The Foo Fighters are currently working overtime on their upcoming album and documentary series on HBO.
According to Rolling Stone, the rock band has confirmed the making of their eighth album, due out this fall. The untitled album will be accompanied by an HBO series documenting the creation of the project.
Foo fighter frontman Dave Grohl will direct the series, which will feature and the band traveling to eight different cities - Chicago, Austin, Nashville, Los Angeles, Seattle, New Orleans, D.C. and New York - to visit iconic recording studios and record a track in each one.
"One song was recorded in each city, every song featuring local legends sitting in, and every lyric written in an unprecedented experimental style: Dave held off on putting down words until the last day of each session, so as to be inspired by the experiences, interviews and personalities that became part of the process," a press release stated.
The series will also feature appearances from famous musicians including Kiss' Paul Stanley, Fugazi's Ian MacKaye, and Heart's Nancy Wilson - all of whom joined in the studio recording tour, according to Classic Rock Magazine.
"Dave's heartfelt passion for this project is contagious and his talent as a musician and filmmaker is undeniable," Michael Lombardo, president of HBO programming, said in a statement. "We are excited to go on this journey with him and the Foo Fighters for this insider's look at how regional music inspired them to create their own new music."
The new series follows the success of Grohl's 2013 documentary "Sound City," about the legendary California recording studio that helped produce albums such as Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" and Nirvana's "Nevermind."
"The Sound City movie was really getting together with friends and digging deep into what music means to each one of us, telling the story of a studio that's very close to me, and trying to give the viewer something that will inspire them to fall in love with music like I did," Grohl said in an Q&A with Rolling Stone's Katie Van Syckle.
Grohl added: "'Sound City' is about having kids see this film and be inspired to go to a yard sale and buy a guitar and start a band and play in the garage and then take over the world. Because that can still happen. It happens all the time. To me, personally, it's the most important thing I've done because it's not for me."
The Foo Fighters' 2011 album "Wasting Light," won five Grammys in 2012, including best rock album.
