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Washington, DC

Foo Fighters commemorate their 20th anniversary by documenting the eight-city recording odyssey behind their latest studio album, as the band tours America.

Foo Fighters go on a musical tour of America, from the desert to the Midwest and from jazz to punk, visiting the studios and meeting the musicians that have helped shape the country's vast musical wealth. Directed by Dave Grohl, the series taps into the musical heritage and cultural fabric of eight cities where the location is only revealed once each episode is broadcast - Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle and Washington DC.

Along the way they record their eighth studio album, one song in each city at a legendary recording studio integral to its history. Every track features local legends and each episode delves into the identity of each city - showing how the region shaped the members of the Foo Fighters in their formative years and, in turn, how they impacted the cultural fabric of their hometowns. Sonic Highways is, in Grohl's words, 'a love letter to the history of American music.'

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1 hour

Music Played

  • Foo Fighters

    Something From Nothing

  • Carl Stone

    Nyala: Second Section

  • Carl Stone

    Chao Nue 1990

  • Nona Gaye

    Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

  • Joni Mitchell

    Both Sides Now

  • Joni Mitchell

    Woodstock

  • Bad Brains

    Pay to Cum

  • Bad Brains

    Sailin' On

  • Bad Brains

    Red Bone in the City

  • Peter Frampton

    Do You Feel Like We Do

  • Ted Nugent

    Stranglehold

  • Ted Nugent

    Wang Dang Sweet Poontang

  • Foo Fighters

    Arlandria

  • Starland Vocal Band

    Afternoon Delight

  • Marvin Gaye

    Let's Get It On

  • Nils Lofgren

    Back It Up

  • Duke Ellington

    Take the A Train

  • Rollins Band

    Liar

  • Ted Nugent

    Motor City Madhouse

  • The Teen Idles

    Trans AM

  • The Teen Idles

    Deadhead

  • The Teen Idles

    Adventure

  • Foo Fighters

    Feast and Famine

  • Rare Essence

    Get Your Freak On

  • Chuck Brown

    Funky Beat

  • Fugazi

    Waiting Room

  • Trouble Funk

    Good to Go

  • Trouble Funk

    Don't Touch That Stereo

  • Trouble Funk

    Grip It

  • Trouble Funk

    The Beat (Part 1)

  • E.U.

    Cabbage Patch

  • Minor Threat

    In My Eyes

  • Minor Threat

    Seeing Red

  • Fugazi

    Break

  • Minor Threat

    Minor Threat

  • Scream

    I Look When You Walk

  • Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers

    Bustin' Loose

  • Chuck Brown

    Hah Man

  • Trouble Funk

    Straight Up Funk Go Go Style

  • Chuck Brown

    Wind Me Up!

  • Trouble Funk

    E Flat Boogie

  • Slug Go

    Crazy

  • Bad Brains

    SuperTouch/ShitFit

  • Minor Threat

    Stumped

  • Mission Impossible

    New Ideas

  • Marginal Man

    Identity

  • Fugazi

    KYEO

  • Michael Hedges

    Rickover's Dream

  • Scream

    Walking By Myself

  • Bad Brains

    Attitude

  • Bad Brains

    Banned in D.C.

  • Parliament

    Chocolate City

  • Bad Brains

    Right Brigade

  • Scream

    Poppa Says

  • Sigur R贸s

    Samskeyti

  • Minor Threat

    Small Man, Big Mouth

  • Trouble Funk

    Good to Go

  • Beastie Boys

    So What'cha Want

Credit

Role Contributor
Director Dave Grohl

Broadcast