Foo Fighters have been working hard in a studio on the West Coast on the follow up to their 'One By One' album and apparently have five and-a-half hours of music ready.
On the band's official web site singer Dave Grohl writes: "I'm not gonna sit here and write about how this shit is 'The best stuff we've ever come up with', or how 'This is the album we've always wanted to make', but I will say this: Having a year to write and demo things at your own pace sure makes for better songs. In preparing for today's pre-production, I dumped all of the things I've recorded onto my computer ... and I wound up with five and-a-half hours of music. I just laughed. I'd love to have an album that requires us to stretch farther in both directions, eliminating any middle ground. The idea also comes from the fact that we've always explored both dynamics, just not to their fullest potential. Why not get heavier? Or quieter?Why try and cram all of that onto one CD? Why not make two albums, and call it one?"
Grohl goes on to talk about stumbling across an original cassette copy of the first Foo Fighters demo, which he recorded in Oct 1994: "Almost ten fucking years ago! It dawned on me that I am nearing a very special anniversary here. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I'd be sitting here, ten years later, writing to you about the preparations for our 5th album (double album, nonetheless)... Without too much reflection, I just have to say "thank you" to all of you for making the four of us very proud, and happy."