Ongoing History Daily: The Foo Fighters Puzzle
A lot of bands want to open a tour for the Foo Fighters because they’re guaranteed to play in some of the biggest crowds of their career. But the Foo Fighters pick their
Read MoreA lot of bands want to open a tour for the Foo Fighters because they’re guaranteed to play in some of the biggest crowds of their career. But the Foo Fighters pick their
Read MoreYou may have seen sign language interpreters at concerts. Some offer very straightforward workmanlike performances. Others, like this woman who helped out with the Foo Fighters at Glastonbury last year, took things to
Read MoreTidalWave Comics has a series called “Orbit” which they say is dedicated to “influential individuals shaping the world.” That includes Dave Grohl and The Foo Fighters, apparently. This week, a new 22-page comic
Read MoreWhen the Foo Fighters played the Hear See Now festival, organizers asked Dave Grohl to provide two works of art that could be auctioned off for charity. But Dave was busy, so when
Read MoreHere are a few things about Dave Grohl that somehow may have escaped your attention until now. (1) It’s no surprise that he hates drum machines. He says they work for pop artists
Read MoreIt’s another instalment of the Charismatic Voice in which trained opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff reacts to hearing rock songs for the first time. This woman must have spent decades touring the moons of
Read MoreOn Saturday (November 11), Dave Grohl‘s 17-year-old daughter Violet joined onetime David Bowie pianist Mike Garson to perform some covers at The Sun Rose in L.A. As a featured vocalist, she went through
Read MoreIt’s interesting how some very successful mainstream musicians started out doing something very different before changing directions. Just because you start off in one genre doesn’t mean you have to stay there for
Read MoreThe Foo Fighters have always had a terrific sense of humour. Anyone remember the time they dressed up like lawyers for a spoof TV spot used as a lead-in to their Sonic Highways
Read MoreDave Grohl is making a habit of inviting other singers onstage to perform with the Foo Fighters. And the people who have appeared are not exactly the sort you’d expect to see onstage
Read MoreNo, this isn’t some weird internet mashup. Shania Twain really did join the Foo Fighters onstage to perform “Best of You” at a show in in Austin, Texas. She’s played Austin City Limits
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