Foo Fighters have told of how their new album has seen them take inspiration from each city they recorded in.
Bassist for the band Nate Mendel revealed that the record 'Sonic Highways' is influenced by each of the eight different American studios they worked in, including New Orleans and Washington.
Foo Fighters / Credit: WireImageHe said in an interview with NME Magazine: "That was the idea. We wrote the bulk of the songs back in Los Angeles, so it was more a matter of experiencing each place, learning about the studio and then bringing in guest musicians.
"In Seattle we had Ben Gibbard from Death Cab For Cutie; in the desert outside Los Angeles it was Joe Walsh from the Eagles for a classic southern California feel - and sure enough, suddenly our song has layers of 'Hotel California' in it. That's where the local character came from."
Nate also admitted that lead singer Dave Grohl took real-life experiences and utilised them for the album.
"Dave took a creative leap on this one and decided to incorporate into his lyrics things that actually happened in the cities, and conversations that he had with the various musicians.
"So 'I Am A River' was inspired by the fact that under one of the studios we found there was an actual physical river."
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