Dave Grohl has insisted that rock music will never completely lose favour with true music lovers.
Billboards quotes the ‘Times Like These’ singer as saying the genre will always remain a vital form of artistic expression.
“Just because rock and roll isn’t number one in the commercial mainstream doesn’t mean it’s gone,” he asserted. “It doesn’t mean it’s dead. All I know is what rock and roll means to me. It’s this living, breathing thing that you can see in someone’s eye.”
Grohl also suggested that Foo Fighters’ seventh studio album Wasting Light contains gritty tracks reminiscent of the band’s early days.
He remarked: “There’s poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage… Why go into the most expensive studio with the biggest producer and use the best state-of-the-art equipment? Where’s the rock and roll in that?
“What happened to the kid who dropped out of high school, painted houses and worked in a furniture warehouse just so that he could get on the road and f**king escape from everything? I don’t like doing what people expect me to do.”
The singer has fronted hard rock group Foo Fighters for more than 15 years and has notched five US top ten LPs since releasing the band’s self-titled debut.
Wasting Light is released on April 12, while a documentary on the band’s history titled Back And Forth premieres on VH1 and VH1 Classic on April 8.
Grohl recently claimed that Foo Fighters took a lengthy break before recording their latest record amid fears that they’d become overexposed.
Watch the Back And Forth trailer below:
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