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The fact that Dave Grohl<\/a> could move past Nirvana with Foo Fighters is practically a miracle. <\/p>\n Any other musician would have never wanted to pick up an instrument ever again once they lost someone as important as Kurt Cobain, and yet Grohl is probably counting his blessings every single day for being able to play to stadiums all around the world. But since they were famous right out of the gate, there were bound to be a few moments that Grohl wasn\u2019t especially proud of behind the scenes.<\/p>\n Before they had even made a proper album, Grohl was already going through the growing pains that every other band spends their first few years going through. William Goldsmith was a great drummer, but since he wasn\u2019t what Grohl was looking for, going through both him and Franz Stahl within the span of a few years was bound to be stressful when it came time to make a new record. But after the dust settled, Grohl knew the best way to get away from it all was to come back home.<\/p>\n Making a record in his house probably wasn\u2019t going to be the coolest decision circa 1999, but listening to There is Nothing Left to Lose is like a ray of sunshine through all of those dark times. Not every tune is necessarily the cheeriest of all time, but whether it\u2019s on the heavy riffs of \u2018Stacked Actors\u2019<\/a> or the echo-laden guitar riffs on \u2018Aurora\u2019, you can tell that Grohl is finally settling into his role as a songwriter.<\/p>\n Then again, the whole record is a lot lighter than the average hard rock fan would have wanted. The band sounds great when working as a trio, but when taking the deep dive, there are a lot more songs that follow the lead of tunes like \u2018Learn to Fly\u2019 than you might think. That song was far from the worst tune in the world, but if Grohl wasn\u2019t a fan of his pop-radio smash, he was going to have even more disdain for what turned up on \u2018Next Year\u2019.<\/p>\n Granted, there\u2019s nothing inherently wrong with it, either. In fact, it\u2019s actually better than \u2018Learn to Fly\u2019 in many respects. The guitar riff might be incredibly simple, but the open chords combined with those gorgeous harmonies make it sound somewhere between Eagles and something that would have turned up on The Beatles\u2019 Rubber Soul. But for someone who never liked Eagles, Grohl did have his fair share of problems with the tune.<\/p>\n