Dave Grohl, who is in the process of recording the new Them Crooked Vultures album, was recently asked what the new album sounds like.  This was his response:

“When people ask what it sounds like, it sounds like Josh singing and playing guitar, it sounds like me playing the drums, it sounds like John Paul Jones playing bass.  But the way it was recorded…it sounds cool.  I don’t know how to explain it.  There’s sounds that you’ve probably never really heard before.”

Sounds that I’ve probably never really heard before?  What sort of magical noises are they coming up with?  Maybe they’ve discovered a real life leprechaun and recorded it singing Monkey Wrench.  Or perhaps, they captured Sasquatch and recorded its guttural language.  I can’t wait to hear these sounds.  How exciting!

Seriously, with Josh Homme in the band, you never know what you’re going to hear. I was listening to an Eagles of Death Metal album today (which he is part of) and there are some really interesting things going on.  Things that make you say, “You know, I’ve probably never really heard that before…” :)

Have a good one!!!

I’ve been a big fan of Dave Grohl’s music for a long time.  But what I realized is that I don’t know all that much about him as a person, like what his story is.  It’s all very sketchy: he was part of the Washington D.C. hardcore scene, he was in a band called Scream, he became the drummer for Nirvana, he grew up in Virginia, etc.   I just have these bits and pieces of facts from his life.  So I decided to get a biography.  From Amazon, “The Dave Grohl Story” seemed to get a lot of good reviews, so that’s the one I purchased.

It came in the mail and I’ve just started reading the first chapter.  I have a pet peeve about biographies.  The author ends up doing a lot of research and then feels like they should include everything.  This author is no exception.  He’s telling me about Dave Grohl’s parents and his grandparents.  He’s telling me what’s going on in 1969, the year Dave Grohl is born.  He’s telling me all about Warren, Ohio, the town where Dave Grohl was born.  Like all about it.  Why am I reading about dates during the Civil War?  This isn’t the Dave Grohl story, it’s the Warren, Ohio story.

I hate Dave Grohl’s biography.

Please see the following video.  Be forewarned that it contains alarming footage of Dave under the influence of addictive chemicals.  Parent/Work warning: there is adult language near the end.

Yeah, I’ve heard that before.  Like every time they release an album.  I love Dave and all, er, I mean hate him and all, but I don’t know why he has this goal of “Heaviest Album Yet.” What does that even MEAN?  I wrote a review of In Your Honour, the double album they released.  The first disc was supposedly their “Heaviest Album Yet” and the second disc was all acoustic (I’ll give them “Lightest Album Yet” for the second disc).  However, I felt in making their H.A.Y., it came across that they were just trying too hard.  In fact, I wrote then and I’ll write now that they have yet to match Weenie Beenie and Wattershed off their debut album for sheer intensity, raw power and I’ll even say, “heavy-ness.”

It’s an exaggeration that Dave makes this statement before EVERY album.  He didn’t before their last one.  Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace was a great album.  Their best in years really (although I love/hate them all).  And one of the main reasons it is so good is because it has a great balance between slow and fast, soft and hard, quite often within the same song. 

So Dave, you can go ahead and make your “Heaviest Album Yet”, I just ask that you please just make it “good.” 

Otherwise I’ll hate you more.

Just read on Yahoo news that the Foo Fighters have begun writing songs for their next album and they plan to start recording in September.  Not only that,  but another Them Crooked Vultures album is coming out by the end of the summer according to bassist John Paul Jones.  Yet another way Dave Grohl is costing me money since I'll have to buy both. 

However, I have been meaning to comment on this other band, Them Crooked Vultures and how they are taking all of Dave's time, which means it will be that much longer until I can enjoy another Foo Fighters fix (how's that for alliteration?).  I was going to go on and on about it too and end with how I hate Dave Grohl.  But now, somehow, magically, despite touring, writing songs and recording another album with TCV, there is another FF album in the works.  It does make you wonder, though, exactly WHEN is he doing this?  Are they sharing songs online, emailing bits and pieces back and forth?  Does this man sleep?  He is one productive dude, I'll tell you that.  It was all I could to do release a four song EP recently.  I really think he is super-human.  Or an alien. 

I hate Dave Grohl.

How do you think he does it?  Write your comments below.  Remember, comments are fun.

In a recent interview my nemesis, Dave Grohl, proved Reason #8 of why I hate him, which is that he is the stand up comedian of rock.  When asked who should play him in an upcoming Kurt Cobain biopic, he said Shelley Duvall. Funny guy.  I hate Dave Grohl.

This poll is now closed, here are the results:

Strangely I do = 40%
No = 25%
He should play himself = 20%
I hate Dave Grohl = 15%