With all the new summer music events vying for your attention, we understand if you've got festival announcement burnout. Consider adding ACL to your wish list, though, as they've just announced a ton of great bands who'll be visiting Zilker... CONTINUE READING AUSTIN CITY LIMITS 2008 GETS FOOS, FOGERTY»
Posted on April 15, 2008 (30 comments)
Tags: Austin City Limits | Beck | David Byrne | Foo Fighters | John Fogerty | Manu Chao | Robert Plant | The Mars Volta | The Raconteurs
Inspired by the race to the White House, the new issue of Revolver features politico-rock superfriends M. Shadows, Dave Havok, Serj Tankian, Randy Blythe, and Dave Grohl on the red-white-&-blue cover. A lot like this! (Hmm, let's hope the choice... CONTINUE READING REVOLVER GETS POLITICAL, DAVE GROHL PERFORMS "SONGS ABOUT LOVE AND HOPE AND COMPASSION"»
Posted on March 28, 2008 (9 comments)
Tags: Dave Grohl | Foo Fighters
Amy Winehouse and Rihanna performed, Foo Fighters and Kanye West won, and the show was "was largely free of surprises" according to AP. Sounds like the Grammys, but alas, we're talking about the Brit Awards. At least instead of will.i.am,... CONTINUE READING 2008 BRIT AWARDS LIKE 2008 GRAMMYS, BUT WITH MORE MIKA»
Posted on February 20, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Adele | Amy Winehouse | BRIT Awards | Foo Fighters | Kanye West | Mark Ronson | Paul McCartney
Wow, in just a week Dave's led his Foos from outside the Grammys straight into the center of Madison Square Garden. Last night was their first performance in MSG over their 13-year tenure as a band. Crazy, no? The show... CONTINUE READING FOO FIGHTERS @ MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NYC 2/19/08»
Posted on February 20, 2008 in , (12 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters
Every week, we dig in the archives for videos that we find noteworthy, memorable, or just unbelievably stupid. And then, Jon McMillan breaks 'em down for you. This week: following a Foo-tastic Grammy performance with some vintage Foo-video.
CONTINUE READING VIDEO HANGOVER: FOO FIGHTERS - "BIG ME"»
Posted on February 12, 2008 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters
Welcome to Stereogum's sarcastic play-by-play of the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. We're moments before showtime and Amy Winehouse has already won Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and a new set of teeth. Tonight promises an exciting... CONTINUE READING LIVEBLOGGING THE 2008 GRAMMYS»
Posted on February 10, 2008 (174 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Beyoncé | Daft Punk | Dave Stewart | Feist | Foo Fighters | Grammys | Herbie Hancock | Jay-Z | Kanye West | Kid Rock | Rihanna | Ringo Starr | The Beatles | Tina Turner | will.i.am
This hairy "Long Road To Ruin" alternate take lacks the earlier Soap version's Rashida Jones cameo, but there is a crowd of screaming girls. Fair enough. Nice swivel, Dave. As a bonus, it also gives you an idea of what... CONTINUE READING FOO FIGHTERS OFFER HAMMIER "LONG ROAD TO RUIN" VIDEO, SEARCH FOR GRAMMY ORCHESTRA»
Posted on January 8, 2008 in (0 comments)
Tags: Billy Corgan | David Scott Stone | Foo Fighters | Grammys | The Smashing Pumpkins
Love it when Foo Fighters hit the costume department and have a laugh. Unlike "Learn To Fly," for instance, Dave Grohl (or, Davy Grolton) sticks to but one character in this '70s hospital soap opera send up within a sendup,... CONTINUE READING NEW FOO FIGHTERS VIDEO (FEAT. RASHIDA JONES) - "LONG ROAD TO RUIN"»
Posted on November 2, 2007 in (18 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters | The Office
This week's SNL got off to a rocky start when a cross-eyed and painful-to-watch Ritchie Sambora lost his next-to-only line during host Jon Bon Jovi's monologue (Sambora smiling blankly, mouthing "Oh shit, I lost it." To his credit, intended or... CONTINUE READING FOO FIGHTERS, JON BON JOVI GET PUNCHED JUST BEFORE EATING (AND BJöRK & CHARLES BARKLEY DO ICONOCLASTS)»
Posted on October 15, 2007 (20 comments)
Tags: Andy Samberg | Björk | Bon Jovi | Foo Fighters | Pat Smear | Saturday Night Live
"How many of you have our new album?" growled Grohl in an apparent moment of clichéd, crowd-baiting rockstar banter. Some not-so-small fraction of the super-packed crowd at Irving Plaza last night roared back, continuing the standard exchange. "The album's not... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: FOO FIGHTERS - ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE AND GRACE (AND LIVE @ FILLMORE/IRVING PLAZA, NYC 9/20/07)»
Posted on September 21, 2007 in , , (31 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters | Julia Stiles | Pat Smear
