Watch Foo Fighters tell us how they wrote ‘Everlong’

"It was super raw", Grohl said of his original demo As Foo Fighters kick off their 2024 UK tour, revisit the time the band told us about the meaning and writing of their classic track ‘Everlong’. Watch the video below. Speaking to NME previously, frontman Dave Grohl said he “remembered coming up with the riff” for the song “while recording ‘Monkey Wrench’.

We were sitting in the studio in Washington...

and the song is in a drop D tuning and in between takes, I found that chord. “..

.then I was really into it and I formed it into a song. We were on a Christmas break [when it came together].

.. I demoed it all by myself,” Grohl added saying “it was super raw”.

Check out the full story behind the song here: Last night (June 13), Grohl and co. took over the Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester to begin their summer UK stint, which saw the band reshuffle their setlist to add in a surprise or two. The biggest surprise of the night turned out to be a previously unheard song, ‘Unconditional’.

A representative of the band told Consequence Of Sound that the track was “partially written and demo’d during home studio sessions years ago — but ultimately left unfinished”. The statement continued: “The band’s rediscovery of ‘Unconditional’ happened in true spontaneous Foo Fighters fashion: The song came up in conversation during rehearsals for the UK tour, and all it took was one run-through — The decision was made instantly to share it with everyone .