Friday, October 7 2011
Foo Fighters: 16 September 2011 - Kansas City, MO
All Dave Grohl had to do was stand in one place, however, and scores of fans would maniacally cheer.
Thursday, March 3 2011
No Past Resignations: The First Two Foo Fighters Albums
Foo Fighters might be at the peak of their fame now, but it was those first two albums that stand as the conclusive proof that Kurt Cobain wasn't the only brilliant songwriter to have spent time in Nirvana.
Monday, June 14 2010
Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders: 6 May 2010 - New York
Hawkins imagined Red Light Fever as “sounding like me having sex with my record collection,” but delivered from start to finish with the same thrusts at the same speed with the same pressure, the music only humps the listener into numbness.
Tuesday, April 27 2010
Celebrating the Allure of the Almighty Riff
The riff: is there any sweeter two-word phrase in the rock vocabulary? AJ Ramirez offers his examples of the best riffs via video.
Tuesday, August 5 2008
Foo Fighters
Sure, it was Foo Fighters that played, but it was singer-guitarist Dave Grohl and his unyielding desire for attention, his wild and crazy antics, and his unkempt, 80s-era, glam-metal hairdo that became the predominant focus of the evening.
Monday, September 24 2007
Foo Fighters: Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace
On their sixth studio album, Grohl and Company sound like Bob Seger fronting for your garden variety modern hard rock group.
Thursday, August 23 2007
Foo Fighters: The Colour and the Shape
For anyone who experienced the heyday of Nirvana, it's still surreal that the lanky, string-haired drummer is the guy who'd be on magazine covers and writing #1 rock radio hits 15 years later.
Monday, November 27 2006
Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones
Inadvertently, Foo Fighters have put out the most listenable, enjoyable disc of their career so far.