You've been waiting patiently all weekend, so let's get this thing going. Welcome to this year's MTV Video Music Awards, this year featuring three whole awards dedicated to videos! We've been hypnotized by John Norris's amazing new wig, Kanye's plastic-looking... CONTINUE READING LIVEBLOGGING THE 2007 VMAS»
Posted on September 9, 2007 (214 comments)
Tags: 50 Cent | Britney Spears | Fall Out Boy | Foo Fighters | Justin Timberlake | Kanye West | Mark Ronson | MTV Video Music Awards | Rihanna | Sarah Silverman | Timbaland
The new Foo video starts like a cop-out -- massive set, tiny band, Dave bandaging his pickin' hand during the "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"-ish intro, etc. And aside from some extreme close-ups of Dave and Taylor's most excellent... CONTINUE READING NEW FOO FIGHTERS VIDEO - "THE PRETENDER"»
Posted on August 20, 2007 in (22 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters seem to be on a good will tour, aimed directly at our bloglines: naming songs "Cheer Up Boys (Your Make-Up Is Running)," unleashing a killer first single, and now, this. The fighters of Foo swung by the BBC's... CONTINUE READING FOO FIGHTERS COVER ARCADE FIRE»
Posted on August 17, 2007 in (31 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Dave Grohl | Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters are back with an "ass-slaming" rocker built for Guitar Hero (and if we're lucky, Prince). "The Pretender," the first single from the Foos' forthcoming sixth LP Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace (wow, just what we like in a... CONTINUE READING NEW FOO FIGHTERS - "THE PRETENDER"»
Posted on August 3, 2007 in (16 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters
While engaging in our favorite past times -- playing Guitar Hero or watching Live Earth, for example -- we often think about how underrated the Foo Fighters are. Not from a sales standpoint, mind; just that they consistently churn out... CONTINUE READING FOO FIGHTERS SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM, ANTAGONIZE EMO KIDS»
Posted on July 9, 2007 in (48 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters | Live Earth
History is being made over at Comedy Central: The network we love to laugh with (save the looping MADtv reruns; make it stop!) has picked up the animated satire Lil' Bush, originally an Amp'd Mobile downloadable short, for a six... CONTINUE READING IGGY POP & JEFF TWEEDY ARE LIL' RUMMY & LIL' GOD, RESPECTIVELY»
Posted on May 31, 2007 in (6 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters | Iggy Pop | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Wilco
One of the many highlights of Prince's phalically delicious halftime show was also its most confuzzing: Prince using precious medley time to cover Foo Fighters? Granted, it was excellent, but it surprised the best of you -- and the Foo... CONTINUE READING PRINCE SHOCKED FOO WITH "BEST OF YOU"»
Posted on February 9, 2007 (20 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters | Prince | Rush
NY Daily News's Jim Farber previews tomorrow's live mash-up fest Amsterjam at Randall's Island.Headlining the event this year will be two rock acts, Tom Petty and The Foo Fighters, joined by rappers Busta Rhymes and LL Cool J, plus reggaetone's... CONTINUE READING ABOUT AMSTERJAM»
Posted on August 18, 2006 (6 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters | Tom Petty
We all know the real problem with the music industry these days: not enough awards. Thankfully Esquire's attempting to fix it with another unnecessary installment of their Esky Awards For Outstanding Musical Achievement. The best part is each musician's awkward... CONTINUE READING THE ESKY AND THE )GUMMY(»
Posted on March 21, 2006 in (9 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters | My Morning Jacket | Spoon | SXSW | Tapes 'N Tapes
When we last caught up with Courtney Love, 2004's Mother Of The Year had emerged from hibernation to watch Bo Bice lose American Idol. Apparently she'd been embracing court-ordered sobriety -- jogging with Pam Anderson and getting high on Diet... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY LOVE VS DAVE GROHL ROUND 41»
Posted on July 26, 2005 (91 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Dave Grohl | Foo Fighters | Nirvana
Your response to the new Foo Fighters single is mixed, but we all seem to agree it's tailor-made for a TV commercial. Your job: design a fake advertisement in which the Foos sell out, Intuition stizz. Choose a real product,... CONTINUE READING FOO FIGHTERS PHOTOSHOP CONTEST»
Posted on April 24, 2005 in (6 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters
