Probot (portmanteau: probe + robot) is a musical project masterminded by Dave Grohl.
On the album, Grohl fulfilled his dream of teaming up with heavy metal vocalists from 1980s and 1990s metal bands who influenced his musical tastes while he was growing up.
Similar to 1995's Foo Fighters, Grohl wrote all of the music and performed most of the instrumentation.
Each track on the album features a different lead singer including Lemmy, Max Cavalera and King Diamond. Some of the singers who contributed to the album did not work directly with Grohl; instead, the tapes were shipped from studio to studio until the album was finished. Grohl approached death metal legend Chuck Schuldiner of Death, who was at the time battling brain cancer, to contribute to the project, and even campaigned to raise funds to help Schuldiner pay his medical bills, but Schuldiner succumbed to the disease before any collaboration could happen.
Grohl also attempted to get Slayer's lead singer Tom Araya on the album, but he was unable to due to scheduling conflicts.[1]
The video for the lead, "Shake Your Blood," features an appearance by 66 women from the SuicideGirls adult entertainment website. In the video, the band is represented with Dave Grohl on drums, Lemmy on lead vocals and bass, and Wino (who sang on the Probot track "The Emerald Law") on lead guitar.
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil plays additional guitar on Ice Cold Man and Sweet Dreams.
A few minutes before track 11 ends, at 8:56, a hidden track begins, sung by comedian/actor/musician Jack Black.
The album artwork was created by musician Away (Michel Langevin) of Voivod.
It is unclear as to whether Probot will be followed up.
The video of "Shake Your Blood" is ranking the #2 in the list of the best metal videos of the new millennium in a vote carried out by MTV2
Track listing
"Centuries of Sin" with Cronos (Venom)
"Red War" with Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Sepultura)
"Shake Your Blood" with Lemmy (Motörhead)
"Access Babylon" with Mike Dean (C.O.C.) and Bubba Dupree (of VOID) on guitar
"Silent Spring" with Kurt Brecht (D.R.I.)
"Ice Cold Man" with Lee Dorrian (Cathedral, Napalm Death, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine)
"The Emerald Law" with Wino (Saint Vitus, The Obsessed, Spirit Caravan, Place of Skulls, The Hidden Hand)
"Big Sky" with Tom G. Warrior (Apollyon Sun, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost)
"Dictatosaurus" with Snake (Voivod)
"My Tortured Soul" with Eric Wagner (Trouble)
"Sweet Dreams" with King Diamond (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate)
Hidden Track: "I Am the Warlock" with Jack Black (Tenacious D)
