Foo Fighters to get HBO Series/Documentary
 

Uh, yes please.


http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...bo-documentary

That's ****ing awesome.

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Will watch.

I was never a fan of FF until the last few years. Dave Grohl is a cool MF

Sounds great.

They already have a great documentary called "Back and Forth". If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. Great movie.

So much this. It's great.

I, much like Dayze, only recently got into FF. I ****ing love them now. Wasting Light is an incredible album, on top of their other magnificent productions. Skin and Bones is hands down my favorite acoustic set.

The Sound City doc was pretty interesting.
This actually sounds a little gimmicky with the 8 songs in eight cities, but I'll surely check it out.

That man has more talent than most bands today...

If you're a FF fan the live show is a must own...

Seems like a humble, great dude too.

Live at Wembley?

Ah, cool. I'll have to check that out.

The Wembley show was amazing. I caught it one night on Paladia. Crowd was huge and just electric. You could tell the band was a little taken aback. (In a good way)

didn't he have a fan kicked out of concert because he was starting shit with other people? and I think he gave a fan in the front a beer lol. dude is cool as shit.

Saw foo fighters in KEMPER back a couple years ago. Dave Stop the show asked the spot light to shine on this guy in the very back...and goes..."Dude...you just had to have two beers didn't you?" The guy raised two beers up.

That's ****ing awesome. I've seen the dude in public. Normal Joe.

By far one of the best live concerts!

Overrated commercial radio garbage. I guess the masses will always listen to what the man puts in your ears. Many should step outside the box of commercial radio.... Few have the will to unfortunately.
"We don't know why we even try to say the things we say cuz in reality nobody hears it anyway, the music starts and they just talk no matter what the words, scream and cheer and spill your beer just like the f***ing herd."..... And then my sig...

Wait.

Are you suggesting Foo Fighters is overrated commercial radio garbage?

The guy that ****ing drinks beer with Lemmy at the Rainbow and drums in Tenacious D is "commercial radio garbage"?

If it sounds like it, and looks like it.... So yep that's what I'm calling Foo fighters. Just cuz you hang out with Lemmy or whatever doesn't change them. To me they're the same as most other bands they play on the radio. Sing, scream, sing repeat. Just my opinion but I couldn't care less about them. Not that my opinion matters! Seems most here are all about mainstream music!

I'm not saying Dave Grohl isn't a good guy. Just that the music he makes is commercial radio rock. Foo Fighters, nickel back, breaking Benjamin, three days grace. Pop evil. Etc, etc. plenty of good non mainstream stuff out there but you gotta look for it.
Tsunami Rising, Pasadena, Doco, Katastro. SOOO many more!

Um, no.

Not only no but **** no.

Foo Fighters is nothing like those other 3 bands. At all.

Wow.

Oh ok if you say so all knowing music man! Keep the blinders on.

ROFL

Get your self-righteous music critic bullshit outta here. Just because you listen to a bunch of bands nobody has ever heard of doesn't mean your shit don't stink.

I've got 1200 albums spanning almost 50 years. I don't ever listen to the radio. I have shit in my collection that even your hipster friends have never heard of. If that's blind, somebody get me a seeing eye dog.

By the way, I'm just ****ing with you.

I do think it's pretty silly to lump Foo Fighters in with those other 3 bands. Just because they play a band on the radio doesn't mean it's mass-produced crap.

Some bands write music for the radio but there are also bands that get played on the radio whether they want to be or not.

Do you think Pink Floyd ever intended to be one of the most played (on the radio) bands of all time?

I tend to agree with you some what. I haven't dug any of the F.F music since the 90s. Their songs have gotten way to ballady for me over the years. I know it's sacriligious to speak ill of saint Grohl but he puts out his share of garbage like everybody else.

The thing is, the guy is involved in dozens of musical projects. He doesn't need money so there's really no incentive for him to pander to airplay interests.

Don't you think it's possible that FF just happens to be the outlet where he gets to express those things? He certainly has plenty of other musical outlets so he doesn't have to (or want to) put all of his creative juice into just Foo Fighters.

You know, if people didn't have emotional relationships with ballads, they wouldn't sell the way they do. Maybe Grohl is actually just a normal human being like the rest of us.

Lmao, I promise you I'm not a "hipster". There are always exceptions to any rule. Pink Floyd, while not a band that I listen to (although I've prob heard every song more times than I'd like to) brought a dif sound to their music. Most radio friendly bands follow the same recipe to get on the radio. I listen to mostly reggae influenced music. Just my taste. And btw, do you have a phonograph player to listen to those albums on grandpa??


