Foo Fighters · 1997 · drums by Dave Grohl
Monkey Wrench
From The Colour and the Shape. Advanced · Straight · rock
Tempo
174BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 150+
- Difficulty
- Advanced
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 144 and climbs to 174 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
Punk-fast eighths on the hat with the snare cracking on every backbeat, and a screamed bridge where the drums drop to the floor tom and rebuild. Stamina piece: the tempo never lets up for four minutes.
Advanced: Fast, odd, or both; the part is the reason the song is famous.
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 174 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.