{"id":508561,"date":"2026-04-02T07:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/508561\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T07:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:35:21","slug":"ive-never-met-anyone-like-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/508561\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019ve never met anyone like him\u2026\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSteve was never one to cage a musician, impose any boundaries,\u201d says Dave Grohl, recalling his long association with producer Steve Albini and the pivotal learning experience of their first encounter: Nirvana\u2019s third and final studio album, In Utero<\/a>, made with Albini and released in September, 1993. \u201cHis intention was to capture the sound and the moment that a song arrives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grohl remembers the start of the album\u2019s blitzkrieg genesis: \u201cWe loaded in, he miked everything up, we got sounds, and he said, \u2018OK, what\u2019s first?\u2019 We said Serve The Servants. We played it once. He said, \u2018OK, what\u2019s next?\u2019\u201d The album was finished in ten days.<\/p>\n

Kurt Cobain\u2019s determination to record with Albini predated 1991\u2019s\u00a0Nevermind<\/a>. Bassist Krist Novoselic<\/a> remembered listening to Albini\u2019s work on the Pixies\u2019 1988 LP\u00a0Surfer Rosa<\/a>\u00a0in Nirvana\u2019s tour bus. \u201cKurt made a proclamation,\u201d he told MOJO’s David Fricke in 2013. \u201cHe actually put his finger in the air: \u2018This is the drum sound. Hear that snare sound? This is what we want.\u2019 That\u2019s how we got to\u00a0In Utero.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Albini died of a heart attack at his Chicago home in May, 2024, aged 61, the obituaries covered his history with seminal post-punk bands Big Black and Shellac but inevitably led with his most acclaimed productions:\u00a0Surfer Rosa, PJ Harvey<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Rid Of Me<\/a>\u00a0(1993) and\u00a0In Utero. \u201cWhen [Nirvana] had their shit together, they tended to knock things out and not mess around,\u201d Albini said. When Cobain overdubbed his vocals, \u201che sang the bulk of the album in one session.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Recorded over a matter of weeks at Grohl\u2019s small home studio, Foo Fighters made their forthcoming new album\u00a0Your Favorite Toy\u00a0with the same urgency (\u201cIf we got something on the first take, it was a trophy,\u201d Grohl boasts) and attention was paid to Albini\u2019s envied way with drum sounds. \u201cDave talks about making records with Albini all the time,\u201d says engineer Oliver Roman. At one point, drum tracks were played back through a speaker in Grohl\u2019s garage for that Albini depth-charge effect.<\/p>\n

Grohl remained a friend and fan after\u00a0In Utero, featuring Albini in the inaugural episode of his HBO documentary series Sonic Highways. \u201cWe shared a sharp, dark sense of humor,\u201d Grohl says, speaking exclusively in the latest issue of MOJO<\/a>. \u201cI would get texts from him asking if it\u2019s true that all the punk bands in D.C. were inspired by Iron Maiden. I was heartbroken when he passed. I\u2019ve never met anyone like him, and I\u2019m sure I never will.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was something we needed to do, because it saved us once before…\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking to MOJO his first in-depth print interview for four years, Dave Grohl unveils a new chapter in his musical odyssey, previewing Foo Fighters\u2019 incendiary new album, while still processing the fallout from Taylor Hawkins\u2019 tragic passing four years ago. \u201cWhy do I keep doing this?\u201d he asks David Fricke. \u201cI don\u2019t know the answer….\u201d Get the latest issue of MOJO to read the interview in full. More information and to order a copy HERE<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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