So my wife asked me the other day if there's been any news about Dave Grohl that I can post about.  The only thing showing up in my Google alerts lately are concert reviews of Them Crooked Vultures and how great the shows are and how awesome of a drummer Dave Grohl is.  So that settles that.  Them Crooked Vultures are coming to Windsor, Ontario on Sunday May 16th and I am going to go.  I can resist no longer.  Any one up for keeping me company on the four hour trip there and back?  Still up for it Candor?  Nathan?  Let me know.  I'll have to buy tickets soon (~$50) and I think a passport is now required. 

Once again Dave is reaching his grubby hands deep into my pockets, making me poorer and in this case sleep deprived. 

I hate Dave Grohl.

Here are the videos (all FOUR of them!):

Sometimes I can’t even believe it.  I just read the New York Daily News review of Slash’s new album, in which Slash plays guitar and has a bunch of guest stars singing and playing with him.  The reviewer talks about how some of it works really well (especially Lemmy and Chris Cornell – yea!), and some of it doesn’t.  Being the Dave Grohl hater that I am, I know he contributed by playing drums on one track.  In fact, he turned Slash down when asked to sing, but said he’d love to play drums.  As I'm reading the review, I’m waiting for the bombshell about what really DIDN’T work and that was the Dave Grohl collaboration because I can tell it's building to something, but what get’s saved for the final paragraph of the review is this:

Ironically, the track that works best offers no guest vocalist at all.

"Watch This” reunites Slash with GNR alum Duff, and adds Dave Grohl on drums, to create a teeth-melting instrumental. The result proves that Slash could have gone the Jeff Beck route, letting his brilliant guitar work assume the fullness of a human voice for an entire CD.

One day let's hope he works up the nerve to do so.

I guess it’s a good thing Dave refused to sing!  That guy has got amazing instincts.  I keep waiting for the time when Dave Grohl does something that falls flat; the day when he does something that not only isn’t good/great, but maybe even sucks a little bit.  Until then, my hate continues to grow…

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2010/04/07/2010-04-07_slashs_brilliant_guitar_work_takes_a_backseat_to_showy_collaborations_on_his_fir.html#ixzz0kT6x5Jdu

Here is a “video” of the Foo Fighter’s covering “Band On The Run” by Paul McCartney and the Wings. It is awesome.  But it brings something up that my friend Mike brings up a lot and that is that the Foo Fighters need to release an album of B-sides, rarities, covers, etc.  They have a lot of songs floating out there that have either been on movie soundtracks or compilation albums, etc..  It’s time that the Foo Fighters release their own “Lost Dogs” (Pearl Jam’s double album of B-sides and rarities).

It would have been nice if they had done that instead of the Greatest Hits package they released last year.  But now that Dave and the gang are recording another Foo Fighters album, it is doubtful we will see this in the near future.

I hate Dave Grohl.

Them Crooked Vultures have added more tour dates to their current North American tour for April and May and they are as follows:

APRIL
Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia (14)
Indio, CA Coachella (16)
Las Vegas, NV The Joint (17)
Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium (19)

MAY
Quebec City, QU Pavillion De La Jeunesse (11)
Montreal, QE CEPSUM Stadium (12)
Ottawa, ON Scotia Place (13)
Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre (15)
Windsor, ON Colosseum At Caesars (16)
Indianapolis, IN The Egyptian Room (17)
Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom (18)

Make sure you check their website for all the latest tour updates and information.

I just watched the movie Anvil! The Story of Anvil.  It's basically the story of a heavy metal band named Anvil, who back in the 80's were supposed to be the next big thing along with the Scorpions, Bonjovi, Whitesnake, etc.  However, they never really made it and here it is 30 years later, and the guys are in their 50's still trying.  It's an interesting, kind of sad movie.  So anyway, I went on their website to see how their story is going since the movie has been made. I had heard they've gotten a lot of good exposure and are probably having the most success of their career.  So what does this have to do with this website?  You wouldn't think anything, right?  I didn't either.  But I went to their website and the top thing was a video of them performing at an awards show recently.  Guess who introduces them?  That's right my friends, none other than Mr. Dave Grohl.  That dude is everywhere!  To check out Dave's introduction and watch Anvil sing what must be their signature song, Metal On Metal, here's the video:

then I realized this whole website is an April Fools joke.