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"David Grohl has revealed that his Foo Fighters bandmates have urged him to write more &amp;quot;silly&amp;quot; songs for their new album. Grohl, who is working on the follow-up to 2007&amp;#039;s Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace, admits he was asked by bassist Nate Mendel to ditch some of the more &amp;quot;heavy&amp;quot; material in favour of fun songs. Grohl told NME: &amp;quot;At one point Nate sent me an email, and said, &amp;#039;I really like it when you write songs that are silly and mean nothing, too. You don&amp;#039;t have to try and write &amp;#039;Imagine&amp;#039; every time you sit down with a pen and paper. &amp;quot;When we were demoing we came up with all this heavy s**t, so I said in an interview &amp;#039;this is going to be our heaviest record yet&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;[Producer] Butch [Vig] saw it and then when I&amp;#039;d approach him with a new song idea, he&amp;#039;d say, &amp;#039;This doesn&amp;#039;t rock enough, no... Next.&amp;#039; I&amp;#039;d have to show him another one.&amp;quot; The group recently announced two concert dates at Milton Keynes Bowl on July 2 and 3 next year.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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