Songs from the Laundry Room

Songs from the Laundry Room
Songs from the Laundry Room
EP by Foo Fighters
Released	April 18, 2015
Studio	Laundry Room, Arlington, Virginia
Genre	Alternative rock; post-grunge; punk rock;
Length	12:22
Label	RCA
Producer	Barrett Jones, Dave Grohl
Foo Fighters chronology

Songs from the Laundry Room is an EP by American rock band Foo Fighters, released exclusively for Record Store Day 2015. The songs were recorded by Dave Grohl during his time with Nirvana. As with the album Foo Fighters, Grohl plays all the instruments.^[1]

Release

Released exclusively for Record Store Day 2015, just 4,000 copies were made available of the 10" vinyl, which includes two demo versions of songs from the band's debut album Foo Fighters, a cover song, and a previously unreleased song, titled "Empty Handed".^[2]^[3]

Re-release

On September 11, 2015, it was announced that Foo Fighters intended to re-release their rare Songs From the Laundry Room EP as a mainstream release.^[4] Later the same day, the EP became available digitally.^[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dave Grohl, except "Kids in America" by Marty and Ricky Wilde.

Side A
No.	Title	Recording Date	Length
1.	"Alone + Easy Target" (demo)	January 3, 1992	5:16
2.	"Big Me" (demo)	March 1994	2:19

Side B
No.	Title	Recording Date	Length
3.	"Kids in America" (Kim Wilde cover)	February 16, 1991	3:40
4.	"Empty Handed" (previously unreleased)	January 3, 1992	1:47

Chart positions

Chart (2015)	Peak position
UK Physical Singles Sales (Official Charts Company)^[6]	3
UK Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40 (Official Charts Company)^[7]	3
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)^[8]	22
US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)^[9]	21

References

^ Grow, Kory (April 17, 2015). "Dave Grohl on Digging Up Never-Before-Heard Songs for Record Store Day". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
^ "Foo Fighters – Songs From The Laundry Room". Record Store Day. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
^ "Foo Fighters – Songs From The Laundry Room (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
^ Cashmere, Paul (September 11, 2015). "Foo Fighters to release rare 'Songs From The Laundry Room' EP". Noise11. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
^ Cross, Allen (September 11, 2015). "Foo Fighters Properly Release Some of Those Rare Songs from the Laundry Room [UPDATE]". A Journal of Musical Things. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
^ Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 19 April 2015 - 25 April 2015 officialcharts.com. Retrieved 228 April, 2015.
^ Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40 - 19 April 2015 - 25 April 2015 officialcharts.com. Retrieved 228 April, 2015.
^ "Foo Fighters Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
^ "Foo Fighters Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2016.

[1] Grow, Kory (April 17, 2015). "Dave Grohl on Digging Up Never-Before-Heard Songs for Record Store Day". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 14, 2025.

[2] "Foo Fighters – Songs From The Laundry Room". Record Store Day. Retrieved March 1, 2016.

[discogs-3] "Foo Fighters – Songs From The Laundry Room (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved March 1, 2016.

[4] Cashmere, Paul (September 11, 2015). "Foo Fighters to release rare 'Songs From The Laundry Room' EP". Noise11. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

[5] Cross, Allen (September 11, 2015). "Foo Fighters Properly Release Some of Those Rare Songs from the Laundry Room [UPDATE]". A Journal of Musical Things. Retrieved March 1, 2016.

[6] Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 19 April 2015 - 25 April 2015 officialcharts.com. Retrieved 228 April, 2015.

[7] Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40 - 19 April 2015 - 25 April 2015 officialcharts.com. Retrieved 228 April, 2015.

[ac_BillboardHardRock_Foo_Fighters-8] "Foo Fighters Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2016.

[ac_BillboardTastemaker_Foo_Fighters-9] "Foo Fighters Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2016.

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