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Foo Fighters returning

Posted on 1/3/23 at 12:43 pm
Posted by Keep Stirring
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 1/3/23 at 12:43 pm
Few days late, but hadn't seen it mentioned here

No timetable but it sounds imminent, nothing mentioned on who will replace Taylor but I'm guessing Josh Freese.. wouldn't be shocked if they play Jazz Fest


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This post was edited on 1/3/23 at 12:50 pm
Posted by metallica81788
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Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 1/3/23 at 1:24 pm to
I don't really get it, seems like a good place to hang it up since they've accomplished all there is to accomplish

But I guess they want to keep making music and possibly honor their friend that way
Posted by Keep Stirring
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 1/3/23 at 1:28 pm to
Plenty of bands have lost important members and eventually continued, I don't know why the Foo would be an exception
Posted by Oswald
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Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 1/3/23 at 1:43 pm to
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I'm guessing Josh Freese

I was at the Los Angeles reunion show and the drummer I felt played the most like Taylor was Rufus Taylor from The Darkness. Aside from him, I thought Josh fit the best.

I know they're not popular on this board, but FF has been my favorite band since '98. As a fan and a drummer, Taylor's death hit me hard and I can't shake the feeling that Dave should take a page from Led Zeppelin's playbook and hang it up...
Posted by Damone
FoCo
Member since Aug 2016
32966 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 1:52 pm to
Grohl is shameless and will never hang it up as long as he can get a check under the Foo Fighters name.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49476 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 2:16 pm to
Id find Delta and let him wear his get-up
Posted by Keep Stirring
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 1/3/23 at 2:16 pm to
quote:

I was at the Los Angeles reunion show and the drummer I felt played the most like Taylor was Rufus Taylor from The Darkness. Aside from him, I thought Josh fit the best.



Rufus would have to leave the Darkness and Josh is basically free to join until Taylor's son turns 18 was my main rationale in my guess.
Posted by Oswald
South of the St. George Buffer Zone
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 1/3/23 at 2:40 pm to
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Rufus would have to leave the Darkness and Josh is basically free to join until Taylor's son turns 18 was my main rationale in my guess.

Yeah, I get it. I was just pointing out that, of all the drummers who played that night, he was the best fit for the band from a stylistic standpoint.
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
32046 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 3:31 pm to
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I know they're not popular on this board, but FF has been my favorite band since '98.


Yeah I never understood that, but yeah they're one of my favorites. Just have a shite ton of bangers.
Posted by SUB
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Posted on 1/3/23 at 4:04 pm to
It sounds like you do get it.

Taylor wouldn't want his death to end the band, I'm sure. And Freese is a great drummer and should fit right in with them.
Posted by 14&Counting
Dallas, TX
Member since Jul 2012
41381 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:18 pm to
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Grohl is shameless and will never hang it up as long as he can get a check under the Foo Fighters name.




Preach it.........
Posted by Yeahright
On a big sphere out there.
Member since Sep 2018
2290 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 10:11 pm to
quote:

Grohl is shameless and will never hang it up as long as he can get a check under the Foo Fighters name.


That's bullshirt. I assume he loves what he is doing and knows when it is time to quit. What's so shameless about getting a check for doing what you love? Don't hate the man for that. Geeze.

This post was edited on 1/3/23 at 10:12 pm
Posted by tigerterrace
Mobile, Alabama
Member since Sep 2016
3475 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 10:54 pm to
Grohl is very talented and there is no reason for the band to stop. As a former drummer he knows what he wants and what he expects.

Even if they never make any more music that have that unique ability to play live and within moments break into almost any number of songs that always come off as great.

They are like your favorite bar or party band in that respect.
Posted by Mizooag94
Hillbillyville, MO
Member since Sep 2018
1641 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 7:00 am to
Grateful Dead had a few keyboard players over the years and they sold a few tickets.
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
12764 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 8:22 am to
quote:

Grohl is shameless and will never hang it up as long as he can get a check under the Foo Fighters name.


True, but I don't blame him for it. Everyone likes money. His nice guy holier than thou schtick is annoying and the Foo Fighters are the definition of mediocre. He's appeared on SNL 14 times more than any other musician. Typical. He likes to attach himself to popular movements and tug at people's heart strings. He would be better off touring solo with a kick arse band playing Nirvana, Them Crooked Vultures (New Fang), and other stuff he wrote. I would actually want to see that.
Posted by redfish99
B.R.
Member since Aug 2007
18689 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 10:56 am to
They’re def playing Fest.
Posted by monsterballads
Gulf of America
Member since Jun 2013
31148 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 11:39 am to
foo fighters existed before taylor and will exist without him.
Posted by DR93Berlin
Member since Jul 2020
1541 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 11:46 am to
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find Delta and let him wear his get-up

I assume Delta is already in a major band
This post was edited on 1/4/23 at 7:36 pm
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49476 posts
Posted on 1/4/23 at 10:01 pm to
quote:

I assume Delta is already in a major band
I assume Dave can pay more
Posted by BCLA
Bossier City
Member since Mar 2005
8928 posts
Posted on 1/5/23 at 7:17 pm to
quote:

will never hang it up as long as he can get a check


So he's basically every fricking musician in the entire world?
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