10 Awesome Albums Made Entirely Of Outtakes
9. Medium Rare - Foo Fighters
Regardless of your feelings about their music, Foo Fighters always seems to be a band that treats their fans really well. From their rigorous touring schedule to their prolific album and re-release output, it feels like Dave Grohl and the rest of the band are fans just as much as their own fans are.
Given their admiration for all stripes of rock, Medium Rare is the sound of the Foos as the most raucous cover band going today. While drummer Taylor Hawkins always has a cover band to play with when not on the road, these cuts show the band's versatility as artists. Many artists the band cover like Thin Lizzy and Cream fit right into the Foos' mold perfectly, while others like Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" show how the band can reimagine 70's pop.
It doesn't stop there though, with the band taking songs by the Zombies and beefing them up as well as blowing up Prince's "Darling Nikki" to epic proportions. Grohl even has special guest Brian May appear on the group's cover of the Pink Floyd classic "Have a Cigar." This may not be an all-time classic Foos album, but Medium Rare shows a peek behind the curtain as to what makes the band tick musically.