Drummer makes an attempt to play Foo Fighters’ complete discography in a single sitting for charity
Drummer Greg Barton will probably be “Foo Combating Most cancers” by taking part in each Foo Fighters track ever made in a single sitting for charity.
Barton will drum his method by 128 songs on June 7 in honour of his grandmother, who has most cancers. He’s additionally paying tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who handed away in 2022.
In complete, Barton will probably be taking part in for nine-and-a-half hours and plans to do it with out stopping. He has been getting ready for months, isolating every Foo Fighters drum observe with AI to enhance his apply classes.
“Earlier than you say, ‘That’s unimaginable,’ I did a six-hour play by final month and really feel assured I can go the space!” he stated.
The occasion will probably be livestreamed and all proceeds will probably be donated to the Most cancers Analysis Institute. You may donate to Barton’s fundraising web page here.
In the meantime, final week drummer Josh Freese paid tribute to Hawkins on his first anniversary in Foo Fighters.
“A 12 months in the past right this moment this aired and I acquired to cease maintaining quiet about what had been known as “the worst saved secret within the music enterprise” on the time (although I believed we did a reasonably good job on our finish),” he wrote on Instagram.
He continued: “@foofighters launched an hour-long particular of us taking part in some songs at rehearsal. Right here’s three clips of the primary track. I really like the best way it got here out and am happy with it. I joked that every one we actually wanted was ‘All My Life’ after which transfer on (as a result of it’s so goddamn good.)
“That being stated, I proceed to overlook Taylor as does the band, his household, associates and the remainder of the world,” Freese concluded. “We additionally proceed to try to profit from the state of affairs by transferring ahead and doing what we love doing….taking part in music, honouring Taylor and staying optimistic.”
The transferring put up in regards to the late drummer and his time within the band additionally comes after Freese lately recalled the sudden second Dave Grohl requested him to hitch the band.
“I used to be on a stroll with my spouse and a few of our canine, and I am going, ‘Ah, Dave simply tried calling me like 20 minutes in the past’,” he instructed Rick Beato in a current interview. “And he or she’s like, ‘I do know why he’s calling you’. I used to be like, ‘Straightforward. I’m not considering that’. I swear to God, that’s not why I believed [he was calling].”
“I stated, ‘Hey, did you go report?” Freese continued, earlier than including that Grohl responded: “‘Yeah, we recorded a bunch of stuff. And I performed drums, and I’m actually proud of the best way it sounds. [I’m] actually enthusiastic about it… And we had the drummer speak. And we would like you to be the man’.”
Foo Fighters are as a result of tour within the UK this summer season, with the run of dates together with two reveals on the London Stadium. Find any remaining tickets here.
They’ll head out on the street in North America subsequent month, with tickets for those concerts available here.