST INTO.
WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?
>> WE'RE IN STUDIO RIGHT NOW.
WE COME DOWN HERE EVERY DAY AND REHEARSE AND REHEARSE REHEARSE,
TEXT TEXT TEXT, REHEARSE REHEARSE REHEARSE.
WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE RETURN.
>> James: YOU'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR OVER 25 YEARS NOW,
AND THIS PHOTO, ONE OF YOU JUST POSTED THIS IS YOUR FIRST-EVER
SHOW.
LOOK AT THE BABY FACES HERE.
LOOK AT THIS DAVE?
WAS THIS SHOW?
>> THAT WAS A FRIEND OF OURS HAD A LOFT SPACE AS THIS SORT OF
WAREHOUSE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, WE HAD BEEN PRACTICING ON OUR OWN
AND WE FINALLY GOT TO THE POINT OF WELL, MAYBE SOME PEOPLE
SHOULD HEAR THIS.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO LIKE A SHOW-SHOW, WE GOT A KEG OF BEER,
PUT IT IN THIS LOFT, WAITED UNTIL THESE PEOPLE WERE SORT OF
PLASTERED AND PLAYED.
IT WAS 1995, SPRING 1995.
>> James: WERE YOU ANY GOOD THIS NIGHT?
>> BEEN IT WILL THE INTENT WAS THERE AND -- WELL, THE INTENT
WAS THERE, WE WERE LOUD AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD HAVE
GUESSED WE WOULD BE AROUND 25 YEARS ARE LATER.
>> James: I'VE GOT TO SAY THIS, IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU
WERE AROUND.
LOTS OF BANDS ARE AROUND, YOU SEE POSTERS UP THEY'RE PLAYING A
SHOW.
I HONESTLY FEEL THIS ALBUM IS SO BRILLIANT, RIGHT UP THERE
AMONGST YOUR BEST WORK, THAT IS A HIGH BAR.
YOU'RE CALLING THIS YOUR PARTY ALBUM.
TELL ME, IF THE FOOS, IF YOU ARE THROWING A PARTY WHAT SORT OF
MUSIC COULD WE EXPECT ON THIS PLAY LIST?
>> JUT YACHT ROCK ALL THE TIME.
>> James: NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LARGE, BABY, YACHT ROCK ALL
THE TIME.
>> DEMONSTRATE UP ALL THE TIME.
>> James: I FEEL LIKE YOU WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THE MUSIC
WOULD I BE RIGHT ON THINKING THAT?
>> I'D PROBABLY PUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER OR SOME DISCO.
>> James: SENSATIONAL.
CHRIS WHAT ARE YOU THROWING IN THE MIX HERE?
>> I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST JOINED THE BANDS WE HAD A BIG
BOOM BOX L BACKSTAGE.
AND EVERY NIGHT THEY WOULD PUT ON JUVENILE.
>> James: I MEAN THIS MIX OF YACHT ROCK, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
AND BAGHDAD, THAT IS A PARTY WITH ME BUT ONE PERSON I WANT TO
PARTY WITH WITH THE BAND IS PAT.
WE SHARE A LOVE FOR A DPAIFORT ALBUM, WHICH I NEVER KNEW.
WILL YOU SHARE WITH US NOW WHO YOUR FAVORITE JAM IS?
>> MARIAH CAREYY.
CAREY.
>> James: MARIAH CAREY.
I WOULD NEVER HAVE -- WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ALBUM?
>> BUTTERFLY CASSETTE.
THAT'S HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE.
>> James: ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS DURING THE BREAK, FESTIVALS,
SHOWS HAVE BEEN BOOKING THIS SUMMER.
WHEN I SEE YOUR SHOWS YOU GIVE THE AUDIENCE REAL VALUE.
YOUR SHOWS CAN BE TWO, THREE HOURS LONG, IT'S A PROPER THING.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK YOUR FIRST SHOW BACK ON STAGE IS GOING TO
BE?
>> I MEAN CONSIDERING WE HAVEN'T PLAYED A SHOW IN A YEAR AND HALF
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO AVERAGE IN
BETWEEN SAY SEVEN OR NINE HOURS A NIGHT!
>> James: (LAUGHING) AND YOU'LL TAKE A BREAK IN THE
MIDDLE AND PLAY MARIAH CAREY'S BUTTERFLY IN THE PILD.
LISTEN, WHENEVER THAT DAY COMES I HOPE TO GOD I CAN BE IN THAT
SWEATY ROOM OR MUDDY FIELD.
I THINK THE WORLD IS GOING TO NEED FOO FIGHTERS THE OTHER SIDE
OF THIS.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, BECAUSE THE
FOO FIGHTERS ARE GOING TO PERFORM.