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Listening to The 2012 Grammy Awards

Music’s biggest night, overshadowed by the loss of one of the music world's brightest stars
- By Leslie Shapiro
- Posted February 13, 2012
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The 2012 Grammy Awards — "music’s biggest night" — was certainly a unique evening of entertainment. As Reba (when did she lose her last name?) pointed out, it brought together so many different aspects of the music industry. Where else would you find hip-hop newbies rubbing elbows with old-school crooners?

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Nirvana: Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind: Forever and Ever, Amen

20 years on, the album that throttled rock conventions still resonates.
- By Mike Mettler
- Posted September 26, 2011
“Simple needs and simple expectations make for beautiful longevity.”

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Maximum Impact

Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters propel rock back to the top with "Wasting Light"
- By Mike Mettler
- Posted July 7, 2011
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Dave Grohl and I are crouched together on a hot blacktop driveway that encircles the SoCal locale where the photo session for this exclusive S+V cover story is taking place. To the onlookers who shuffle past us and sometimes hover at a respectful distance, it appears as if these two hunched, animated, close-talking bearded longhairs are plotting to take over the world — and perhaps that’s not an entirely wrong assumption.

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Light to the Top

Foo Fighters debut at #1 — and tell S+V the all-analog inside story.
- By Mike Mettler
- Posted April 20, 2011
“From the bottom of our hearts, thank you everyone.

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Rope Burns!

Producer Butch Vig talks about recording “Rope,” the lead track from Foo Fighters’ new album Wasting Light.
- By Mike Mettler
- Posted April 15, 2011
I spoke with producer Butch Vig at length about the all-analog approach he took to recording the Foo Fighters’ kick-ass new album Wasting Light (Roswell/RCA) in bandleader Dave Grohl’s garage.

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