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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WELCOME BACK.
MY NEXT GUEST IS A 16-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING MUSICIAN
AND ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER FROM FOO FIGHTERS AND NIRVANA.
PLEASE WELCOME DAVE GROHL!
HEY, DAVE!
>> HI, HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD TO SEE YA.
>> Stephen: I'M DOING WELL.
NOW, WHAT I CAN'T BELIEVE IS THAT 2020 -- THIS IS THE 25
25th ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF THE FOO FIGHTERS.
THAT WAS FAST.
DID YOU HAVE PLANS TO CELEBRATE AND JUST COULDN'T BECAUSE OF THE
COVID?
>> YEAH.
WE HAD -- WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR THIS YEAR --
>> Stephen: SOME PEOPLE DON'T MARK ANNIVERSARIES.
>> -- YEARS AGO.
WE THOUGHT, OKAY, IT'S OUR 25th ANNIVERSARY, WE'RE GOING
TO MAKE OUR TENTH RECORD.
WE HAVE A WORLD DOMINATION SCHEME TO CIRCLE THE PLANET A
FEW TIMES, CELEBRATE WITH THE WORLD.
WE FINISHED MAKING A RECORD, HAD THE T-SHIRTS PRINTED AND
PRESSED, READY TO GO, TRUCKS FILLED WITH EQUIPMENT, AND
EVERYTHING JUST STOPPED.
SO WE -- >> Stephen: DO THE T-SHIRTS
SAY 2020 TOUR?
DOES IT SAY -- >> 25th ANNIVERSARY.
EVERYTHING.
>> Stephen: WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM NOW?
>> WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A CAN OF SPRAY PAINT AND
JUST PAINT A SIX OVER THE FIVE -- I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT
YOU DO.
WE DECIDED THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE YEAR.
WE WENT SO FAR AS TO MAKING A 25th ANNIVERSARY FOO FIGHTERS
COORS LIGHT CAN.
SO I HAVE PALLETTES OF THOSE THINGS AT THE STUDIO.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANY THERE?
I'D LOVE TO SEE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY?
>> WELL, SINCE THERE'S PALLETTES OF IT, LATELY, IT'S THE ONLY
THING I HAVE BEEN DRINKING HERE AT THE HOME OFFICE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THOSE LOOK LIKE A
TALL BOY.
IS THAT, LIKE -- >> I MEAN, IT'S A FOO FIGHTERS
SIZE BEER.
WE DON'T MESS AROUND WITH THE LITTLE PONY BOY THINGS.
WE DO THESE RIGHT HERE.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE ONE TO HAVE THE FEEL-GOOD STORIES OF
THE YEAR.
TELL ME THE STORY.
YOU ENDED UP DOING A DRUM BATTLE WITH A 10-YEAR-OLD IN THE U.K.
NAMED A NANDY BUSHEL.
TELL ME HOW IT CAME ABOUT.
SHE WAS ALREADY PLAYING FOO FIGHTERS SONGS ONLINE?
>> YEAH.
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, NIRVANA'S PRODUCER SENT ME A LINK TO HER
INSTAGRAM WHERE SHE WAS PLAYING A NIRVANA SONG "IN BLOOM."
SHE'S TEN YEARS OLD.
SHE'S THIS BIG, SHE'S TINY AND JUST BEATING THE CRAP OUT OF HER
DRUM SETS.
AND WHEN SHE DOES DRUM ROLLS, SHE SCREAMS.
AND NOT ONLY IS SHE PLAYING THE PARTS CORRECTLY, SHE SCREAMS
WHEN SHE DOES THE DRUM ROLL.
HE SAYS, SHE'S A FORCE OF NATURE.
TWO MONTHS AGO, SOMEBODY SENDS ME ANOTHER LINK AND SAID THIS
KID'S CHALLENGING YOU TO A DRUM BATTLE.
I SAID, ISN'T THAT CUTE?
SHE WAS PLAYING A FOO FIGHTERS SONG EVER LONG.
AT THE END SHE SAID, I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DRUM BATTLE!
I THOUGHT, THAT'S ADORABLE.
I GET ANOTHER TEXT, ANOTHER TEXT, ANOTHER TEXT FROM ALL MY
FRIENDS SAYING, DUDE, YOU HAVE TO STEP UP AND RESPOND.
YOU HAVE TO REPRESENT.
DON'T BE A WIMP, DO THIS.
I THOUGHT, I'LL PLAY SOMETHING SIMPLE AND SEND IT TO HER.
ONE DAY LATER SHE COMES BACK WITH HER RESPONSE AND SHE WIPES
THE FLOOR.
SHE'S KICKING MY AS!
THIS KID IS, LIKE, KICKING MY BUTT AT THE DRUMS.
SO WE WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THIS DRUM BATTLE.
IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I -- SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO
CONCEDE DEFEAT.
AND HERE I WAS -- >> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP, I
THINK.
WE HAVE A CLIP, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PLAYING TOGETHER OR
YOU'RE PLAYING OVER HER OR SHE YOU, BUT WE HAVE THIS CLIP.
JIM, HIT IT.
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>> Stephen: THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
YEAH, SHE SMOKED YOU.
>> THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.
>> Stephen: SHE SMOKED YOU.
IT WAS LIKE BEING CALLED OUT BY THE SCHOOL BULLY, LIKE, I'LL
SEE YOU ON THE PLAYGROUND AFTER SCHOOL!
AND EVERY TIME SHE WOULD SEND ME A VIDEO, SHE WOULD PUT IT UP AND
I WOULD THINK, OH, MY GOD I'M GOING TO GET MY AS KICKED AGAIN.
IT HAPPENED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS HAVE A NW ALBUM.
DO I HAVE IT HERE?
I DO.
"MEDICINE AT MIDNIGHT" COMES OUT FEBRUARY 5, 2021.
WAS THIS AFTER COVID?
>> NO, WE STARTED OCTOBER 2019, AND INSTEAD OF JUST BOOKING INTO
A STUDIO AND MAKING A RECORD LIKE EVERY OTHER BAND DOES, IT
WAS LET'S MOVE INTO A HOUSE, WE PUT THE DRUMS IN THE-BEDROOM AND
WE STARTED RECORDING AND THEN WE REALIZED THAT THE HOUSE WAS KIND
OF HAUNTED.
AT FIRST WE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A WEIRD VIBE AND THINGS WERE
KIND OF BEING TINKERED WITH WHEN WE WEREN'T AROUND, BUT WE WOULD
COME BACK IN THE MORNING AND INSTRUMENTS WOULD BE TUNED AND
WE WOULD HEAR THINGS ON THE PRO TOOLS RECORDING SYSTEM THING AND
LEVELS ON OUR MIXING BOARD WERE CHANGED AND WE SET UP A BABY CAM
TO SEE IF WE COULD SEE ANY PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
IT FREAKED US OUT, YOU KNOW.
SO THE ALBUM IS NINE SONGS BECAUSE WE JUST RECORDED NINE
AND GOT THE HELL OUT OF THERE.
WE WERE, LIKE, THAT'S ITCH.
>> SIT.>> Stephen: WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING TONIGHT?
>> "SHAME SHAME."
IT'S OUR FIRST SINGLE.
>> Stephen: THE MAN THE DAVE GROHL.
STICK AROUND FOR A PERFORMANCE BY FOO FIGHTERS.
THANKS, DAVE.
>> GOOD TO SEE YA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO.
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