Foo Fighters drop first new music since Dave Grohl scandal, celebrating 30 years as a band
Foo Fighters are releasing new music after a tumultuous few years.
With their new single "Today's Song," the band is celebrating three decades as a group – their self-titled debut album was released on July 4, 1995. In a release, the track was dubbed an "opening salvo" for the band's "next chapter."
Headed up by Dave Grohl, the rock collective has made an indelible mark on the genre, bringing reliably boot-stomping anthems to a loyal cadre of fans. In recent years, though, the group has suffered some upheaval, including the death of beloved drummer Taylor Hawkins in 2022, the unexpected firing of his replacement Josh Freese in May, and finally a paternity scandal that embroiled frontman Grohl.
In September, Grohl took to social media to share that he had fathered a child outside his marriage of 21 years.
"I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness," he wrote on Instagram at the time. "We're grateful for your consideration toward all the children involved, as we move forward together."
"Today's Song" marks the first musical release for Grohl since the revelation. The band's last full album, "But Here We Are," dropped in 2023. Whether the latest single preludes a fuller project remains to be seen.
"Over the years, we've had moments of unbridled joy, and moments of devastating heartbreak. Moments of beautiful victory, and moments of painful defeat," Ghrol wrote in a statement announcing the single. "We have mended broken bones and broken hearts. But we have followed this road together, with each other, for each other, no matter what. Because in life, you just can't go it alone."
He added that "without the boundless energy of William Goldsmith, the seasoned wisdom of Franz Stahl, and the thunderous wizardry of Josh Freese, this story would be incomplete, so we extend our heartfelt gratitude for the time, music, and memories that we shared with each of them over the years. Thank you, gentlemen.
Grohl used the statement to invoke the memory of Hawkins, who played drums and shared vocal lead for the band since shortly after its genesis.
"And… Taylor," he wrote. "Your name is spoken every day, sometimes with tears, sometimes with a smile, but you are still in everything we do, everywhere we go, forever.
"The enormity of your beautiful soul is only rivaled by the infinite longing we feel in your absence. We all miss you beyond words. Foo Fighters will forever include Taylor Hawkins in every note that we play, until we do finally reach our destination," he concluded.
The band is headed out on an international mini-tour beginning in October with shows in Japan, Mexico and India.