On April 12, 2011, “Roswell/RCA” label released “Wasting Light”, the seventh Foo Fighters studio album. It was recorded September – December 2010, at Dave Grohl’s garage, and was produced by Butch Vig. In 2012, “Wasting Light” earned Foo Fighters five “Grammy Awards”, including “Best Rock Album”. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, 2 x Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”, and Platinum in UK by “BPI”.
Personnel:
- Dave Grohl– lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar
- Pat Smear– rhythm guitar, lead guitar, baritone guitar
- Nate Mendel– bass
- Taylor Hawkins– drums, backing vocals, percussion
- Chris Shiflett– lead guitar, backing vocals, tenor guitar
- Bob Mould– guitar and backing vocals, backing vocals
- Krist Novoselic– bass, accordion
- Rami Jaffee– keyboards, mellotron, organ
- Jessy Greene– violin
- Fee Waybill– backing vocals
- Butch Vig – percussion
- Drew Hester− percussion
- James Brown – engineer
- Alan Moulder– mixing
- Joe LaPorta– mastering
- Emily Lazar– mastering
- Morning Breath Inc. – art direction, design
- Steve Gullick – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear.
- Bridge Burning
- Rope
- Dear Rosemary
- White Limo
- Arlandria
- These Days
- Back & Forth
- A Matter of Time
- Miss the Misery
- I Should Have Known
- Walk
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