Music Video Of The Week: Run by Foo Fighters

The Foo Fighters have been a band that has always found a way to entertain us with their music and their music videos. The band has had some real memorable videos like Everlong, Learn To Fly, and even Big Me which started it all. Now the band has dropped a surprise track and video for the song Run which is their first new song since the Saint Cecilia EP. The music video was directed by Dave Grohl and features the band as old people in a nursing home who are battling against an evil nurse. The song starts off with a great melody before they turn up the volume and rage out as the mood of the track matches the actions in the video featuring a stage diving old timer. I haven’t seen any information regarding whether their is a full album or anymore tracks are coming, but we’ll have to stay tuned for more info as it comes. For now, check out the video below and enjoy the madness and moth balls.

Cover Of The Week: Ace Of Spades From The Dimebash Event

The Dimebash is an event that takes place every year the honors the legacy of one of metal’s finest that was taken away too soon. At this years Dimebash which was also the 11TH took place in Hollywood as some of metal’s biggest names came out like Robb Flynn (Machine Head), Dave Lombardo, Phil Anselmo (Down, Ex-Pantera), Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Gary Holt (Slayer, Exodus), Phil Demmel (Machine Head), Ray Mayorga (Stone Sour), Rex Brown, and so many more. The performance I chose for all of you as the cover of the week comes courtesy of Phil Anselmo on vocals, Dave Grohl on guitar, Robert Trujillo on bass, and Dave Lombardo on drums performing Ace Of Spades as a tribute to the late Lemmy Kilmister. The audio quality isn’t perfect, but you’ll get the picture as the boys bring the noise. Listen to what Phil says before hand, it’s crazy what comes out of his mouth, but it’s funny.

Music Video Of The Week: Shake Your Blood by Probot

We are continuing our tribute to Lemmy Kilmister this week by dedicating the Music Video Of The Week to him as well. For those of you out there that do not know who Probot is, I will explain. Probot was a side project that was started by Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) as way to work with some of his heroes in the metal genre. The album featured guest vocalists like Wino, Max Cavalera, Cronos, Mike Dean, and Lemmy Kilmister to name a few. On the record, Lemmy recorded bass and vocals for the track Shake Your Blood and the guys did a music video for the track. The video features Wino playing guitar along with Grohl on drums, and Lemmy doing what Lemmy does best along with a horde of woman including the Suicide Girls who star in the video as well. The video is a performance based video with a whole lot of sexiness that surrounds it and it’s pretty bad ass. So check it out for yourself. R.I.P. Lemmy Kilmister

Rock And Metal News: The Hollywood Vampires Album Details

Some of you may remember the legendary stories of the Hollywood Vampires whose members included John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Keith Moon, Bernie Taupin, Jim Morrison Micky Dolenz, and was started by Alice Cooper. The group would get together at the world famous Rainbow Bar & Grill on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles for a night of debauchery and fun. How did you become a member of the group, Alice says, “To join the club, one simply had to out drink all of the members.” So, why are we talking about the Hollywood Vampires right now you ask? Well, Cooper along with Johnny Depp and Joe Perry decided to revisit the legendary spot to rekindle the club by creating an album with rock covers and some very special guests that include Slash, Dave Grohl, Joe Walsh, Brian Johnson, Sir Paul McCartney, Perry Farrell, Kip Winger, Robby Krieger, and so many more. The album also includes a special intro track called The Last Vampire which was narrated by Sir Christopher Lee shortly before his death. The album drops September 11TH everywhere music is sold and all proceeds go to MusiCares Organization. Check out the track listing below as well as the teaser trailer.

1. “The Last Vampire”
Narration: Sir Christopher Lee
Keyboards and Sound Design: Johnny Depp, Bob Ezrin and Justin Cortelyou

2. “Raise the Dead”
(Johnny Depp, Bruce Witkin, Tommy Henriksen, Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin, Rob Klonel)
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen, Bruce Witkin
Drums: Glenn Sobel
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Background Vocals: Alice Cooper, Tommy Henriksen, Bob Ezrin

3. “My Generation”
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Drums: Zak Starkey
Background Vocals: Tommy Henriksen,

4. “Whole Lotta Love”
Vocals: Brian Johnson, Alice Cooper
Guitars: Joe Walsh, Johnny Depp,
Orianthi, Tommy Henriksen, Bruce Witkin
Harmonica: Alice Cooper
Drums: Zak Starkey
Bass: Kip Winger
Programming: Tommy Henriksen
Backing Vocals: Alice Cooper, Tommy Henriksen

