I was lucky enough to be down at the studio the day John Paul Jones came down.
"Christopher Aubrey "Chris" Shiflett" is best known as the guitarist/lead guitarist for the Rock music/rock band Foo Fighters since 1999, and the punk rock band No Use for a Name, as well as the punk rock cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. He is the younger brother of musician Scott Shiflett.
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It took a while once we started recording ('In Your Honor') for us to really know if we were actually going to go through with it and actually make a double record with the acoustic stuff. It was a risk, sure, but when we were done recording, we felt pretty strongly that we'd made a great record.
We haven't gotten into touring the acoustic stuff yet.
To me, that's a good reason right there for making it a double record, because not everybody's going to be stoked on that side of the band.
Don't look for us to be pulling out the acoustic guitar and the stools on this trip.
It's the best U.S. tour we've ever done, hands down.
He didn't have the aura of a rock icon. He was just a regular guy. To have the bass player walk in the room with a mandolin over his shoulder is kind of a bizarre experience.
When you put out a double album, you're afraid everyone's gonna go 'What the f-- is that?' .
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