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Foo Fighters’ Demos Leaked!

Alan Cross 3 Comments

They call them the “million dollar demos,” recordings made in 2001 as a test-run for their One By One album, a record that had a long and difficult birth process.  Fans will remember that Dave and the crew gave up for a while. Dave cleared his head by recording and touring with Queens of the Stone Age.  

These tracks–recorded at a cost of a million bucks, hence their name–have never seen the light of day. Most are still locked away somehow, but two songs–alternate versions of “Have It All” and “Come Back” have escaped into the wild.

 


Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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3 thoughts on “Foo Fighters’ Demos Leaked!”

  • Wow!!! I think I like them more, raw and "from the guts" sound. Nice.

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  • Thankfully they reworked "Come Back"! The released version is so much heavier and moodier. It's one of my all time favourite Foo's songs. In this case the demo was just a starting point thankfully, and not the finished product!

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  • Darren Barker
    May 11, 2012 at 1:46 am
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    I wonder where I got my copies then that I've had for quite some time? BSide collection maybe?

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