The third, still-untitled album from ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters will represent a "clear evolution" for the group, according to the band's co-manager.
"Dave is hard at work on the record and we expect it will be completed in
the next four to eight weeks," said Gary Gersh, executive at the band's management firm, GAS Entertainment Company.
Gersh said he expected the band's third album to be out in the fall, although it is unclear what label will be releasing it. The Foo Fighters' contract with Capitol Records expired last year.
A dozen-plus songs have been recorded by Adam Kasper (Soundgarden, R.E.M.) at Grohl's Virginia home, Gersh said, and all bandmembers are working on the sessions.
Gersh would not reveal the names of any of the new songs, but fan Brian Spekis, who maintains an unofficial Foo Fighters page, "Foo Fighters Internet Archive" (www.foofighters.net), claims to have spoken with Grohl and to have received a number of tentative song titles.
Among the songs Spekis lists are: "Generator," "Got No Crime (Ain't It the Life)," "Aurora," "Breakout," "Learn To Fly," "Fuck Around," "Fraternity," "Try Me On" and "7 Corners." A spokesperson for the band's publicity firm, Nasty Little Man, would not comment on the tentative titles.
Grohl formed the Foo Fighters in 1995 following the 1994 suicide of Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain. The band's debut album, a mix of aggressive guitar rock and pop melodies, was built on home recordings Grohl had amassed during his years on the Washington, D.C., punk scene, several of them as drummer for the hardcore punk band Scream.
Grohl played all the instruments on the debut, which featured such hits as "This Is a Call" (RealAudio excerpt), "I'll Stick Around" and "Big Me." He formed a touring band that included Sunny Day Real Estate bassist Nate Mendel and that band's drummer, William Goldsmith, as well as former Germs and Nirvana guitarist Pat Smear.
The group recorded its sophomore album, The Colour and the Shape, in 1996 with Pixies producer Gil Norton. The album featured the radio hits "Everlong"
(RealAudio excerpt) and "My Hero" (RealAudio excerpt).
Goldsmith quit the group in February 1997 and rejoined a re-formed Sunny Day Real Estate. Smear left in September that same year. He played his final gig with the band Sept. 4 at the MTV Video Music Awards, where he announced his decision to leave after playing the Foo Fighters song "Monkey Wrench."
Alanis Morissette drummer Taylor Hawkins replaced Goldsmith and ex-Scream/Wool guitarist Franz Stahl took Smear's place.
The Foo Fighters will play Woodstock '99 in July, likely previewing songs from the album.
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