Probot

Infobox Album |
Name = Probot
Type = Album
Artist = Probot


Released = February 10, 2004
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Heavy metal, alternative metal, doom metal, thrash metal, crossover thrash
Length = 52:16
Label = Southern Lord Records
Producer =
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Probot is a musical project by former Nirvana drummer and current Foo Fighters lead-singer Dave Grohl.

Beginning

On the album, Grohl teamed up with heavy metal vocalists from 1980s and 1990s metal bands who influenced his musical tastes while he was growing up. Similar to 1995's "Foo Fighters", Grohl wrote all of the music and performed most of the instrumentation.

Each track on the album features a different lead singer including Lemmy, Max Cavalera and King Diamond. Some of the singers who contributed to the album did not work directly with Grohl; instead, the tapes were shipped from studio to studio until the album was finished. Grohl approached death metal legend Chuck Schuldiner of Death, who was at the time battling brain cancer, to contribute to the project, and even campaigned to raise funds to help Schuldiner pay his medical bills, but Schuldiner succumbed to the disease before any collaboration could happen.Fact|date=March 2007

Grohl also attempted to get Slayer's lead singer Tom Araya on the album, but he was unable to due to scheduling conflicts. [ [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=18004 "Dave Grohl Explains Tom Araya's Absence From Probot CD"] Jan. 11, 2004 Blabbermouth.net]

hake Your Blood

The video for the lead single, "Shake Your Blood," features an appearance by 66 women from the SuicideGirls adult entertainment website. In the video, the band is represented with Dave Grohl on drums, Lemmy on lead vocals and bass, and Wino (who sang on the Probot track "The Emerald Law") on lead guitar. The video of "Shake Your Blood" is ranking #2 in the list of the best metal videos of the new millennium in a vote carried out by MTV2.

Guest appearances

Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil plays additional guitar on "Ice Cold Man" and "Sweet Dreams". A few minutes before track 11 ends, at 8:56, a hidden track begins, sung by comedian/actor/musician Jack Black. The album artwork was created by musician Away (Michel Langevin) of Voivod.

Live performances

The Foo Fighters performed 'Shake Your Blood' live with Lemmy at their 2006 Hyde Park (UK) show. "My Tortured Soul" was performed live on MTV's Headbangers' Ball in 2004, with Eric Wagner on lead vocals, Dave Grohl on drums, Wino on lead guitar, Greg Anderson (of Goatsnake and Sunn O))))) on rhythm guitar and Foo Fighters producer Nick Raskulinecz on bass guitar. This performance is available on the compilation album "MTV2 Headbangers Ball, Vol. 2".

Track listing

# "Centuries of Sin" with Cronos (Venom)
# "Red War" with Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy, Nailbomb)
# "Shake Your Blood" with Lemmy (Motörhead, Hawkwind)
# "Access Babylon" with Mike Dean (C.O.C.) and Bubba Dupree (of Void) on guitar
# "Silent Spring" with Kurt Brecht (D.R.I.)
# "Ice Cold Man" with Lee Dorrian from (Cathedral, Napalm Death, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine) and Kim Thayil from Soundgarden
# "The Emerald Law" with Wino (Saint Vitus, The Obsessed, Spirit Caravan, Place of Skulls, The Hidden Hand)
# "Big Sky" with Tom G. Warrior (Apollyon Sun, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost) and Erol Unala (Apollyon Sun, Celtic Frost)
# "Dictatorsaurus" with Snake (Voivod)
# "My Tortured Soul" with Eric Wagner (Trouble)
# "Sweet Dreams" with King Diamond (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate) "I Am The Warlock" with Jack Black (Tenacious D) (hidden track, 8:56-12:08)

Personnel

* Dave Grohl - guitars, drums, bass, backing vocals
* Kim Thayil - additional guitar (tracks 6, 11)
* Cronos - lead vocals, bass (track 1)
* Max Cavalera - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (track 2)
* Lemmy - lead vocals, bass (track 3)
* Mike Dean - lead vocals, bass (track 4)
* Kurt Brecht - lead vocals (track 5)
* Lee Dorrian - lead vocals (track 6)
* Scott "Wino" Weinrich - lead vocals, guitar (track 7), lead guitar (track 3)
* Tom G. Warrior - lead vocals, guitar (track 8)
* Denis "Snake" Bélanger - lead vocals (track 9)
* Eric Wagner - lead vocals (track 10)
* King Diamond - lead vocals, keyboards (track 11)
* Jack Black - lead vocals, guitar (hidden track)
* Bubba Dupree - guitar (track 4)
* Erol Unala - guitar (track 8)

References

External links

* [http://www.probotmusic.com Official website]
* [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=18004 BlabberMouth]