Just kidding :)
Everyone have a great day. Today I marry off my oldest daughter and it's a beautiful day in Tampa Bay! One love

Correct. But not all radio friendly bands are that way on purpose (see my previous post). Even though FF SOUNDS radio friendly, they're not writing music to get played on the radio. I can guarantee you that.

Why yes, yes I do. And it even has a USB port so that I can rip my albums to MP3. ;)

First, congrats!

Second, **** off. I wish I lived in ****ing Tampa. :)

Nobodies saying Daves not a great guy. He definitely seems very humbled and greatful for the opportunities he's been given. I just think F.F have been putting out some underwhelming music for quite some time. People can have an emotional connection with ballads all they want, learning to walk again will still be an overplayed shitty song.

You sound clueless, Wasting Light is an excellent album recorded entirely on analog tape and in DGs garage.

Do yourself a favor and drop the pretentious act judging others musical tastes.

If you hate the ffs why click on a thread about foo?

You're right, how dare I have an opinion about FF that you don't agree with. Maybe if you can't stand people with differing opinions on music than you, YOU shouldn't be on a message board. I'm not judging your musical taste by saying I don't like them and that they sound like other radio garbage. And how dare I talk bad about Dave God er Grohl. I don't care how the cd was recorded. I don't care for their music. My taste, my opinion. If there was a thread called "reasons the Broncos are great" on here you might click it even though you don't like the Broncos. So settle down Hitler people can have other views than just yours......

This place never disappoints.

they're no 3 Door's Down.

You see Coochie, the difference is easy to understand so pay attention closely....

This is not a thread debating differing musical tastes, genres, or otherwise. Instead this was a thread created to specifically discuss the FFs new rock doc on hbo. I don't care what music you listen to, but when you stop in and blast the listeners of the foo fighters and compare the band to the likes of nickelback I take exception, not because of your opinion, but because of your uber pretentious soapbox take on music you obviously know very little about. I did not drop in on a thread about little known bands you proclaim gods and start claiming they suck ass and only the foo and their ilk are worth our time.

See the distinction?

Now run along troll, there are people trying to discuss IMO a damn good bands upcoming hbo series....

Omg, God you're funny. First you prob wanna go back and check as I proclaimed no bands gods. I gave my opinion on the band and offered a few bands that people might want to check out that are equally as good if not better than the crap they play on the radio. I'm sure you might agree that even as far as mainstream rock albums go most of the time they don't even play what some would consider the better tracks off the album. What the radio does is repeat the same songs over and over so if you don't like then immediately they will "grow on you" because they force feed it to you constantly. If you can't handle criticism for a band or a guy that you're obviously full blown Michael Sam for, then maybe a public message board isn't the place for you. So if calling me a troll makes you feel good about yourself then by all means I'm a troll or whatever cool name you call people with a differing view than yourself. Now go get your shine box.....

Weird. A person who can't stand what's played on the radio, yet knows all about what's played on the radio.

I don't understand people who come into a thread, knowing full well what it's about, and spew nonsense that's contrary - just for the sake of being contrarian. Then, when they've been thoroughly pulverized for said incompetence, they get on the defensive and put on their "buddy-buddy" hat.

Quit hiding behind the tired "you shouldn't be on a message board if you don't like other opinions blah blah blah BLAH BLAH" adage and GTFO. Stop breathing my air.

Suck a bag full of dick friend :) never seen such a bunch of thin skinned pussies in my whole life than I've encountered on one site. If you can't take the heat...

It's only music! Everyone has their opinions, that's what music is all about, you create your own interpretation. You like it or you don't, you have made your point that you obsessively don't like them.

Seriously?

You think the reactions you see here are the result of "thin skin"?

When you shit on someone's front porch, they don't get upset because they have thin skin. They get upset because you're a ****ing stupid asshole.

Sorry, they made this announcement a few days before my birthday and I considered it a gift from them. I just woke up from blacking out due to pure excitement.

Seen them twice. Kemper and Sprint. When they tour again for the new album, I will be going to multiple shows. Best live show I have ever been to, hands down.

Damn, that good?! Have you seen Muse live? Pretty incredible, like a spaceship landing on your head. Probably similar to what Queen would have been like in their prime.

