Foo Fighters Set to Unleash Two New Tracks on "Greatest Hits"

Madonna is unveiling two new tracks on her best-of collection Celebration, and now there's word Foo Fighters are doing the same. November 3rd's Foo Fighters Greatest Hits will include "Wheels" and "Word Forward," a pair of fresh tracks from Dave Grohl and Co. The band debuted "Wheels" in Washington, DC, over July Fourth weekend, when they performed at the USO's bash honoring military heroes. A press release confirms "Word Forward" was recorded with Butch Vig at the band's 606 Studios.

The band has yet to release a full track list for their first-ever best-of, but "The Pretender," "All My Life," "Learn To Fly," "Best Of You," "Times Like These," "My Hero" and "Everlong" will make the cut.

In addition to his role as Foos frontman, Dave Grohl has settled back into his seat at the drum kit for new supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, which has been snaking its way across Europe performing a series of secret shows (read Rolling Stone's report from London's tiny Brixton Academy). Grohl was also honored with his very own alley in his Ohio hometown recently. As Rolling Stone reported yesterday, two tracks from his previous band, Nirvana, will appear on Guitar Hero 5.

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“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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