{"id":63892,"date":"2026-05-05T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/watch-foo-fighters-showcase-anthemic-rock-song-window-on-colbert\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:00:28","slug":"watch-foo-fighters-showcase-anthemic-rock-song-window-on-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/watch-foo-fighters-showcase-anthemic-rock-song-window-on-colbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Foo Fighters Showcase Anthemic Rock Song &#8216;Window&#8217; on &#8216;Colbert&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Frontman Dave Grohl also shared his advice for his daughter, Violet Grohl, and other young musicians <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/foo-fighters\/\" id=\"auto-tag_foo-fighters\" data-tag=\"foo-fighters\">Foo Fighters<\/a> stopped by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-late-show\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-late-show\" data-tag=\"the-late-show\">The Late Show<\/a><\/em> to perform their recent song, \u201cWindow.\u201d The anthemic rock number appears on the band\u2019s new LP, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/foo-fighters-your-favorite-toy-1235551423\/\">Your Favorite Toy<\/a><\/em>, released last month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFrontman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/dave-grohl\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dave-grohl\" data-tag=\"dave-grohl\">Dave Grohl<\/a> also sat down with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/stephen-colbert\/\" id=\"auto-tag_stephen-colbert\" data-tag=\"stephen-colbert\">Stephen Colbert<\/a> to discuss the album, his experiences after Nirvana ended, and how it feels to have his daughter Violet Grohl unveil her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/violet-grohl-debut-album-be-sweet-to-me-announcement-1235528454\/\">debut album<\/a> as Foo Fighters release their 12th. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Window&quot; - Foo Fighters (LIVE on The Late Show)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KuiXgUkNgt0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cWhen Nirvana ended I didn\u2019t know what to do,\u201d Grohl told Colbert. \u201cI didn\u2019t know if I wanted to continue playing music. It made me sad to think of playing in another band. Losing Nirvana, losing Kurt [Cobain], was a really dark, emotional experience.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHe recalled driving on a country road in Ireland and wanting to \u201cdisappear.\u201d He spotted a hitchhiker wearing a Kurt Cobain tee-shirt. \u201cTo me, I thought, \u2018Okay this is the universe telling me to continue,&#8217;\u201d Grohl said. \u201cI thought, \u2018Okay, I need to keep going. I have so much reverence and respect for the past, but I need to have a future.\u2019 And that\u2019s kind of where it began.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tGrohl discussed being proud of Violet for writing and recording her first album, set for release later this month. He shared his best advice for young musicians: \u201cThe reward has to be the music itself. You work hard and you want to be successful and you want to be the best that you can be. But at the end of the day the most important thing is your love of music and that you love the music that you\u2019re making.\u201d <\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHe added, \u201cAs I told Violet, I want her to really appreciate these early experience. Don\u2019t wish any of this away and don\u2019t get too ahead of yourself. Be in the moment right now. \u2026 I really want her to appreciate this now part. Because this now part does become the foundation of everything that comes next.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dave Grohl On Life After Nirvana, And Hiding The New Foo Fighters Album All Over Southern California\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uWW0kch3Sas?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFoo Fighters will perform at the Welcome to Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Friday. They\u2019ll also play Bottlerock Napa Valley on May 23 before embarking on a run of European dates. The Foos will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/foo-fighters-2026-dates-1235452897\/\">return to North America<\/a>\u00a0for an Aug. 4 gig at Toronto\u2019s Rogers Stadium with gigs running through late September.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/foo-fighters-window-performance-colbert-1235557797\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frontman Dave Grohl also shared his advice for his daughter, Violet Grohl, and other young musicians Foo Fighters stopped by The Late Show to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":63893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}