Thanks for the Line

Album: The Birds of Satan (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • The Birds of Satan is a side project assembled by the Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins with bassist Wiley Hodgden and guitarist Mick Murphy from his '70s/'80s Classic Rock cover band Chevy Metal. This is a track from their eponymous debut album.
  • Hawkins told NME about the song. "That's about the early '90s, living in Laguna Beach," he said. "I'm referring to me and my bonehead friends back in 1990. We were just partying and doing blow all the time and not doing anything with our lives. I was like, 'We're going nowhere, thanks for the line.'"

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