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In Dave Grohl’s world, if you want to direct a movie about a defunct recording studio, you make a few calls; take a few meetings, and wha-la! you’re a director. Similarly, if you need some fellow rock stars to record a tribute album supporting said tribute film, well — you get the picture. Thankfully, for the budding film auteur, Sound City – Real to Reel is everything we’ve come to expect from the former Nirvana drummer turned million-selling, molar-flashing Foo Fighter.
Writing and performing alongside Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks, Rick Springfield, Trent Reznor, Josh Homme, Rick Nielsen, Lee Ving of Fear, Corey Taylor, Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford of Rage Against The Machine, and the Foos, Dave Grohl’s Real to Reel is a nostalgic tribute to L.A.’s closed Sound City studio, the birthplace to Rumours, Damn the Torpedoes, Rage Against The Machine and Nevermind. Sound City – Real to Reel is high on energetic hits, worthwhile rock-star vanity pieces, and one extremely nasty miss. The album was recorded on Sound City’s original analog Neve console, now safely ensconced in Grohl’s 606 recording studio.
First, the “Best of Real to Reel“: Stevie Nicks croons in her classic adenoidal purr on the Rumours-worthy,… read more »
