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Foo Fighters: "The Pretender" and "Rope" Lesson

Posted 05/25/2011 at 5:23am | by Guitar World staff

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An exclusive lesson with Foo Fighters mainman Dave Grohl.

Part 1: "The Pretender" In Part 1 of our exclusive lesson with Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters frontman talks about how "The Pretender" came together in between takes during the recording of Echos, Silence, Patience and Grace.

Part 2: "Rope" Dave talks about writing "Rope," the lead single off the new Foo Fighters album, Wasting Light, and reveals a surprising favorite Led Zeppelin album.