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by Anthony Flack
I used to think the Foo Fighters were harmlessly bland, but one Sunday morning when packing down after a gig, the venue was playing some Foo Fighters double live album or something. And it was really bad, and as it kept playing I got more and more irritated with the awful, awful songs and the whole atmosphere of it, Dave Grohl performing some horrid little thing horribly and the roar of the stadium accompanying every shitty thing he did. It was really starting to spoil my morning. If all you ever hear is Everlong or whatever, you may not appreciate just how bad their B material can get.
And yeah, hearing about how humble and what a nice guy he is all the time. He probably is a nice guy, but he also comes across as someone with a Bono-sized ego who likes to flatter himself that he stayed humble. Is that uncharitable?
Anyway, their smiley drummer died and that's shitty. And they're not the worst band ever - but they might be the worst band in the world to still have any contemporary relevance. Also, possibly the ONLY band of their generation to still have any contemporary relevance - most of this thread reads like "bands that used to annoy me on the radio 20 years ago".