The Feast and the Famine
"The Feast and the Famine" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters. It is the second song and second single from their eighth album Sonic Highways. The song was released on October 24, 2014.
Background
The song is inspired by the iconic Washington D.C hardcore punk scene, with the band having traveled to eight different U.S cities to record each song on the album Sonic Highways. The song was recorded at Inner Ear Studio in Arlington County, Virginia, with gang vocals from Pete Stahl and Skeeter Thompson of Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, punk band Scream.The lyric acronym PMA stands for Positive Mental Attitude.
Live performances
The song was first played live at Washington, D.C.'s Black Cat club on October 24, 2014.Music video
During the "Washington D.C." episode of the TV series Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways, the band performs the song at Inner Ear Studios. Like "Something from Nothing", the music video also features lyrics appearing in the background. Indie Go-Go band RDGLDGRN made an appearance at the end of the video.Personnel
Personnel adapted from Sonic Highways liner notesFoo Fighters
- Dave Grohl – lead and backing vocals, guitar, producer
- Chris Shiflett – guitar, producer
- Pat Smear – guitar, producer
- Nate Mendel – bass, producer
- Taylor Hawkins – drums, backing and gang vocals, producer
- Rami Jaffee – organ
- Pete Stahl – gang vocals
- Skeeter Thompson – gang vocals
- Butch Vig – producer
- James Brown – recording engineer, mixing engineer
- Gavin Lurssen – mastering
- Don Zientara – studio assistance