Foo Fighters' Chris Shiflett is taking his other project, Jackson United, on a tour of the US and the UK, and is about to release a new album, 'Harmony And Dissidence'.
Speaking about the album, he explained that he had drafted in Foo bandmates Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins to help with the recording. "They play drums between the two of them on the new record," Shiflett said. "They're both such ridiculous drummers that they just listen to the song and play it the right way and it's better than anything you could've thought of. There wasn't a whole lot of instruction involved." They won't be joining him on tour, however. "It's one thing to get them to come into the studio for a couple of days", Shiflett continued, "it's another thing to get them to commit to touring for weeks in a van. They're certainly nice guys but maybe not that nice".
He went on to say that he's enjoying the scale of Jackson United, saying: "We're just starting out, people don't know who we are, but that's sort of the fun of it for me. This is definitely as diametrically opposed to the Foo Fighters as I think you could possibly be. You're playing to like 100 people in a bar and they don't know who the fuck you are. You gotta earn it".
The album has just come out in the US and is scheduled for release in the UK on 3 Nov. The band will play a number of UK tour dates to coincide with the release.