Showing posts with label Foo Fighters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foo Fighters. Show all posts

Saturday, June 04, 2011

MTV: Do Foo Fighters Know Robert Pattinson from Robert Plant?


UNIVERSAL CITY, California — Hard rock, heavy metal, hardcore and punk have long gone hand-in-hand with evil wizards, magic, vampires and werewolves. And with a collective sub-cultural pedigree that includes stints in the Germs, No Use for a Name, Sunny Day Real Estate, Scream and some band called Nirvana, you'd think the Foo Fighters — set to perform at Sunday's Movie Awards — would know their "Potter" from their Zeppelin. Certainly they can recognize a "wand" reference and pinpoint its origin? CLICK HERE to read the rest of my report.

Friday, March 11, 2011

MTV: Dave Grohl Says Black Flag Inspired New Video


The Foo Fighters spent six hours making the video for "White Limo" and the hilariously lo-fi clip became an Internet sensation with more than 1.2 million views to date. Soon, the clip's namesake will travel the country giving fans early previews of the band's forthcoming album, Wasting Light. So when it came time to make the video for "Rope," the first official single, it only made sense to break out the VHS cameras again. CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF MY REPORT.

MTV: Dave Grohl Talks About Reunion with Krist Novoselic


Nirvana changed the course of popular culture with their defining album, Nevermind. When Dave Grohl reunited with producer Butch Vig some 20 years later to make the newest Foo Fighters record, Wasting Light, it made perfect sense to invite his ex-bandmate Krist Novoselic to come down and jam. Naturally, this led fans to speculate about the subject matter of the resulting track, "I Should Have Known." Speaking candidly to MTV News... CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF MY REPORT.