Foo Fighters - Back And Forth [Documentary.]

Back And Forth is a documentary on the life of the Foo Fighters, explaining the highs and lows of the band, the creation of it, and also detailing every album they have released. The current line-up are interviewed giving their thoughts and opinions on the events, as well as former members William Goldsmith and Franz Stahl. 



The documentary starts from the demise of Nirvana and into the rise of Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl tells a very raw account of what his emotions were with Kurt Cobain’s overdose, and also the unfortunate front man’s death.

Afterwards, the Foo’s discography is then selected in order, and the audience are given the purpose, and the atmosphere around the then to-be created album. We are also told of the tension boiling within the band, which was much unexpected. 

Many lows were displayed at one point, such as Pat Smear’s desire to leave, Nate Mendel leaving for a brief moment and the freezing out of former members drummer William Goldsmith and guitarist Franz Stahl. It also detailed the feelings on drummer Taylor Hawkins’ overdose, and also how the band were feeling when Grohl became the drummer for Queens of the Stone Age for their third record, Songs for the Deaf.

The most shocking moment for me was Dave Grohl redoing every drum part contributed by Goldsmith without his knowing. This then turned into the release of the band’s second album The Colour And The Shape. Showing that Grohl, so often referred to as “The Nicest Guy In Rock n Roll” with such a callous side to him was certainly surprising. However, this did not produce a sense of hatred towards him, because he was telling the audience truthfully and he was displaying so much emotion about it.
There were also many high moments in this feature film too, the audience were allowed to see the creation of the Foo’s new album Wasting Light, and it revealed that we were witnessing a band that were finally happy to be together. There were many happy moments too, such as Grohl’s daughter telling him that he said he would go swimming while he was recording a guitar layer for one of the new songs. 

It allowed the audience to feel more connected with the band, because they were laughing along with the band at these times, while also feeling sympathy toward them in the raw emotion displayed in the interviews. It also allowed the audience to feel a lot more connected to Mendel and Chris Shiflett, who are not as outgoing as Grohl or Hawkins.

After the documentary, we were treated to the Foo’s performing the entirety of Wasting Light live. It was exciting to see the Foo’s return with a much better sound, full of the distortion, guitar solo’s and a lot of Grohl’s screaming to cap off a truly amazing documentary.
Long live the Foo's.