Posted by GoodFella77 at 12.31.136.44 on November 21, 2001 at 03:25:02:
In Reply to: Re: It's one of my favorite albums posted by Stoner2001 on November 20, 2001 at 18:29:58:
: Really? wow, Well, I kinda liked Next year and staked actors. Do you think it's better then colour and the shape? I read somwhere that dave dint think much of it either. i also heard he's making a new heavy album with a bunch of people. I dont know if thats seperate to the foo's or what.
: stoner dude
Dave's new heavy album is a side project called "Probot." Here's more info about Probot: Dave played all of the instruments for Probot (guitar, bass, drums) and has sent one song to various singers. Some people said to be involved are Celtic Frost's Thomas Gabriel Warrior, Soulfly's Max Cavalera, King Diamond, Corrosion of Conformity's Mike Dean, Venom's Cronos, Snake (formerly of Voivod and now with Union Made), Treble's Eric Wagner, Wino (formerly of the Obsessed and now with Spirit Caravan) and Slayer's Tom Araya. Also included are Motorhead's Lemmy and Pantera's Phil Anselmo
“It started in Jan of 2000,” Dave says of the Probot’s beginnings. “I’d called Adam Kasper, who produced and recorded our last record, to come to Virginia, because I wanted to record some heavy stuff”
He says “heavy” with a certain glee. Early that same year, Grohl had been on a promotional tour of radio and TV shows, endlessly strumming his pleasantly lightweight song ‘Learn to Fly’ on an acoustic guitar for days and weeks on end. Something had to give… and it was Dave’s patience.
“It was the song on the record that I liked the least, our middle-of-the-road song” he sighs. “I like the song, its fine, but after four f**king months, I was thinking, ‘What am I doing with my life?!?’ I just felt like, goddamn it, I gotta get back in the studio just to prove to myself that I can do something else other than AM-radio, alternative McDonald’s pop.
“So,” he continues, “I started writing these things. I didn’t know what I was doing… they didn’t sound like Foo Fighters song to me.”
After 7 of these heavy, dark and very fast metal songs had been completed, Dave was invited to sing on Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi’s self-titled solo album. Seeing how Iommi had recorded 12 tracks with different singers, much like Carlos Santana on his smash-hit album ‘Supernatural’, Grohl decided to put his own spin on the Probot project. The album would only feature singers from underground metal bands circa 1984 through 1990. Phone calls went out to the legendary and the semi-legendary, from King Diamond to Danish headbangers Mercyful Fate to Wino, of Maryland’s The Obsessed and Spirit Caravan.
A few song titles are: Ice Cold Man, Access Babylon, and Sweet Dreams.
I got this info at http://www.foofighters.com/faq/faq.shtml
Joe