“Stacked Actors” by Foo Fighters

"Stacked Actors" comes from Foo Fighters' third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose, from 1999, and went out as a single in January 2000, though only Australia got a commercial release, a limited one; everywhere else it was promo copies for radio. It's Dave Grohl letting his metal fantasies off the leash: the low E string dropped all the way down to A, giving the main riff its thick octave crunch, with jazzy, hushed verses and a softer ending to make the heavy parts land harder.

Grohl sings, plays guitar and percussion and shares the drum credit with Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel plays bass, and the three split the writing. Adam Kasper produced it with the band and recorded and mixed it. It later turned up in Guitar Hero: Metallica and as downloadable content for Rock Band 3.

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