IS OUR COVER photo of Dave Grohl a bit on the “vintage” side? Why, yes it is. Good eye! Since the pandemic struck, we simply haven’t been able to assign that many photo shoots. For instance, if we wanted to get a new pic of Pat Smear to go with our two Foo Fighters features, we’d have to hire someone to track him down in the Canadian hinterland. (It sounds like he’s been listening to Cracker’s “Turn On Tune In Drop Out.”) Anyway, because this issue’s Foos coverage happens to focus on the band’s 25-plus years of existence, we decided to go the “classic” route with Grohl — as we did with the “of a similar vintage” Jimmy Page photo that graces our March 2021 cover. As it happens, both photos were shot by Ross Halfin.