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Foo Fighters: There Is Nothing Left To Lose

On November 2, 1999, “Roswell” and “RCA” labels released “There Is Nothing Left to Lose”, the third Foo Fighters studio album. It was recorded March – June 1999, at “606” in Alexandria, Virginia, “Conway” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Adam Kasper, Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel and Taylor Hawkins. In 2001, “There Is Nothing Left to Lose” won the “Grammy Award for Best Rock Album”.

Personnel:

  • Dave Grohl – vocals, guitars, drums, percussion, loops, mellotron, talk box, art direction
  • Nate Mendel – bass, art direction
  • Taylor Hawkins – drums, percussion, art direction
  • Adam Kasper – recording, mixing
  • Andy Wallace – mixing
  • John Nelson – mixing assistant
  • Tod Reiger – mixing assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Henry Marquez – art direction
  • Danny Clinch – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel and Taylor Hawkins.

  1. Stacked Actors
  2. Breakout
  3. Learn to Fly
  4. Gimme Stitcher
  5. Generator
  6. Aurora
  7. Live-In-Skin
  8. Next Year
  9. Headwires
  10. Ain’t It the Life
  11. M.I.A.

Steve Mackey

On March 2, 2023, Stephen Patrick Mackey died aged 56. He was musician (bass) and music producer, member of the band Trolley Dog Shag, but was best known as the bass guitarist of Pulp. As producer he worked with Arcade Fire, The Long Blondes, M.I.A. and Florence + the Machine.