Foo Fighters

[metallex78]

Like every album I've bought of theirs, they are all growers, and Echoes... is no different. After several listens it starts to reveal how great it really is. I don't know about the Colour And The Shape comparisons, but it is a really strong album, and has some killer tracks on there.

The Pretender is one of the best Foo tracks in years too.

[darkdays_01]

This still has hardly left my cd player. There best release hands down since TCATS. Everything on this is good. Long Road to Ruin is still my favorite , i still think this is the best song they have released. Another one that has really grown on me is Statues. The piano just adds alot to the song, Summers End is another standout. I hope they come to these parts on tour. Dave Grohl is just one talented musician.  It is nice that you no longer hear the Nirvana comparisons, two totally different bands. As much as i loved Nirvana they dont hold a candle to the Foo Fighters not even close. I put in the whole catalog in order the other night , I aways did like Dave's voice but it just got better each album and the new one, his best efforts yet as a vocalist although the acoustic live disk was pretty damn close aswell.

If you can find it go find the cover of Band On the Run, it is great. I finally stumbled upon it last night. Sits right up there with Baker Street on there covers stuff.

[Malcolm]

Well I went to see these guys last night in Toronto..Im a fan but not a huge fan...Only knowing the singles..A buddy of mine bought me a ticket in exchange for driving...The show was soldout to my suprise...and although it wasnt great...it was good...They had a big catwalk down to an acoustic stage that came down from the rafters....they opened with Let It Die,The Pretender,Times Like These,Breakout and Learn To Fly right off the bat it was awesome..then played some newer songs...

But....a huuge suprise...during Taylor Hawkins drum solo..He says id like to introduce you to two people...Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee from RUSH...They come out on stage and played YYZ with Hawkins....didnt say anything..just played a superb version and walked off stage...Grohl was seen on the side of the stage sitting watching...he came out after and say goodnight haha it was funny....He is a true down to earth guy though...and you get your moneys worth...2 hours+ you dont see very often still these days...These guys are good to there fans...Dave talked to the crowd for about 5 minutes twice...anyways it was a decent show...but was cool Rush was there

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Yeah dude, I saw them at the Forum earlier this month, and I was quite impressed.

Like you, I only know a few songs as I am not their biggest fan by any stretch of the imagination.  But those guys put on a great show.

The one I went to, Stewart Copeland came out and played the drums during the encore.  The second night, Lemmy Kilmister joined them for a song.

That acoustic stage is very impressive.

[FunkyMonkey]

Some good footage from a show this weekend...

Foo Fighters - My Hero - California Bike Week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlNXAG49FQA

Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench - California Bike Week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj72W9lyy7c

Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly - California Bike Week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsrqfbYE11c

[Mobenrad]

I would love a new album from these guys. Anyone else get a kick out of David Grohl bagging on McCain for using their song without permission?

[CheapJon]

i think they are having a break

[Verse Chorus Verse]

I felt embarrassed for them covering Carly Simon last night. Nothing against her, I like the song, but it seemed so out of their element...but at least Dave's voice was in better shape than other recent on-air shows.

[victor08]

dave grohl is a nice guy. i don't own any foo fighter's music, but i like them. they're pretty rad

[Giant_Robot]

Foo Fighters are awesome ! Went to see them live at the wembley shows with Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones as special guests.... alot of energy... the songs are great to sing along too as well.

As for the albums i have two favourites... the first album because it one of the atmospheric albums ive listened too and There Is Nothing Left To Lose is one of those albums that nearly every song could be a radiohit.

  

[CheapJon]

So they are playing live on facebook in about 7 hours. some kind of stream I guess, might see it but that's 3 Am in Sweden

just thought i'd mention if there's anyonre interrested, back to sleep now

[DeN]

new teaser : http://tease.foofighters.com/

sounds good!

[DeN]

new song and new video featuring Lemmy 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebJ2brErERQ

[LunsJail]

new song and new video featuring Lemmy 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebJ2brErERQ

That video is great!

[metallex78]

Sounds killer, the song is just like old school Foo Fighters!

[AdZ]

Really liking White Limo, it felt like they'd been stuck in a rut the last few albums, good to hear some progression!

[mrlee]

Really liking White Limo, it felt like they'd been stuck in a rut the last few albums, good to hear some progression!

even i liked it and i couldnt stand anything they have released since 2001.

[Bodhi]

Really liking White Limo, it felt like they'd been stuck in a rut the last few albums, good to hear some progression!

even i liked it and i couldnt stand anything they have released since 2001.

yeah same here, i like it a lot, and I really only liked a single here and there since 2001

[LunsJail]

Really liking White Limo, it felt like they'd been stuck in a rut the last few albums, good to hear some progression!

even i liked it and i couldnt stand anything they have released since 2001.

yeah same here, i like it a lot, and I really only liked a single here and there since 2001

They had gotten real cookie cutter and generic sounding the past 3 albums or so. Hopefully they have broken out of that.

[Bodhi]

Just heard the whole new Foo album, might be their best yet, definitely on par with the first two.


Dave Grohl The Perfect Rockstar

How did a drummer who never intended to make money from music end up as one of the biggest and wealthiest rock stars?


By Carl Wilkinson

A group of record company executives, sitting down to sketch the perfect rock star, may well come up with someone a little like Dave Grohl. He has the look?long, thick black hair; he has the talent?he plays the drums, guitar and piano, he sings and he writes his own songs; and, above all, he has both pedigree and credibility.


In the early 1990s, as drummer with seminal grunge band Nirvana, Grohl helped change the face of popular music. Today, as lead singer with stadium-filling rock giants Foo Fighters, he is a multi-millionaire who has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, won six Grammy awards and is president of his own record label. Alongside Foo Fighters he has a number of side projects (including supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, with Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones); a documentary about his band shot by Oscar-winning director James Moll was released last month and his seventh album, Wasting Light, is out on Monday. Now 42, Grohl?and his brand of rock 'n' roll?has grown up, had kids and settled down.

How did a man who was just a drummer and who never intended to make money from music end up as one of the biggest and wealthiest rock stars of the decade, succeeding in the face of a record industry in crisis?


its a pretty long article,
http://www.slate.com/id/2290837/