“Don’t tell me how to make a record. I was in Nirvana. I was in the greatest rock and roll band of the ’90s. We changed the course of rock music. … Give me a carton of Marlboros. Fuck you, man, I was in Nirvana, you asshole. I’m on RCA, dammit. Don’t you know who I am? I’m a millionaire.”
–Dave Grohl of Nirvana (and Foo Fighters, and Queens of the Stone Age, and Them Crooked Vultures, and Mondo Generator, and Sound City Players, and Backbeat Band, and Scream).
Archive for Foo Fighters
Happy Birthday, Dave Grohl!
Posted in Comedy with tags Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Mondo Generator, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Scream, Sound City Players, Them Crooked Vultures on 01/14/2026 by Kurt OrzeckExclusive: Fu-Schnickens Finally Re-Form for Foo Fighters Fest
Posted in Comedy, Fun And Games with tags Foo Fighters, Fu-Schnickens on 05/02/2022 by Kurt Orzeck
“To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar” screening and Q&A with Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo also confirmed for Foos’ Ball, happening July 8, 2023, in Roswell, New Mexico.
Continue readingRevising History: Mike Watt On John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sun Ra, More
Posted in Features, Revising History with tags Albert Ayler, Anna Waronker, Banyan, Bob Lee, Carla Bozulich, Cibo Matto, Ciccone Youth, Cris Kirkwood, Curt Kirkwood, Dave Grohl, Dos, Dougie Bowne, Eddie Vedder, Evan Dando, Firehose, Floored by Four, Foo Fighters, Hellride, Hellride East, Hovercraft, Iggy Pop, J Mascis, J Mascis and the Fog, John Coltrane, Krist Novoselic, Les McCann, Mike Watt, Miles Davis, Minutemen, Missingmen, Nels Cline, Nirvana, Petra Haden, Porno for Pyros, Rachel Haden, Roland Kirk, Sun Ra, the Stooges, the Unknown Instructors, Thelonious Monk, Wilco, Yuka Honda on 10/08/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Now this is quite the honor: Mike Watt, one of the most respected musicians ever to lurk in the underground, has anted up – all jazz-style – for the second installment in the Bad Penny’s brand-new series, Revising History. Continue reading
B-52s’ Fred Schneider: ‘It’s Better To Make Up Stuff For Interviews Than Tell The Truth’
Posted in Interviews with tags B-52s, Bebel Gilberto, CSS, Foo Fighters, Fred Schneider, Lady Gaga, Ladytron, Peaches, The Superions on 06/09/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
So the B-52s, Lady Gaga and an alien named Mel Moron walk into a cosmic cantina …
Welcome to Fred Schneider’s universe. In an interview conducted with the Bad Penny, he also spoke – at times humorously, at times seriously – about bloody Christmas songs, shoplifting a ham, avoiding cancer and, maybe equally important, avoiding the tour bus. Continue reading
Cave In: ‘The Longer We’re Around, The More People Don’t Like Us’
Posted in Interviews with tags Apples in Stereo, Cave In, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Giant's Chair, Piebald, Sparta, Stephen Brodsky, the Icarus Line, the Ramones, the Vines on 01/07/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
With Cave In’s new EP, Planets of Old, seeing a proper release – with a bonus DVD – on January 26, here’s a vintage interview with the guys when they had Antenna on the brain. Continue reading
Memento: I Get Buttons
Posted in Features, Mementos with tags British Sea Power, Built to Spill, Coco Rosie, Dub Trio, Foo Fighters, Jawbreaker, Kaiju Big Battel, OK Go, Pinback, Placebo, Sophe Lux, the Vines, the Who, Unearth, Wilco on 01/01/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
An assortment of buttons I’ve received from publicists – or found or bought – over the years.
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