Everlong
Foo Fighters · 1997
Endurance groove with dynamic verses and hard-hitting choruses.
- Artist
- Foo Fighters
- Year
- 1997
- Genre
- rock
- Drummer
- Dave Grohl
- Tempo
- 158 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- driving straight 8ths
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
94bpm
Building
126bpm
Target
158bpm
The feel
A driving straight 8ths in 4/4 around 158 BPM. It moves — stay relaxed in the hands so you don't tense up and rush.
Form
Intro · Verse · Chorus · Verse · Chorus · Bridge · Chorus · Outro
What to watch
- •Keep the quarter-note kick relentless and even — it's the engine.
How to learn it
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