Chris Shiflett tells the story of his Foo Fighters audition
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2017
- Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters talks to Sam Jones about his Foo Fighters audition (and clears up a myth in the process).
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They auditioned about 70 people and I was one of the last ones that got to audition so even though they'd already kinda wanted Chris they still auditioned everybody else because that really is the stand-up guys they are. They could've easily just said nah we got the guy we want but they were cool enough to let everyone else come in and audition. That experience was what makes them one of my favorite bands
That's really awesome. Do you remember what you played with them during the audition?
Hmmm. Who are you and what bands did you play in before supposedly auditioning for them?
@@metallaholic Yes. They sent me a FedEx package with a cassette with 4 songs to learn. When I got there it was only 2 songs and I got to pick the songs so I figured something was up. I picked Alone + Easy Target and Everlong
@@diddyfaplord Just some local bands in Missouri
@@stonepumpkinsable I heard it was between Chris and Walter Schreifels of quicksand and rival schools fame. Apparently Walter was very NYC based and didn't want to move which didn't help his chances.
Chris has been one of the most solid lead guitarists in rock for the last 15+ years, never overplaying but you always know it's him when his lead parts come in.
Yeah. They suck balls, that's why. xxx
I bet the most badass you've ever felt is shitting on a video of a guitarist from a rock band for no reason whatsoever. Hope some day you can find some sort of happiness, Chambers4kills, because clearly you kinda have nothing to do with your time and are pretty damn sad.
^^ Triggered.
What a sad life you have....
Bradley, how dare you talk to Daniel like that?! He was only expressing his (wrong) opinion.
Chris's speaking voice is actually great, he should do voiceover or broadcasting work.
he has a podcast called Walking the Floor where he interviews people in music. Check out his interview w/ Chris Stapleton
It's so funny that everyone in Foo Fighters seem to talk the same way, like in the same tone, lol (they are all great storytellers tho...)
carmen ponce I was thinking the same! It's a band full of Dave's!!!
His voice sound like dave's voice and pat's voice at the same time lol
Then you know he’s a fit in the group
Well, I think that when you are in a famours band like FF you get advices of how talk in interviews for example
Yeah, I love their people skills.
Chris is so rad! I played drums in a band called 22 Jack's with Chris. So damn happy for him! His brother Scott was also in 22Jacks! Both incredible players!
oh wow, I remember some of yours songs on those first warped tour albums like back in 98/99 when that whole So Cal punk rock sound was in its prime. Didn’t Steve Soto from the Adolescents play bass in the band??
Really? Damn youre going to be cooled
No use for a name is way better than foo fighters lol.
“You got the gig. Come to rehearsal tomorrow.” Glorious news for everyone.
His Guitar on Congregation its amazing
Totally!!
Bruno Ernesto Dude the guitar on congregation is zach brown!
JT S watch the videotape. The main solo is all Chris.
And Something From Nothing- that solo he had 🔥
@@Sk8terSa5mH20 Long Road to Ruin 🔥
I just bought his tribute guitar the fender telecaster deluxe...I've never ever in my life bought a guitar with an artists name on it..but I like the Foo fighters they are just simply down to Earth rock legends!
I've seen them live and up close a few times and I've noticed Chris during group interviews looking comfortable to just sit and let Dave do all the talking. I always took him for someone kind of shy and introverted (at lease compared to the rest of the band) until now. He's really well-spoken and animated and seemingly down-to-earth. I'd love to drink beer with this whole crew and listen to their stories.
Foo Fighters or Gun N Roses? I think he made the right choice.
He didn’t have that choice. He was never offered a gig with GNR.
Of course he did! Foo´s all the way!
TheDizzleHawke He was offered an audition and he turned it down because he wanted to audition for the Foos, so yeah, he did have a choice.
Kane Sanders 0:19
All his life he was searching for something something never comes never leads to nothing
Chris Shiflett is cool.
of course he is ;)
Yes, Shiflett is cool. He's the opposite of Nate Mendel.
@@billtruttschel
They're both lame white dudes who don't know how to rock.
@@hinjurock are you saying white dudes can't rock? 😂
@@bjorn3538
Of course not - the majority of great rock musicians are white.
Chris was great in No Use For A Name as well.
And Scott has rocked the best punk names as well👍
he is not only a good guitar player but he has such a calming voice!
Y'all are the damn best. I'm honored to have the kind of support that you show me, thank you. How are you doing it is nice meeting you here?
Chris Shiflett really is a superstar guitarist, seriously technical and fast. One of the best in the business IMO. I can't imagine Foo Fighters without him!
LMFAO! Don't know much about guitar playing, eh? He's average as fuck, and he doesn't play anything that's very technical - dude probably doesn't even know the modes.
HinjuRock proper twat
I had never seen FF before this years concert tour, but have been listening to them since the first CD... Got a phone call to scrimmage Chris and their sounds/bodyguards at some indoor soccer!!! Then we got free all access tickets for the concert in Cincinnati!!! Woot!!! Chris was a pretty decent player, by the way.