5. “I Got a Line”
Vocals: Alice Cooper, Perry Farrell
Guitars: Joe Walsh, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen, Bruce Witkin
Drums: Abe Laboriel Jr.
Bass: Kip Winger
Background Vocals: Perry Farrell, Tommy Henriksen, Bob Ezrin

6. “Five to One” / “Break on Through”
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Robby Krieger, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen
Drums: Abe Laboriel Jr.
Farfisa: Charlie Judge
Bass: Bruce Witkin

7. “One” / “Jump Into the Fire”
Vocals: Alice Cooper, Perry Farrell
Guitars: Robby Krieger, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen, Bruce Witkin
Drums: Dave Grohl
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Keyboard: Bob Ezrin, Bruce Witkin
Programming: Tommy Henriksen

8. “Come and Get It”
Vocals: Paul McCartney, Alice Cooper
Guitars: Joe Perry, Johnny Depp
Piano: Paul McCartney
Drums: Abe Laboriel Jr.
Bass: Paul McCartney
Background Vocals: Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper, Abe Laboriel Jr., Bob Ezrin

9. “Jeepster”
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen,
Drums: Glenn Sobel
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Programming: Tommy Henriksen
Background Vocals: Bob Ezrin

10. “Cold Turkey”
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen
Drums: Glenn Sobel
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Programming: Tommy Henriksen
Background Vocals: Alice Cooper, Tommy Henriksen

11. “Manic Depression”
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Joe Walsh, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen
Drums: Zak Starkey
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Piano: Bob Ezrin

12. “Itchycoo Park”
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen
Drums: Glenn Sobel
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Programming: Tommy Henriksen
Background Vocals: Alice Cooper, Tommy Henriksen, Bob Ezrin

13. “School’s Out” / “Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2″
Vocals: Alice Cooper, Brian Johnson
Guitar: Slash, Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen, Bruce Witkin
Drums: Neal Smith
Bass: Dennis Dunaway
Background Vocals: Kip Winger, Bob Ezrin

14. “Dead Drunk Friends”
(Johnny Depp, Bruce Witkin, Tommy Henriksen, Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin)
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Johnny Depp, Bruce Witkin
Drums: Glenn Sobel
Programming: Tommy Henriksen
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Piano: Bruce Witkin, Bob Ezrin
Background Vocals: Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen, Bruce Witkin, Bob Ezrin

Foo Fighters Hit Home Run At Fenway For Night Two

Usually during a very hot and sweaty day, I would not be looking all that forward to it, but the Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, and his broken leg were at the legendary Fenway Park for night two of their two night stay. What has been dubbed as the Broken Leg Tour due to an injury he suffered in Sweden brought a different dynamic to the show because he was confined to a throne of sorts. That didn’t damper the mood of any of the fans who were there to rock out no matter what condition Grohl was in and it’s admirable that he has even done. I say that because most bands would have packed it up and called it a day, but not Dave Grohl. Day two of the tour once again featured Royal Blood, a band made up of a bassist and a drummer and local Irish punk heroes The Dropkick Murphy’s. So, it definitely promised to be one heck of an evening filled with rock music and the Fenway Faithful.

The Foo Fighters kicked off their set with a bang playing the very popular and classic Everlong and following that with Monkey Wrench which were obviously crowd favorites by the sounds of the crowd eruption. The band continued to deliver hit after hit, but the real fun of the show began during the playing of Up In Arms as Dave began to tell the story of how he broke his leg in Sweden and how he came up with the moving throne. That wouldn’t be the only moment of fun or unique moments of the night that Dave would provide because he had a whole bag of tricks. During the band introductions, he would play snippets of Let It Go by The Cars which was to evoke emotion from the local Boston crowd, I’m The One by Van Halen, and a special performance of The White Stripes Seven Nation Army that was sung by Dave’s own orthopedic doctor Dr. Lew C. Schon, MD. While I could have been OK with a snippet of the song, they did the whole thing and it actually wasn’t too bad. The show featured acoustic performances of songs like My Hero and Times Like These as well as some cool covers of songs like Under Pressure and a special performance of School’s Out by Alice Cooper with Sully Erna of Godsmack on vocals to give the crowd another local celebrity.

One of the things that Dave Grohl does best is that he is able to get the best out of a crowd no matter what night it is or what city it is. He was able to get the crowd to sing as loud as the crowd possibly could like a true master of their craft could. The crowd gave it their all in return for Dave Grohl giving it his all that night. One of the funnier re-occurring moments of the show was when they would finish a song, the crowd would chant out Foo and if you don’t know it, it sounds like they are booing him, but they weren’t and he acknowledged it a couple of times saying that i freaked him out. One statement that I will make right now is that Dave Grohl with one leg was ten times better than most of your acts that are out there today because this was definitely one of my all time favorite performances. I can only imagine what the man can do when he use of both legs. The Dropkick Murphy’s were definitely another highlight of the night for me as the band blazed through some of the classics that got the crowd going like Tessie, State Of Massachusetts, and I’m Shipping Up To Boston. Overall, it truly was a fun night of rock and overpriced hot dogs, but a night I will never forget.

