If you don't like the Foo Fighters, you're really not going to like them by the end of the year. "Wasting Light" is one of their superior releases and should prove itself by staying on the radio and album charts for 2011. Their current tour dismantles every pre-conceived negative thought one might have had about their music. Always notorious for having stellar opening acts, they pulled no punches by adding Motorhead and Scotland's own Biffy Clyro to the bill.
"Wasting Light" features several power rock singles and a few ballads that are destined for major shelf life. Easily, the first four tracks on the record just create this relentless assault on all things rock. By the time you get through "White Limo" (which happens to feature Lemmy in the video as a chauffeur), you should be hooked. The intricacies of the different guitar parts, combined with Taylor Hawkins monster drum skills, left me shocked, which is what I think they were going for.
If you listen to the entire Foo Fighters discography, one could venture to say that they haven't put out a bad album yet. Sure, some albums have charted better than others, but every single record has produced several gems that have made their way to radio and into our collective consciences.
Foo Fighters bring a three-guitar assault, machine gun precision and moxy in spades. They haven't put out an original set of music since 2007's, "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" and took a brief hiatus and a chance to recharge. Dave Grohl formed a side project with John Paul Jones & Josh Homme (Them Crooked Vultures) and guested on several albums (Tenacious D, Slash), in the pursuit of other sounds, not of the Foo variety.
If the music were not enough, Dave Grohl enlisted the production help of Butch Vig (Nirvana, Garbage) and brought in old friends Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) on "I Should Have Known", Bob Mould (Husker Du, Sugar) on "Dear Rosemary" and Fee Waybill (The Tubes) on "Miss The Misery". This was as close to a Nirvana reunion as one could get. Dave Grohl converted his garage into a new state-of-the-art recording studio and the band went back to basics to recreate the initial grit and organic vibe from the original album.
"Wasting Light" features several power rock singles and a few ballads that are destined for major shelf life. Easily, the first four tracks on the record just create this relentless assault on all things rock. By the time you get through "White Limo" (which happens to feature Lemmy in the video as a chauffeur), you should be hooked. The intricacies of the different guitar parts, combined with Taylor Hawkins monster drum skills, left me shocked, which is what I think they were going for.
If you listen to the entire Foo Fighters discography, one could venture to say that they haven't put out a bad album yet. Sure, some albums have charted better than others, but every single record has produced several gems that have made their way to radio and into our collective consciences.
Foo Fighters bring a three-guitar assault, machine gun precision and moxy in spades. They haven't put out an original set of music since 2007's, "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" and took a brief hiatus and a chance to recharge. Dave Grohl formed a side project with John Paul Jones & Josh Homme (Them Crooked Vultures) and guested on several albums (Tenacious D, Slash), in the pursuit of other sounds, not of the Foo variety.
If the music were not enough, Dave Grohl enlisted the production help of Butch Vig (Nirvana, Garbage) and brought in old friends Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) on "I Should Have Known", Bob Mould (Husker Du, Sugar) on "Dear Rosemary" and Fee Waybill (The Tubes) on "Miss The Misery". This was as close to a Nirvana reunion as one could get. Dave Grohl converted his garage into a new state-of-the-art recording studio and the band went back to basics to recreate the initial grit and organic vibe from the original album.
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