Btw I saw Muse at the Midland before they were HUGE and on the radio. Street cred? :)

I really want to see Muse live. Everybody that's seen them said it was transcendent...

Had tickets to their show at Sprint a few years ago. They ended up canceling because Christopher's (bassist) wife was due around the same date as the show.

you sure that was Kemper? he did that at sprint center a couple years ago. matter of fact I was on the floor and when they came to the little rear stage I walked right up to him and got some great pics on shitty cell phone. (attached below)

some interesting comments in here. I think Foo is one of the greats. I've often wondered what Grohls life would be if dumbass Kurt hadn't killed himself. would he ever have realized his potential? would he still be behind the drumset?

I've wondered how nervous drummers must have been to audition for Grohl! like....damn..... be like auditioning to play guitar in Stevie Rays band! hahaha!

today's Foo isn't yesterdays Foo. some like the newer stuff....some don't. I appreciate it all....I'm a huge fan.....but my heart lies in the older stuff. but to say they suck.....wow.....I just don't get it.

country isn't my thing. but there IS some good country out there (even though it's really rock n roll nowadays) I appreciate good music....even if it's not my bag. so to throw a blanket statement out there that Foo sucks.....wow. WHICH FOO? old Foo? new Foo? oh no....ALL FOO! just dumb.

lastly.....Not Enough Space is possibly my fav Foo song. how in the HELL can he scream like that night after night? and that bitch sounds GOOOOOD live! ain't no lip syncing bullshit. Foo is badass. Grohl kicks ass.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/pictu...pictureid=1478
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/pictu...pictureid=1479
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A lot of it really is.

if the Eagles came out as a brand new band today....they'd call them country.
I find this a tad annoying. southern rock......is ROCK. the end.

but hey.....good on ya country folks for successfully peddling rock off on the young country fans. they are all....yay country! umm....ever heard of 38 special? it's rock man. rock.

Yep. I was a big Bob Seger fan in the 70s and a lot of his stuff could pass for country today. The Eagles and 38 Special are even better examples.

Did you know that several of Bob Seger's hits were written by the Swampers, who were famously mentioned in "Sweet Home Alabama"?

I watched a PBS documentary the other night about Muscle Shoals, it was REALLY cool. Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, the Stones, Skynyrd. Really, eye opening.

No, I had no idea. Interesting.

It started with FAME Studios.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAME_Studios

And then the in-house guys from there started their own company (Seger actually worked with them after they left FAME).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_..._Sound_Studios

Yes, it was at the Kemper show. Grohl was in great form that night. Big guy with two beers got spotlighted and Grohl said "I'm going .... You and me... We are going to the titty bar together".

Seen them several times. The show at Kemper was just unbelievable. Sprint Center was great also, but something about that 07? show made it stand out for me.

When they return, I'll be there.

They dropped the 2nd stage from the ceiling at that '07 show, right? Played like a 45 minute acoustic set. I'm pretty sure they played for almost 3 hours that night.

he said the exact same thing at the sprint center show.
oh well....it's a good bit.

That's the one. Incredible show. And FUN.

It was similar. But the one penz was talking about was definitely the Kemper Show.

well....I was there. it was the EXACT same shtick. not that there's anything wrong with that.....but he did the same thing at Sprint center.

that's OK Dave....I still love you man.

We went and pre-partied somewhere downtown before that Kemper Show. Arrived about 15 minutes before Foos kicked off their set. Rocked our ass off for 3 hours, then were so hyped after, went out to the parking lot and killed a liter of polish brandy.

They led off with Let It Die, right? Seriously, it was one of the top 5 shows I've ever seen.

I know frank. I was there too. It was similar. But it wasn't the SAME schtick or the same show.ya feel me? ;)

Yes. Killed it from the first song, on. Ended up playing 22 songs that night. Although the show was in July '08. We were off in memory by a year.

I've linked the set list because it makes me happy

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/foo-fi...-5bd79b70.html

Ah yes. That's a memorable set list.

Interview with Grohl, plus a teaser for the HBO series, Sonic Highways

https://music.yahoo.com/news/rock-ha...140000848.html

Extended promo for the show

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They're on Letterman all week...

Nice cover of War Pigs along with Zac Brown last night

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That was ****ing awesome!

New single dropped yesterday, "Something From Nothing". Pretty sick

You can listen to it for free via their website or on iTunes.

That was great. Thanks for the heads up.

DVR'd the first episode. Pretty awesome stuff, definitely worth a watch if you're a FF/rock/music fan in general.