I listened to Nevermind for the first time in years this weekend. Still an absolute classic.

Posted By: Spellbound
If no one was in on the joke, and they accidentally left in those green screen lines around the band members, I'll throw my vintage Marshall super bass off of the roof.

Please post a video when you do this.

Posted By: Inferno

15 minutes in right now, seems cool for now.

Posted By: ForThoseAboutToPostI don't hate FF. There are worse bands, but the hate has little to do with their music, and is more about people being sick and tired of seeing Dave's faux earnest mug everywhere. Endless Rolling Stone "articles" and his showing up at each and every single damn fucking tribute show or guest jamming with any/every musical legend. The overexposure got to the point where people started examining his output more closely and wondering if he was really deserving of his position. It's Dave's fault really. If he just backs off a bit and focuses on just the music, the hate will go away.

This is a similar reason why there was an "AC/DC Sucks" pin at my local record store in 1982. It offended me greatly, but later on I realized why it was there. The band was everywhere. You couldn't escape them. Now I wish I had bought it.

Foo Fighters are the very definition of MOR to my ears. The absolute antithesis of rock n roll or any other form of music i love.

They make Coldplay sound cutting edge. Which given Dave's previous bands makes so little sense.

But, each to their own.

Like most I LOVE Grohl but do not care for FF. For me they are much closer to Nickleback than AC/DC but a lot of people love that shit. Good for them. There are plenty of people who think AC/DC is a joke.

The Ting Tings. First I've heard of them for many years

I met a dude in the pub that was their driver. I'm still chuckling at his bitter description of his gig.. "That girl...is thick as shit"

I doubt anyone really "hates" the Foo Fighters. We just get tired of seeing them positioned as rock n roll greatness. They really aren't.

It's like someone heralding the Big Mac as the best culinary creation ever; sure it's sold more than almost anything else and while it's well received and liked around the globe, it's just insubstantial fodder for the masses.

And Dave is a nice guy. My neighbour is a nice guy too who probably has an appreciation for rock history but that doesn't mean much when it comes to his own rock n roll greatness or lack thereof.

Posted By: Bedlam_in_TorontoI doubt anyone really "hates" the Foo Fighters. We just get tired of seeing them positioned as rock n roll greatness. They really aren't.

It's like someone heralding the Big Mac as the best culinary creation ever; sure it's sold more than almost anything else and while it's well received and liked around the globe, it's just insubstantial fodder for the masses.

You could level this kind of criticism at AC/DC as well. Designed to appeal to the masses? Check. Sells well? Back in Black is in the top-ten selling albums of all time. Double check. And I can imagine there were a few 40 year old Elvis fans knocking around when AC/DC hit the scene. To them Elvis would have been Rock'n'Roll and AC/DC were just some kids who didn't know the meaning of the word.

AC/DC represented one stage of Rock music. The Foo Fighters represent another. They sound very of their time, and that's not a bad thing. If it were, then we'd be forced to endlessly suffer these bands who ape their seventies heroes rather than doing anything new or different. Greta Van Fleet may sound a lot like Led Zeppelin, but I've already heard Led Zeppelin.

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Posted By: Bedlam_in_TorontoI doubt anyone really "hates" the Foo Fighters. We just get tired of seeing them positioned as rock n roll greatness. They really aren't.

It's like someone heralding the Big Mac as the best culinary creation ever; sure it's sold more than almost anything else and while it's well received and liked around the globe, it's just insubstantial fodder for the masses.

You could level this kind of criticism at AC/DC as well. Designed to appeal to the masses? Check. Sells well? Back in Black is in the top-ten selling albums of all time. Double check. And I can imagine there were a few 40 year old Elvis fans knocking around when AC/DC hit the scene. To them Elvis would have been Rock'n'Roll and AC/DC were just some kids who didn't know the meaning of the word.

AC/DC represented one stage of Rock music. The Foo Fighters represent another. They sound very of their time, and that's not a bad thing. If it were, then we'd be forced to endlessly suffer these bands who ape their seventies heroes rather than doing anything new or different. Greta Van Fleet may sound a lot like Led Zeppelin, but I've already heard Led Zeppelin.

One could absolutely level this same criticism at AC/DC.

But most people on this board would argue that AC/DC, at one time, was the greatest heavy rock band of all time. It's a matter of taste.

Being successful does not instantly equate to pablum but it doesn't disprove the idea that something is great either.

I'd agree that recent AC/DC (90s onwards) is mostly good and not great and there isn't as huge of a divide between that and the Foo Fighters.

