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THE BARGAIN BUY: Foo Fighters; Foo Fighters

.... . . with this debut which was a Dave Grohl solo project in effect. In my review of... ...Kurt/Nirvana angst was out, big toothy-grin Grohl/Foo Fighters cathartic pop-cum-metal-edged... ...note to Cobain) which was also telling. Grohl/Foos have been much derided by critics who... ...But there was no denying this debut, on which Grohl played just about every instrument, was a... ...nothing like "a drummer's album" and Grohl could crank out some memorable melodies, many... ...originally) to stadiums was a rapid rise, but Grohl mostly handled it without making the mistakes... ...at that price it is also a Bargain Buy. Dave Grohl is interviewed at the time of this album's...

Tagged with: dave grohl | foo fighters | nirvana | pearl jam |

The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/4435/the-bargain-buy-foo-fighters-foo-fighters/

Foo Fighters: Wasting Light (Sony)

...video Big Me in '95. Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl had, largely on his own, recorded an album... ...ride. There's a very early interview with Dave Grohl around this time here, and that comes through... ...Forth released to coincide with this new album Grohl notes other bands go through a shakedown... ...album and, in search of a fresh approach, Grohl decided to record it at home in his garage,... ...Bob Mould comes in to record a vocal we see Grohl go for a swim with his daughter in their... ...on the terrific I Should Have Known which Grohl admits was written about many relationships... ...back to an earlier time. That said though, Grohl really does seem like a man in command of his... ...breaks the five mnute mark and taut economy is Grohl's hallmark, whether it be in the bristling,... ...life is to be enjoyed not endured -- shows Grohl is one of the smartest players in rock, and...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4122/foo-fighters-wasting-light-sony/

DAVE GROHL CONSIDERED (2014): Good, better . . . best

...is true: I was in the studio when Dave Grohl's post-Nirvana band Foo Fighters recorded for... ...album of '94 wasn't a band outing, it was Grohl doing just about all the parts himself and... ...started picking radio play and chart action. Grohl had a big album, but no band. So when they... ...Britain – former drummer Grohl on guitars with Pat Smear of the Germs,... ...like were having a lot of fun, even when Grohl delivered the furiously intense How I Miss You... ...about the woman who would become his wife. Grohl was enjoying himself after the intensity of... ...for Big Me, the one with the Footos mints and Grohl's hair in plaits. Grohl made big pop and... ...best bands, you felt you'd like to be in it. Grohl – two decades on – is still having... ...in September (under the name Holy Shits) Grohl invited the singer of a Foo Fighters' tribute... ...album: “Ladies and gentlemen,” Grohl told the audience of just 600, “would...

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DAVE GROHL INTERVIEWED (1995): Post-grunge fun

...Nirvana drummer-turned-guitarist/singer Dave Grohl, guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Nate Mendel and... ...series. This was something of special moment, Grohl tells me later, because it was the first time... ...cover of an Angry Samoans track,” says Grohl, “one of my favourite punk... ...Then Grohl launches into a How I Miss You, notable for... ...I'll Stick Around single - but there is the Grohl Conundrum. So much emotional investment in... ...be too revealing.” Which is exactly why Grohl - good-natured and chatty, the only one of the... ...that are that big and out of control.” Grohl admits that when he first stepped out front of... ...Repeatedly in his free-ranging conversation Grohl returns to the pleasures of being in this... ...not a sole thing because it’d be Dave Grohl and three other guys. If it was a... ...his monkey on his back for the world to see. Grohl saw it all but is refreshingly low-key about...

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Foo Fighters: Medicine at Midnight (Warner/digital outlets)

...Grohl became such a part of rock's rich tapestry... ...been something of a senior statesman. At 52, Grohl – Nirvana's drummer who emerged as the... ...signature sound their established template, Grohl and band could cruise onto their 10thstudio... ...three very different advance singles suggested Grohl was broadening his palette and, given his... ...asking if there was going to be a war and Grohl remembering his similar fears as a child. The... ...requisite threshold. In the past 25 years Dave Grohl has survived, thrived and with those lead-off... ...fans and dads, or finding the new audience Grohl might have hoped for. . Foo Fighters' Medicine...