I like his work and place in the Foos. He's a nice piece of the puzzle!
epic, they knew he could play amazingly, it seems they mainly wanted to hang with him to see what he's like as a person, so cool
It was pure joy to not only see Chris and Foo @ Bottlerock but also saw his band play what he called his best gig ever the same weekend at Bottlerock! You wanted the best you got the best, the hottest band in the world, Chris! ;) NUFAN for life!
I saw Chris Shiflett and band in 2010 at TT the Bears, Cambridge, MA. I paid my $10 fee and went to the bar. TT's was a very small place. I was extremely tired and thought about staying at the bar, which only two other people sat, and I'd listen from there. When I saw Chris and the band take the stage, I got up and slowly lumbered over the the stage floor area, all of 20 feet away. At that moment, Chris sized up the room and wanting everybody in front of the stage, he called out the couple whom stayed at the bar. They did get up and walk to the stage floor area and I started laughing. So if you ever see Chris Shiflett live, he is quick witted and he will notice you. The 45 minute set was good, original, straight up Rock.
His time in No Use For A Name and playing with Tony Sly was a great time in both there careers.
It is pretty cool that he was asked to audition for *Guns N' Roses*
Everybody has... that band has had enough former members to make 10 bands
Can't believe he turned it down! 😂
@@bernlin2000 He might have thought of it as too far fetched idea. The position that he would have been auditioning for is the one Buckethead got and the reality is everyone who was getting the GNR gig at the time came from notable bands. So not only is he auditioning far harder material but against famous musicians. Either way he made a smart decision to ask about the Foo Fighters.
He's *so very* underappreciated as a guitarist .. Chris -- *You DaMAN!!!*
How so? Any fan of the Foo's knows very well he is the best guitarist in the band.
kind of bothered me that he didn't mention he was in NUFAN.....
Luis Luna this only seem like a snippet of the entire interview.
Because nobody gives a dodo.
Or a don't don't
Chris comes from the band the punk band no use for a name.
@@jdhed1 🚫💩 🤟😹
He actually talks. Never him talk in interviews w/ foo fighters. Cool dude.
Yes. Never him talk but him cool dude. Him play good guitar.
@@ViaticalTree Cool guy him is are.
@@feellucky271 The.
Guy cool. Talk guitar. I stupid.
When will this be on Netflix?
HOLY CRazy!!! He referenced "Jawbreaker""!!! This is why these guys rock🤔😂🤭
I remember I was hanging out with the guys from NUFAN, my old band was playing that night too, and during sound check the guys in NUFAN were talking (if I remember right the guitar player from suicidal tendencies was filling in for Chris on that tour) and someone asked one of them about “Shift” and someone said,
“You mean the Foo Fighter?”
That’s when I found out Chris was the new guitar player for the Foo’s.
Another funny thing about that guitar audition was that when I watched the documentary and that scene came on, there was another guy who auditioned, the weird one who they blurred his face, I recognized him, and I realized that I had tried that same dude out as a drummer one time… he was a pretty strange fella.
In Back And Forth I thought Dave said he had meet Chris as a kid?
they were in the same "scene" as kids n they were probably at the same shows at some times but they never met until later on.
Luis Luna no, I'm sure he said they met as kids in Santa Barbara. when chris was in Ratpack and they opened for Scream?
Millwall Darren by "kid" he meant early 20s.
Yeah he said in an interview he was a kid in his mid 20s while talking about nirvana and kurt Cobain
According to Dave in the Back and Forth documentary they realized during the audition that they played the same gig. They officially met at the audition for the first time that they remembered.
I think I remember watching some part of the audition of Chris a few years ago. Can't seem to find it anywhere. Am I wrong or can I find it somewhere? Thanks
It's from off-camera show, you can find it's podcast.
He has a good voice
Great guitarist 🕶
What !Wait! Chris Shiflett wore a band t shirt to an audition.WTF.Well there goes my theory 🤔🤣.Love this guys playing so much.
Very well put Daniel, could not agree more
He’s so underrated .
aaron starmer no. Everybody knows he`s good
MG Stevens oh what would you know about music. You tone deaf teenager.
His Dave Grohl impression was eerily accurate.
Can you imagine having to wait for that phone call, (we'll call you tomorrow). I bet he didn't sleep all night. Thats the question I would ask Chris, and also, what did you do after you put the phone down, after the good news?
Cool guy. And really good on guitar. Has abilities way beyond what the Foo's play. But its not always about that is it.
Great story. I love storytelling!
One of the most underrated guitar players today
Chris is a very underrated guitarist... dude has some sweet chops ..
More like overrated. As in not even good enough to be in a big time rock band, yet he is.
I remember Chris telling this story in the Foo Fighters _Back and Forth_ documentary on Netflix
Chris, welcome to foo FIGHTERS! Sincerely, Christopher Walken
Fantastic.
That's awesome to hear his story.
