Foo Fighters - The Teacher
Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters tells the story behind the song "The Teacher."
For the last episode of the year, I got the chance to drive up to Northridge, California, and have a conversation with Dave Grohl. We talked about the Foo Fighters song 鈥淭he Teacher,鈥� which is an epic, 10-minute-long song. Dave told me it鈥檚 the most important piece of music he鈥檚 ever written, because it鈥檚 dedicated to his mother, Virginia, who passed away in 2022. Dave Grohl started Foo Fighters in 1994, after Nirvana ended. This year, Foo Fighters set a record for having the most Top 10 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. They鈥檝e won 15 Grammy awards, including winning the Grammy for Best Rock album five times 鈥� more than anyone else. 鈥淭he Teacher鈥� is from their 11th album, But Here We Are, which came out in June 2023. I sat with Dave in the Foo Fighters practice space, and he told me the whole story of the song. Coming up, you鈥檒l hear the two voice memos he originally recorded on acoustic guitar, plus the two demos he made on his way to figuring the song out.
