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(Credits: Far Out \/ Kenny Stoff \/ Foo Fighters)<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s easy for many artists to become a lot more conceited as they get older. It\u2019s easy to separate the classic albums when looking back on one\u2019s legacy, but there comes a point where they have to thank everyone who brought them to that spot before they had any kind of buzz behind them. While Dave Grohl<\/a> was more than appreciative of anyone who helped him reach rock stardom, some people deserved something more than a simple thank-you behind the scenes.<\/p>\n Then again, there are a handful of people in Grohl\u2019s life that he doesn\u2019t have the chance to thank any more. There isn\u2019t a day that goes by where he probably isn\u2019t reminded about being the drummer in Nirvana, and despite being the John Bonham of the 1990s in many respects, one of the only reasons why Foo Fighters works the way it does is because of what Kurt Cobain brought to Grohl\u2019s other band when he started making the anthems of his generation.<\/p>\n Any band member like that is someone you hold onto tight, but Cobain ended up falling into the trap that far too many people never recover from. After he took his own life, Grohl was convinced that he didn\u2019t need to play music ever again, but once he started picking up the pieces of his broken state of mind, Foo Fighters was the kind of cure that made him realise why he wanted to play music for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n But beyond the actual players, there\u2019s much more to offer on Nevermind than the songs. Cobain had the basic pop melodies down to a science, but the way that Butch Vig produced everything was the ideal version of what a rock album should sound like, making sure that the guitars are roaring throughout every song and pushing Cobain to run through as many vocal takes as he could to make sure that they had a lot to work with.<\/p>\n For Grohl, it was always important that he had the drums exactly right. He may have had trouble tracking some tunes on the record like \u2018Lithium\u2019<\/a> and \u2018Something in the Way\u2019, but since Vig was a drummer first in Garbage, he knew the importance of getting the drums to pop in the mix, and when listening to the massive drum roll that kicks off \u2018Stay Away\u2019 or the opening crack of \u2018Smells Like Teen Spirit\u2019, Grohl\u2019s snare hits may as well have been a cannon blast announcing the grunge movement.<\/p>\n