Music at Elsewhere: music/9727/foo-fighters-medicine-at-midnight-warner-digital-outlets/

THE BARGAIN BUY: Foo Fighters; Foo Fighters

...solo album because former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl recorded it himself playing just about every... ...a year previous -- and was a springboard for Grohl's reinvention as a frontman singer-guitarist....

The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/8341/the-bargain-buy-foo-fighters-foo-fighters/

Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures (Sony)

...of reasons: this genuine supergroup of Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), Josh Homme (Queens of... ...riffery of Elephants) must make it hard for Grohl to go back to the Foo Fighters (run their...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2754/them-crooked-vultures-them-crooked-vultures-sony/

Nirvana: Nevermind, Deluxe Edition (Universal)

...at Smart Studio with Butch Vig and pre-Grohl drummer Chad Channing (half of them... ...have become known as the Boombox Sessions with Grohl now in the band. These were, as the title...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4448/nirvana-nevermind-deluxe-edition-universal/

Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders: Red Light Fever (Sony)

...Ry Cooder and Nick Lowe) and of course Dave Grohl. All the songs are originals but they are...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3267/taylor-hawkins-and-the-coattail-riders-red-light-fever-sony/

St Vincent: All Born Screaming (digital outlets)

...– – with guests Cate Le Bon, Dave Grohl and Josh Freese of Foo Fighters, and others...

Music at Elsewhere: music/11151/st-vincent-all-born-screaming-digital-outlets/

Beady Eye: Different Gear Still Speeding (Liberator)

...break-up. And who would have reckoned on Dave Grohl's subsequent career after Nirvana. So perhaps... .... . . unless you remember Starr, Harrison, Grohl et al. Like the sound of this, then check out...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3976/beady-eye-different-gear-still-speeding-liberator/

NIRVANA: THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by ANDREW EARLES and VARIOUS WRITERS

...remarkable subsequent career of drummer Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters (and the less successful music...

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/10507/nirvana-the-complete-illustrated-history-by-andrew-earles-and-various-writers/

Phil Selway: Familial (Shock)

...the careers of Phil Collins and Dave Grohl – and Ringo's country music record after...

Tagged with: british sea power | radiohead | ray davies | richard hawley |

Music at Elsewhere: music/3560/phil-selway-familial-shock/

Jessica Lea Mayfield: Tell Me (Nonesuch)

...location via bluegrass and a love of Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters. There's no bluegrass here...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3912/jessica-lea-mayfield-tell-me-nonesuch/

Various artists: Nowhere Boy soundtrack (Sony)

...featured The Backbeat Band (Greg Dulli, Dave Grohl, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and others...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2996/various-artists-nowhere-boy-soundtrack-sony/

THE 2022 MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD (2022): Fee Fi Foo won

...to give the first prize to Dave Watson's Dave Grohl picture. It really does capture the moment...

Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/10304/the-2022-music-photography-award-2022-fee-fi-foo-won/

The Datsuns: Eye to Eye (digital outlets)

...on the planet” and Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl said, “the Datsuns are what the world...

Tagged with: new zealand music |

Music at Elsewhere: music/9894/the-datsuns-eye-to-eye-digital-outlets/

COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK, a film by BRETT MORGEN

...bassist Krist Novoselic appears (but not Dave Grohl who was apparently interviewed subsequently,...

Film at Elsewhere: film/6936/cobain-montage-of-heck-a-film-by-brett-morgen/

THE VERVE LABEL: Fifty-plus years, and what's the forecast?

...first recording as a band -- and remember Dave Grohl did the band's debut album himself -- then I... ...another beneath the No Smoking sign, while Grohl was witty and likable. And I didn’t know...