Foo Fighters have dropped a punchy 80-second cover of Minor Threat’s ‘I Don’t Wanna Hear It’ to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album.
The surprise cover is fast and loud, and comes with a full-circle moment of a backstory of how it came to be.
According to an official description, the instrumental for the track was actually recorded back in 1995 when the Foos first exploded onto the scene, with vocals finally added in 2025. The full credits aren’t listed, but there’s a good chance that Grohl played everything on it himself, just like he did on the original Foo Fighters record.
Before Nirvana, Grohl was drumming for Scream, a band that came up through the Washington, D.C. scene and put out music on Dischord Records - the label founded by none other than Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat. So, pretty full-circle from all angles.
It’s no secret that Grohl has been a huge Minor Threat fan since he was young. He once wrote a letter to the frontman when he was 14 years old, which he shared to social media a decade ago.
“Good thrash,” the letter said. “So I was wondering if you could give me some numbers or people to get in touch with. It would help. Thanx, David Grohl.”
Teenage Grohl also penned his phone number on the letter, and requested MacKaye call him between the hours of 3pm and 10pm, because, you know… school.
To coincide with the cover, the band have also released a video which montages a bunch of photos of the band from over the years.
Fans are stoked with the cover in the comments. “Thank you Foo Fighters for doing this,” wrote one fan. “Minor Threat needs more love. These kids need to make sure Minor Threat, Misfits, Circle Jerks, etc do not die.”
While another person commented, “Honestly, sometimes it takes me 30 years to finish up a one-and-a-half-minute project, too.”
