[kj] RE: Foos, Nirvana, whatever

[Leigh Newton]

Actually the Foo Fighters were a lot more popular then
when they were good. Back when alt-rock was having its
heyday.

Leigh

--- Rob Martin <robmartin at bluebottle.com> wrote:

> Tim
> If this is your honest view that you don't like what
> the Foos have done
> recently, that is up to you but I don't agree with
> you at all personally.
> The more I play the latest couple of albums, the
> more I appreciate them. I'm
> not saying they are better than their earlier stuff
> - they are different.
> Why people have to continually compare stuff, I
> don't know.
> No offence mate but it just sounds like the usual
> "they are popular now so
> they are now shit".
> That was my view with Adam and the Ants when I was a
> kid and they put out
> Kings of the new frontier.
> It is true with some bands still - they get popular
> and start pumping out
> pop-shit for the masses rather than put out the
> music they actually wanted
> to do.
> Call me Mr. Naive if you want, but I don't believe
> Dave Grohl is putting out
> his new stuff to sell more. It's not as if he has
> toned down the guitar
> sound or cut down on his screaming. As iPat once
> said, the production on the
> new album is outstanding and that is probably
> putting some people off - they
> want the more basic sounding production.
> Unfortunately for them, not many bands would stick
> with their original
> production options when they have the option of
> using the best equipment and
> producers.
> 
> Regards
> Rob Martin
> 
> 
> Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:09:46 -0000
> From: "Tim Bucknall" <tim.bucknall at btinternet.com>
> Subject: Re: [kj] Nirvana
> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the
> band!)"
> 	<gathering at misera.net>
> Message-ID: <002701c613ad$29ef5ae0$585d7ad5 at Tim>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> foo's 95-97 = great
> foo's after 97 = crap
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Tinsoldier645527 at aol.com
>   To: gathering at misera.net
>   Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 4:49 PM
>   Subject: Re: [kj] Nirvana
> 
> 
>   Could you say that a little louder please?
> 
>   In a message dated 07/01/2006 16:46:51 GMT
> Standard Time,
> crackedmachine at yahoo.co.uk writes:
>     I'm a Nirvana fan.
>     Anyone who prefers Foo Fighters must be defa as
> a bat!
> 
>   Forests are falling,there's smoke in my throat
>   Machine over man,and the mass over mind
> 
> 
> 
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