10 Most Underrated Foo Fighters Songs
8. Up In Arms (1997)
The Colour and the Shape made up Foo Fighters' second album. It marked a changed both in tone and recording process from their debut. Dave Grohl famously wrote and recorded all the parts for the debut himself; the name Foo Fighters was only picked to disguise the fact it was a solo project. By the time it came to record a second album, Grohl had secured himself bass player, Nate Mendel, and brought in Pat Smear to add a second guitar.
The initial recording process was anything but smooth, however. Grohl was dissatisfied with William Goldsmith's drumming, and the decision was made to start over. The group rented a spot in Hollywood; a part time recording studio/porn set... Grohl initially intended to rerecord only a handful of the drum tracks himself, but eventually redid the majority. The tension caused Goldsmith to split from the group, but the resulting record was a hit.
Among Foo Fighters classic like Everlong, Monkey Wrench and My Hero, the album also contained the short by sweet, Up In Arms. Grohl's song writing had developed massively since his debut, his lyrics were less nonsensical and more literal, and his approach to structure became more sophisticated. Up In Arms starts off as a gentle musing about lost love, but fairly soon a classic Grohl-drum-roll signals in a defiant punk-inspired number.