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Foo Fighters: Back and Forth

Release Date 07 Apr 2011 04 Dec 2011

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Certificate: 15A

Genre: Documentary | Musical

James Moll's documentary chronicles the 16-year history of the Foo Fighters: from the band's very first songs created as cassette demos Grohl recorded during his tenure as Nirvana's drummer through its ascent to their Grammy-winning, multi-platinum, arena and stadium headlining status as one of the biggest rock bands on the planet. This chronicling of the Foo Fighters' triumphs and tragedies will culminate in an in-depth behind the scenes perspective on the making of the new album: a process in which the band pushed itself forward by going fully back to basics and recording in Grohl's garage completely on analog tape. No computers, no software - just a band recording an album to tape in a garage.

Cast:
Dave Grohl | Taylor Hawkins | Nate Mendel | Chris Shiflett | Pat Smear | Butch Vig | William Goldsmith | Franz Stahl

Writers:

Producers:
Nigel Sinclair | Alex Brunner | Glen Zipper | Michele Farinola

Directors:
James Moll

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    mart

    This documentary takes you through the history of one of the greatest rock bands of our time, from the sudden death of Nirvana to the recording of the 2011 album "Wasting light". It's touching, funny, honest. And it shows two things: a) Dave Grohl, the nicest guy in rock'n roll can be an asshole too

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    ging-grr

    As a Foo Fighters fan I enjoyed this documentary chroicling their history and making of their new album "Wasting Light". It was a nice mix of interviews, live footage and video. The interviews are quite candid and I personally think it's nice that it was a guts and glory documentary, not just focusing on the good but also looking at all the bad from down through the years also even at times not painting the best picture of the band members, it was honest, something that isn't true of other similar documentaries. I also enjoyed hearing the new album before it was released :) Eventhough the sound was a bit off.

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