Drummer Greg Barton successfully completes nine-hour, 128-song, one-take Foo Fighters drum marathon [Video]

A drummer has successfully completed a nine-hour marathon in which he played every Foo Fighters song in succession, beginning with This Is A Call, the opening track on the band’s 1995 debut album, and climaxing 128 songs later with Rest, the final song on 2023‘s So Here We Are.  

Greg Barton, a professional drummer with over 15 years of experience behind the kit, performed the Herculean task to raise money for the Cancer Research Institute, dedicating the feat to his grandmother, Debra – who is currently battling the disease – and to late Foo Fighters sticksman Taylor Hawkins.   

In advance of his energy-sapping feat, Barton isolated every drum track using AI in order to familiarise himself with the parts, before completing a six-hour warm-up last month. 

“Couldn’t be happier with how it turned out” said Barton. “So grateful for the incredible people I got to work with to make this a reality. Not only did we smash …