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In May of 1998 Foo Fighters surprised the crowd at a show in Providence, Rhode Island when they gave debut to a brand new song, entitled 'Damn You, Damn Everyone'. Publicly that was both the first and last time fans heard of the track as It was never played again at a show, nor was it ever released as a studio track.

It's unknown if Foo Fighters as a band ever recorded the track, but Dave Grohl did at least lay it down once, at some point in 1998, either before or after the public performance in May.

Dave was in Chicago visiting a friend who lived in the city, and after showing him the new song, the pair made an impromptu visit to an unknown recording studio to put it to tape. The friend was himself a drummer, having played in a semi-notable punk band of the late '80s, and it was he who ended up on drums for the session while Dave added guitars, bass, and vocals. Dave left with the master tapes at the end of the day, and the recording has not surfaced publicly in any form since.

The drummer's identity cannot be confirmed. Based on our information, two names stand out as plausible candidates: Eric Spicer, longtime drummer of Naked Raygun, and Joe Haggerty, who drummed for The Effigies through the late '80s. Both were active, established figures in Chicago's punk scene throughout the years Grohl would have been passing through the city as a touring musician, and Naked Raygun in particular is a band Grohl has repeatedly and publicly credited as a formative influence. Neither connection can be verified, and the drummer's true identity may belong to someone else in that scene entirely.