In the mid-Seventies, David Bowie briefly lived in Los Angeles while recording his 1976 album Station to Station. Shortly after joining Beck for a pre-Grammys performance of “The Man Who Sold the World,” Dave Grohl and Pat Smear hit up some of Bowie’s famous LA haunts for Playboy, as the two drove around in a…
When I walked into my very first Tower Records, I could hear the echoes of my footsteps. The bright fluorescent lights were so harsh, I had to squint to case the joint; only empty shelves and bare walls stared back at me. It was like the mall the day after Christmas, but worse. Needless to…
Dave Grohl’s publicist must love him. Just when you think Grohl can’t get any cooler or nicer, especially among a sea of asshole rock stars in the world, he keeps being amazing. Foo Fighters fan Ken Powell has been battling melanoma cancer for 14 years now. In 2009, he was classified as Stage 4 and…
If you’ve turned on your computer in the last year or so, you’ve heard all about the upcoming Foo Fighters album (Sonic Highways, out Nov. 11), the upcoming HBO show (same name, starts tomorrow at 11 p.m.), the Foo’s week-long residency on Letterman, and their headlining cover band gigs under the name The Holy…
Your ice bucket challenge sucks. I mean, it really blows. Congratulations for following the trend and dumping a little bit of water over your head and squealing like a pig. I saw the video. Your bucket wasn’t even full, nor did it have a sufficient amount of ice in it. But besides. Dave Grohl and…
Last night, I finally got the chance to sit down with Dave Grohl’s 2013 documentary (and directorial debut) about Sound City Studios, a studio responsible for so many legendary albums from Fleetwood Mac, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Pat Benatar, Rage Against the Machine, and countless others. The film, simply titled Sound City, chronicles the studio’s early…
When the Foo Fighters set out to record their latest release, Wasting Light, frontman Dave Grohl and his bandmates went old school, digging the art of analog from its grave and recording straight to tape. No computers, no bells, no whistles. With the upcoming Rock-Doc Sound City, Grohl is still celebrating analog from the vantage…
The last two albums I purchased (actual CDs, mind you!) have been highly anticipated (by myself, of course) and quite friggin’ epic. That’s why I just can’t stop talking about them. Because I’ve already talked about these damn records ad nauseam, I’m going to (try to) keep this brief. And hopefully do so with way…
Countdown to new Foo: 4 days! VH1 is airing the brand spankin’ new Foo Fighters documentary (titled Back and Forth) tonight at 10pm. Directed by James Moll, the doc will cover the band’s history and is interspersed with interviews, concert footage, and more awesome Foo-ness. Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker James Moll will chronicle the…
Foo Fighters. First single. “Rope”. Yes. \m/