Releases Album

One By One

The album that breathed new life into the band, “One By One” - the fourth Foo Fighters record – took shape over several sessions spanning from November 2001 to May 2002, the first to feature Chris Shiflett on guitar.

With initial production by Adam Kasper, the early recordings went through their growing pains and, for all that had been invested, were not harnessing the sound that the band needed from themselves. When a move to Conway Recording Studios and a change of scenery couldn’t shake the cobwebs (producing only one finished song, ‘The One’, as part of the Orange County movie soundtrack), a break was called, adding to the uncertainty about the album’s strength.

Feeling the strain, Foo Fighters agreed to fulfil a deal to play at the Coachella Festival in April, after which they would read the vibes and decide how to proceed. As it turned out, their set was such blistering hot fire that it revived their enthusiasm for Foo Fighters and the troublesome record that refused to go unfinished!

Now with Nick Raskulinecz as their producer, the songs were first reworked at Taylor Hawkins’ home studio in Topanga with new ideas thrown into the mix, including ‘Times Like These’ and ‘Disenchanted Lullaby’. For the numerous months of hair-pulling and cup-throwing, the album that would become “One By One” was in the end completed in a matter of days via fractured recording sessions at Studio 606 in Alexandria and The Hook Studios in Los Angeles, the full four members never recording together.

The wait, and the worry, was ultimately worth it. The album was finally dropped on October 22, 2002, with over 100,000 copies sold in its first week, and it would win Foo Fighters two Grammys the following year.