"Probot" was their first and only album of the Dave Grohl's Project, "Probot". It was released in February 10, 2004 by Southern Lord Records. Probot was a heavy metal side project of ex-Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters guitarist and lead-singer Dave Grohl. An album was recorded out of the material and released in February 2004. Dave Grohl has voiced his appreciation of heavy metal numerous times over the years, whether it be trying to convince his Nirvana bandmates to have Sepultura open shows on the In Utero tour or playing with the Foo Fighters alongside Slayer, Pantera, and Black Sabbath at Ozzfest 1998 in the U.K.. But he was never so exuberant about his metal fixation until he issued the all-star project Probot in the early 21st century. As just about any rock fan knows, Grohl spent the '90s playing with two of the decade's most successful alternative rock acts, Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. And while both acts included elements of hard rock/metal in their sound, Grohl started to feel that he was becoming too closely linked to the more melodic side of rock. So when he came into some free time shortly after the dawn of the 21st century, he constructed a plan. Grohl began writing, playing (almost entirely himself), and recording an album's worth of metal tunes that harked back to the sound of the aforementioned bands of the '80s. When it came to laying down vocals, Grohl came up with another idea -- instead of handling the vocal duties himself, he would get the singers from his favorite metal bands of yesteryear to lend a hand (as well as contribute lyrics). On the album, Grohl teamed up with heavy metal vocalists from 1980s and 1990s bands who influenced his musical tastes while he was growing up. Similar to 1995's Foo Fighters, Grohl wrote all of the music and performed most of the instrumentation. Each track on the album features a different lead singer including Lemmy, Max Cavalera and King Diamond. Some of the singers who contributed to the album did not work directly with Grohl; instead, the tapes were shipped from studio to studio until the album was finished. Grohl approached death metal legend Chuck Schuldiner of Death, who was at the time battling brain cancer, to contribute to the project, and even campaigned to raise funds to help Schuldiner pay his medical bills, but Schuldiner died before any collaboration could happen. Grohl also attempted to get Slayer's lead singer Tom Araya on the album, but he was unable to due to scheduling conflicts. Despite the project getting press coverage from the get-go, it took a few years to finally see the light of day, as record label red tape halted its release (as well as the simple fact that no major labels would commit to backing an album showcasing cult metal singers of the '80s). But Grohl eventually found a taker with the indie doom metal label Southern Lord, which issued the self-titled album (as a CD and double vinyl record) in February of 2003 Tracklist : 1. "Centuries of Sin" (feat. Cronos of Venom) 2. "Red War" (feat. Max Cavalera of Soulfly, Sepultura, Nailbomb and Cavalera Conspiracy) 3. "Shake Your Blood" (feat. Lemmy of Motörhead) 4. "Access Babylon" (feat. Mike Dean of Corrosion of Conformity) 5. "Silent Spring" (feat. Kurt Brecht of Dirty Rotten Imbeciles) 6. "Ice Cold Man" (feat. Lee Dorrian of Cathedral and Napalm Death and Kim Thayil of Soundgarden) 7. "The Emerald Law" (feat. Wino of Saint Vitus and The Obsessed) 8. "Big Sky" (feat. Tom G. Warrior of Celtic Frost, Hellhammer and Triptykon) 9. "Dictatosaurus" (feat. Snake of Voivod) 10. "My Tortured Soul" (feat. Eric Wagner of Trouble) 11. "Sweet Dreams" (feat. King Diamond of King Diamond and Mercyful Fate and Kim Thayil of Soundgarden) 12. "I Am the Warlock" (feat. Jack Black of Tenacious D) (hidden track) Probot : • Dave Grohl - guitars, drums, bass, backing vocals • Kim Thayil - additional guitar (tracks 6, 11) • Cronos - lead vocals, bass (track 1) • Max Cavalera - lead vocals (track 2) • Lemmy - lead vocals, bass (track 3) • Mike Dean - lead vocals (track 4) • Kurt Brecht - lead vocals (track 5) • Lee Dorrian - lead vocals (track 6) • Scott "Wino" Weinrich - lead vocals, guitar (track 7) • Tom G. Warrior - lead vocals (track 8) • Denis "Snake" Bélanger - lead vocals (track 9) • Eric Wagner - lead vocals (track 10) • King Diamond - lead vocals (track 11) • Jack Black - lead vocals, guitar (hidden track) • Bubba Dupree (Void) - guitar (track 4) • Erol Unala (Apollyon Sun, Celtic Frost) - guitar (track 8) • Matt Sweeney - additional guitar (track 9) [I do not own this music and artwork] **No copyrights infringement intended in this video** **All the rights belong to their respective owners**

• published: 21 Nov 2013
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