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"Monkey Wrench" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters. It was released as the lead single from their second album, The Colour and the Shape.The lyrics chronicle the 1997 disintegration of singer/songwriter Dave Grohl's four-year marriage to Jennifer Youngblood.
"My Hero" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters. It was released in January 1998 as the third single from their second album, The Colour and the Shape (1997). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Lead vocalist and song co-writer Dave Grohl described the song as a tribute to "ordinary heroes."
After playing "Monkey Wrench" during the "pregame show" to the event, Smear announced that it was the final song he would play with the band, introducing Franz Stahl as the band's new guitarist before the band began playing "Everlong" later that evening. [32] "My Hero" was released as the third and final single from the album in 1998.
The day after his friend and producer Steve Albini died at the age of 61, Dave Grohl dedicated "My Hero" to him at a Foo FIghters show.
In late 1996, Dave Grohl was lodging at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington, recording what was to be the second Foo Fighters album.While playing around with his guitar during downtime between takes of the song "Monkey Wrench" (which is in drop D tuning), he stumbled on a "Sonic Youth rip off" riff, [7] which he felt had the same vibe as one of that band's songs, "Schizophrenia". [8]
For Foo Fighters, Donald Trump is no hero. The former president and convicted felon played the band's 1998 hit "My Hero" at a rally in Glendale, Ariz., on Friday to welcome Robert F. Kennedy, ...
The album included the singles "Monkey Wrench", "Everlong" and "My Hero". Smear left the Foo Fighters in 1997, citing exhaustion and burnout, and was replaced by Grohl's former Scream bandmate Franz Stahl . [ 16 ]
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) August 24, 2024 “I don’t think too many of you people have heard of him, he’s very low-key,” Trump said in Arizona, before the chorus of the 1997 track began.