“Music gives people hope. And we desperately need that now”: Foo Fighters take us inside Medicine At Midnight
On the day that the United States of America swore in its 46th Commander in Chief, the face of David Eric Grohl appeared on CNN almost as often as that of Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. The Foo Fighters, the channel told its viewers, would later be performing the song Times Like These at a socially-distanced, pre-recorded inauguration event featuring other top-ticket celebrities such as Bruce Springsteen, Tom Hanks, Jon Bon Jovi, and the new president himself. If you’re in the market for a sign that you and your group are truly, properly famous, this will do nicely. “It hasn’t sunk in yet,” Dave tells Kerrang!. It’s lunchtime at his home on the Pacific Coast. The bespectacled 52-year-old band leader is on a Zoom call to London. “We recorded that performance maybe a week ago and I&nb...
