10 Rock Stars That Went Country (And Nailed It)

10. Chris Shiftlett

From the first time they played, the Foo Fighters were never really considered rock snobs by any stretch of the imagination. If you just listen to Dave Grohl's playlist, here's a guy who can play Slayer one minute and then be rocking out to the Bee Gees and ABBA right afterward. So with all of that musical ground to cover, why not bring some country into the mix as well?

Although it would have made sense for the country bug to get started during their trip to Nashville for Sonic Highways, Chris Shiftlett has a lot more miles with the genre than his bandmates. Around the time that the band were putting out albums like In Your Honor, Chris was already on the country bandwagon, going for the country music that was on the more outlaw side of the spectrum like Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash.

As the years go by, Shiftlett's non Foo material is practically 50/50 between traditional rock and roll and country music, especially when you look at his work with the Dead Peasants and Jackson United. For those of you still a little wary, this isn't the kind of bro country that you're going to hear all over the radio or anything. This is the kind of rustic roots music that is reserved for those born on the wrong side of the tracks. Given the guy's track record, it's only a matter of time before we eventually get a steel guitar on a Foos record.