But the Foo Fighters will never, ever make something as great as Powerage, Back In Black or Flck. IMHO. Again, we probably agree to disagree.

Genres peak is how I see it. You'd find it hard to make a more well-regarded Jazz album than Bitches Brew by Miles Davis, to compose something at the piano to match Chopin's Nocturnes and hard to make a Rock record as devastating as Powerage. That doesn't mean, however, that new musicians can't come along and put their own twist on things.

Posted By: GShootinFoo Fighters are the very definition of MOR to my ears. The absolute antithesis of rock n roll or any other form of music i love.

They make Coldplay sound cutting edge. Which given Dave's previous bands makes so little sense.

But, each to their own.

Also, at their best Coldplay write memorable songs - Yellow, Viva La Viva, The Scientists, Clocks - all strong, distinctive melodies whereas there's something almost uncannily forgettable about FF's songs, it's almost like a rock n roll Jedi mind trick. Of course packed stadiums around the world would beg to differ but Take That also play stadiums...

Saw Foo Fighters last night. Great rock show! Highly recommended!

(Funny moment when then played the John Lennon tune "Imagine" and Dave says "here is a song to bring everybody together", and then he sings the lyrics to Van Halen's Jump over it. Everybody sang along.)

I got up in front of the catwalk. Great viewing spot.

Posted By: WholelottatobeI like Foo fighters. Great rockers. Happy for their success.
And selling out stadiums is not the same thing that you are great. Ed Sheeran, Take that. Two examples. Totally hilarious.

Yes, Ed Sheeran is a tough one for my brain to process.

Too poppy?

Posted By: WholelottatobeI like Foo fighters. Great rockers. Happy for their success.
And selling out stadiums is not the same thing that you are great. Ed Sheeran, Take that. Two examples. Totally hilarious.

I actually finds Ed Sheeran and Foo Fighters quite similar in that they're clearly proficient songwriters and performers with massive fanbases but their music is so spectacularly inoffensive and bland that they just make no impression on me whatsoever. At least when Robbie was in Take That there was a hint of unpredictability :)

Posted By: InfernoHaters gonna hate. Oh well.

I don't hate them at all - I respect them and i'm glad they're out there flying the rock n roll flag, they just don't do it for me personally. Plus Dave was in one of greatest but most doomed/fucked-up bands of all time but came out with his sanity and dignity intact at 24 - no mean feat.

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Posted By: InfernoHaters gonna hate. Oh well.

I don't hate them at all - I respect them

Say what? "their music is so spectacularly inoffensive and bland"

"At least when Robbie was in Take That there was a hint of unpredictability." Dude, you like AC/DC! Unpredictability with them only started in 2016, when the wheels fell off!

No contradiction there - I find them bland and they don't move me - but I respect their success and longevity - I'd even say I'm grateful for it - in an era when rock is dying on its arse. Feel the same way about Arctic Monkeys - I'm glad that AM record had the impact it did even though it's not my cup of tea.

https://deadspin.com...

Dave Grohl and his classic rock band the Foo Fighters came to Lexington, Kentucky back in May, and boy did they get up to some trouble. The lowlife musicians hit the sleepy town like a heinous tornado of vulgar debauchery, and along the way they swept some University of Kentucky soccer players into their devilish ways. Now those despoiled college kids have a debt to society they need to repay.

What crimes against morality were committed? Well, The Foos and the Wildcats played some pick-up soccer together, and the NCAA has mandated that several UK players will have to miss two “supervised team activities” as penance for their awful mistake, because there were also coaches present at the pick-up game, during a time in the NCAA calendar when their involvement with players is prohibited.

According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, who obtained this information via public records request, two pick-up games were going on simultaneously—one involving some Kentucky players, and another involving both the Foo Fighters and UK coaches. Then, they merged, and the carefree rule-breaking began. From the report:

The UK players were originally playing in their own pickup game at the other end of the field until a member of the Foo Fighters invited them to play “as they were getting tired and wanted the energy level to be raised.”

Three current UK men’s soccer players, one former men’s soccer player and one current women’s soccer player participated in the pickup game after being invited to join.

The report does not specify which of the Foo Fighters were playing footy, but pick-up games seem to be a common pastime for the band when they’re on tour. This may seem like the most wholesome rock-star activity possible, but don’t be fooled. Thank God a wise and important institution like the NCAA is around to beat back such corrupting forces.

Not Foo Fighters, but... some of these guys look familiar.

whenever there is a music movie or documentary made, me and me mates always take bets on when Dave Grolsch or Lars Ulrich,s big fucking fat expert heads are gonna make an appearance....the pair of them are like flies round shite !