Generator (Foo Fighters song)


"Generator" is a Foo Fighters song, released as a single in 2000 from their third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose. The single was only released in Australia and also released as a limited edition single in Europe.
The song is particularly unique among the band's work because of Dave Grohl's implementation of the talk box in parts of the song. The usage of the device was partly inspired by Grohl's admiration of Peter Frampton and Joe Walsh, both of whom helped popularize it in the 1970s.

Track listing

Australian CD

  1. "Generator"
  2. "Learn to Fly"
  3. "Stacked Actors"
  4. "Breakout"

    European CD

  5. "Generator"
  6. "Ain't It the Life"
  7. "Floaty"
  8. "Fraternity"
  9. "Breakout"

    7 inch

  10. "Generator"
  11. "Fraternity"

    Music video

No video was filmed for the single. Instead a live performance of the song recorded on February 1, 2000 at the Chapel Off Chapel in Melbourne, Australia was overdubbed with the studio version to promote the single and album. The performance was filmed and broadcast by Seven Network; Scott C. Wilson reedited the footage, using different camera angles, to make it. The music video for "Breakout" features the song "Generator" at the beginning on the video.

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