 The tour for the Foo Fighters ' fifth album , In Your Honor , had both acoustic and electric shows to fit the song variety in that record . Frontman Dave Grohl discussed this with RCA Music Group president Clive Davis , on how " it 'd be so cool " if the Foo Fighters were the band that did those different shows that appealed to specific audiences " and they wouldn 't necessarily have to go to both " , to which Davis replied that " you can do both together " . Grohl took this advice when composing his following album . Grohl added that " we didn 't plan the new album to be half rock and half acoustic " , picking the songs the band considered the best , with " demos which ranged from psycho fucking Nomeansno to sloppy , Tom Petty country to fucking piano @-@ driven songs " . 
