Foo Fighters · 1997 · drums by Dave Grohl
Everlong
From The Colour and the Shape. Intermediate · Straight · rock
Tempo
158BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 150+
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 128 and climbs to 158 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click. "Play the groove" opens the beat itself in the Groove Lab, as closely as a sixteenth grid can hold it.
What the drums do
Driving eighth notes on the hi-hat at a tempo that only feels fast once your right hand gets tired. The famous fill into the chorus is sixteenths across the snare and toms; the pre-chorus builds on the floor tom. Grohl played it himself after re-recording the album's drums.
Intermediate: Needs independence, a feel, or fills you have to learn.
Dave Grohl
- Read the Dave Grohl feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Dave Grohl's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1997 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Dave Grohl songs
Songs at about 158 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.