Article: Foo Fighters diversify sound

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Foo Fighters recently won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.(PHOTO - Color)

When the Foo Fighters released a disc of acoustic songs as half of the 2005 two-CD set, "In Your Honor," it may have seemed like a one-off side trip away from the group's usual brand of combustible plugged-in guitar rock. But the disc, coupled with an acoustic tour last summer in support of that material from "In Your Honor," has come to have a more profound impact on the Foo Fighters and its songwriter, Dave Grohl, liberating the group to pursue a more varied scope of music.

"I think that really made Dave feel like it will be interesting and fun (to ...

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