That is a phenomenal story. Just putting it out there that if Dave and co want me to join then, yeah sure, I have a few days annual leave left this year from from work. I can definitely make that audition, even if it's in Antarctica. My line manager will understand 😂
He kinda sounds like Ryan Reynolds lol
Ryan's voice is way higher.
Joe Gonzalez slightly, except Chris has vocal fry and Ryan doesn't.
lol, yeah i can picture ryan while hearing his voice
Who’s that
@@gumundurbenediktsson8379 Waiting dude.
Foo Fighters being inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame for ALL the right reasons
I thought is was weird when I saw him in No Use For A Name and then he was in the Foo Fighters the next time , i was like 🤔
The only think I ever heard about Chris leaving No Use was on MTV news when they announced he was the guy. Anyone know why he left?
first time I hear his voice in 20 years
I love GN’R but yeah he made the right decision. Definitely. And he played with No Use for a Name and I LOVE Tony Sly! Rest easy, Tony!
We can see Chris' audition in the Back and Forth documentary
Chris i have your signiture tele deluxe its a beast.
It should have been me!! 😂😂😂😂
Actually he looks like guitaris of me first and the gimme gimmes
he is
Holy SHIT imagine getting that call
Jawbreaker and Jets To Brazil!!!
Hi's voice is soooooo
damn
Real band player. I've seen him rip when he was in a band called Jackson.
I always thought he was the kid at the end of the Big Me video.
What do you do in this band?
Bringing a cake in? It would probably be a bottle of champagne.
He is really great
He sounds like cartoon Wolverine.
Wow wow wow fuck that is such an AMAZING story
Great guy.
I would love to see the video of them jamming with chris for the first time
thank fuck he never joined guns n roses what a nightmare that would have been.
Of course! Foos are way better than Guns, son!
Wow, I guess dreams do come true.
Mine always get choked to death, slowly, in front of me.
Bruh...
Same
Choke them motherfuckers back dude.
Always thought he looked like John Frusciante's brother, makes sense though right?
No, not at all
the guy seems very comfartable to speak in interview when he's alone...but when they are all the band members together in interview, he never put a word...?!?!?!
Dave is the lead and Taylor is the sidekick... and Chris knows it. No problem with that.
Nice boots!
Wasn't that the same period when guns n roses hired buckethead?
Rockstar version of Paul Rudd
Wow, I was hoping that he gonna say something about NUFAN, but no.
Pity he turned down that GnR gig: they could have really used his help XD XD
He just said he didn't turn it down. He literally just said in the video that he might be able to get an audition with them. No on ever offered him a gig with GNR.
Jawbreaker... one of the best bands of the 90s
So what would you have worn to the G&R audition?
A Top Hat.
Why is called 'off camera' when its on camera??
Irony for cinematic sake?
What a great voice Chris has. 🔥
Y'all are the damn best. I'm honored to have the kind of support that you show me, thank you. How are you doing it is nice meeting you here?
Based on that, they weren't exactly excited to hire this guy. Either that or Dave couldn't admit it. Maintain control at all times.
Whats up with the shiner?
He's a boxer in his free time. (no joke)
LOL That dude looks like he couldn't beat an 8 year-old girl in a fight.
HinjuRock why do you have so much hate towards Shiflett?
@HinjuRock those are usually the ones who can.
No Use for a Name, Me First & the Gimme Gimmes.. Foo’s.
Jawbreaker
Foo fighters? good choice? naaahhh... perfect choice man.
Chris said he never met any of the Foo's before the audition... but in an interview with Howard Stern this month (2/21) Dave told Howard that in Chris' audition they figured out that they did meet earlier as Dave's band Scream was playing out in LA and played a gig with Chris' band and they were both out of the punk scene. Sooo somebody's memory is lacking (Chris)
He's lucky he got the job. Does he co-writes Songs? Hi Guitar work is ok but not over the moon to me.
🤘
Here's how a Foo Fighters audition works:
1. Dave takes a broom handle and splits it into two sharp halves
2. Throws the two broken pieces between the audition candidates
3. Dave declares, "time for play offs!"
If you shut your eyes do you think he sounds like Michael Bublé?
i thought he was interviewing himself!!
Ax : You got the gig
Chris : Okay
"GNR? Oh God, what did I just do???"
OK, so who's Gus?
guns n roses is the better band overall but he made the better choice because the foo fighters have been releasing a lot of albums and is one of the best bands in the world currently active unlike guns n roses who didnt do anything notable in the last 20 years except the reunion.
Cant believe Grohl isn't there to talk for him or tell the story on how he remembers it.
I´m here cause I´m a huge Chris fan from the no use for a name era . But who cares lol
Fuck all that Foo Fighters noise. Chris needs to go back to making Me First and the Gimme Gimmes albums.
*BREAKING NEWS* - Foo Fighters have announced that Blink182 drummer *Travis Barker* has replaced late Taylor Hawkins.
i once saw a docu about the FF and like the verry start of the band. you see dave being a prick and playing the drums himself caus the drummer sucked and stuff. anyone knows the name of the docu ?
Lochjee1 back and forth