[kj] RE: Foos, Nirvana, whatever

[Leigh Newton]

Just seems like they were a lot higher profile back in
the day. Their last couple of albums came out to
little or no fanfare. I don't deny that they've got
loads of fans who'll come to their shows. But i think
they were definately more popular, as in being
ingrained into the collective unconscious of the
general public (Big Me and the Mentos video and all
that) and not just specifically Foo Fighters fans
circa their first 2 albums. It was more a sign of the
times than anything else. That kind of music is
nowhere near hip anymore. Anyways, that's got nothing
to do with the quality of the music. I think the first
album is pretty great, the 2nd one has a few great
moments, and it all sucks after that. There's a track
on the King Buzzo solo album (with the Kiss style
cover art) called Skeeter that's all Grohl, vocals and
instrumentation. It's pretty great. Pretty heavy.

Leigh

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

> Leigh
> How can you say they were more popular then, when
> Dave Grohl admitted at
> Earls Court that they had to book such a venue
> because of the huge demand
> now?
> Admittedly there was a load of 14 year old girls
> there and I felt like a
> real old bloke for the first time at a gig.
> I went with my 17 year old son but wouldn't have
> looked out of place with my
> 13 year old daughter.
> There - that would possibly put even more people off
> them but I love his
> music and am not swayed by the fact it was not full
> of 30 - 40 year old
> punks, headbangers or whatever.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rob Martin
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 16:30:24 -0800 (PST)
> From: Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [kj] RE: Foos, Nirvana, whatever
> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the
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> Actually the Foo Fighters were a lot more popular
> then
> when they were good. Back when alt-rock was having
> its
> heyday.
> 
> Leigh
> 
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