![]() ![]() So news of a band like Foo Fighters playing the ridiculously named Arena in Glendale, with ticket prices cheaper than a new DVD, was met with enthusiasm by this writer.Īnd, going along with the earlier query, I too had never really thought too long about the Foo Fighters. For example, some of the bigger tours of 2007 - including Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, the Stooges and Queens of the Stone Age, among others - bypassed the state of Arizona entirely. It seems like there are several major acts who bypass the greater Phoenix area on their tour schedules in favor of Las Vegas or San Diego. There is a significant and nearly horrifying dearth of good rock shows here in the Valley of the Sun. Do folks outside of the industry even read the Billboard charts? And do they still watch Saturday Night Live? No one looking for new music listens to the radio. Perhaps its a combination of all the reasons above. So, why then, are the Foo Fighters looked over so quickly? Their leader has some of the greatest indie credibility available, for those who need that sort of thing. They seem to be the musical guests on Saturday Night Live at least once a year. Their albums enter at the top of the charts and stay there for plenty of time. They make videos as if MTV still aired and cared about videos. Through the late-90s and this entire decade, Dave Grohl and company have been a constant presence on mainstream rock radio (one of the only listenable bands consistently featured therein). ![]() It's hard to pin down the reason for that, though. If the Foo Fighters come up in either discussion, I'll be shocked. I have a sneaking suspicion that, when the end-of-the-decade rock retrospectives come out, you'll see names like the Strokes, the White Stripes, Ryan Adams, Queens of the Stone Age, the Black Keys, the Shins, the Hold Steady and Kings of Leon, among others, making the round up.Īdd to that, of course, names like Radiohead, Wilco, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam and others who carried themselves over from the 90s and kept their momentum up into the new decade. ![]()
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