Foo Fighters unleash surprise 'new' song
A cover of Minor Threat's 'I Don’t Wanna Hear It'
Last updated 1st Jul 2025
Foo Fighters have surprise released a cover of ‘I Don’t Wanna Hear It’ by influential hardcore punk band Minor Threat.
The Foos have been ramping up their social media activity in recent weeks as part of their 30th anniversary celebrations, sharing various videos and photos from their three-decade career.
Alongside the hashtag #FF30, Foo Fighters have now uploaded a cover of Minor Threat’s raucous 1981 song ‘I Don’t Wanna Hear It’ to YouTube.
Featuring nostalgic photos from Foo Fighters’ career (interestingly, minus the Josh Freese years), they captioned the video: ‘Instrumentals recorded in 1995. Vocals recorded in 2025.’
The frenetic one minute and 20 seconds cover sees Dave Grohl fully embrace his punk rock roots as he spits lyrics like “Shut your f---ing mouth / I don't care what you say / You keep talking / You're talking everyday / First you're telling stories / Then you're telling lies / When the f--- are you gonna realise.”
Watch Foo Fighters’ ‘I Don’t Wanna Hear It’ video (warning: contains lots of swearing):
One viewer of the video quipped: ‘Honestly, sometimes it takes me 30 years to finish up a one-and-a-half-minute project, too.’
A punk aficionado wrote: ‘Thank you Foo Fighters for doing this. Minor Threat needs more love. These kids need to make sure Minor Threat, Misfits, Circle Jerks, etc do not die.’
Last month, Dave Grohl attended a Devo concert in Washington DC with Minor Threat vocalist Ian MacKaye, who penned ‘I Don’t Wanna Hear It’ 44 years ago.
Foo Fighters play a series of live shows in Indonesia, Singapore, Japan and Mexico this coming October and November.
It’s currently unclear who will be sitting behind the drum kit at Foo Fighters’ live shows following the sacking of Josh Freese back in May.
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