 

Rock And Metal News: Dave Grohl Breaks His Leg

If I was to say that I was just a little bit worried would be a lie because when I saw the headline Dave Grohl breaks his leg, my heart literally sank. I am going to see the Foo Fighters in concert in July at Fenway Park in Boston and the first thought that came to my mind was that they were going to cancel the show. The band was performing a show in Gothenburg, Sweden when Dave Grohl fell off of the stage breaking his leg in the process during the performance of the song Monkey Wrench. Rght after the incident happened, Dave Grohl addressed the crowd saying, “Ladies and gentleman… I love you too motherf—ers. Now look, I think I just broke my leg. I think I REALLY broke my leg. So look, you have my promise, right now, that the Foo Fighters; we’re gonna come back and finish the show. Right now, I’m gonna go to the hospital. I’m gonna fix my leg, but then I’m gonna come back and we’re gonna play for you again. I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry. We’re gonna do it, but right now, Taylor Hawkins, you’ve gotta do it. You’ve gotta do it.” So, Taylor Hawkins assumed vocal responisbilities for a bunch of covers before Dave Grohl returned to the stage all bandaged up and in a chair. The singer/guitarist/badass proclaimed, “I may not be able to walk or run, but I can still play guitar and scream.” Now, we are not exactly sure how this is going to affect the tour that I will be attending (it kicks off July 4TH in Washington D.C.), but we’ll have to patient as we wait to hear the news. Below you will see a picture of the X-Ray as well as some fan filmed footage at the show.

Rock Docs: Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck

It’s been a while since I last did a rock doc for all of you on here and there was an opportunity that I couldn’t give up as a highly anticipated documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck debuted on HBO about the man who literally changed the world with his artistic genius. On April 5, 1994, Kurt Cobain committed suicide by shooting himself with a shotgun inside in his him in Seattle, Washington leaving the world to speculate a to why he did it. He left the world as they speculated for years and years about why he did it blaming it on Courtney Love or the fact that the fame was just too much for him. Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of the late Nirvana front man seemed to be on a mission as Courtney and her allowed director Brett Morgen complete access to everything that belonged to him from drawings, notebooks, journals, videotapes, etc. It’s a very personal access to what the front man thought and went through his whole life as you also get interviews in this rock documentary from his mother, father Don Cobain, sister Kim Cobain, Courtney Love, old girlfriend Tracey Marander, Krist Novoselic, and archived interviews with Dave Grohl, Buzz Osbourne, and footage of how they were with Frances Bean Cobain as a baby. 

When I say that this is a very personal look into the life of Kurt Cobain, I really mean that it is a personal dark look into the life of a tortured artist. It seemed at first like he had the perfect life until things start to spiral out of control as soon as he went into his teenage years and it just spiraled from there. You seem him determined to make it to almost rejecting the fame to regaining his composure, but we didn’t know he hurt that bad. He was addicted to drugs and he knew it, but he will go down like so many other tortured geniuses of the past. The documentary was well directed, written, and presented. There are moments when things look like they’ll brighten up, but it gets real dark real soon. It seems in the documentary that he didn’t either like his fellow counterparts from Seattle and he was obsessed with Guns N Roses and Axl Rose. It’s a little weird at first to keep hearing them mention from time to time GNR and you wonder why. It’s cool to hear all of the tape recordings Kurt made and the videos he recorded as well because it gives you a look at the man himself. I have to say that I truly enjoyed this documentary from beginning to end and I recommend that you check it out as well if you are a fan of Nirvana or just curious. I am giving the documentary an A for a final grade.

Single Of The Week: Hung Out To Dry by Teenage Time Killers

There are so many supergroups in the world that sometimes it’s hard to keep track of who is in what, but at the same time they can be very interesting. For example, the Teenage Time Killers is one of those supergroups that strikes me as very interesting as the band was created by Corrosion Of Conformity’s Reed Mullin, My Ruins Mick Murphy, and producer John “Lou” Lousteau and they recorded most of their material for their album Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 at Dave Grohl’s 606 Studios in Northridge, California. The other part that is intriguing is who and how many special guests the record features the likes of Slipknot/Stone Sour’s Corey Taylor, Dave Grohl, Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe, Jello Biafra, Alkaline Trio‘s Matt Skiba, Fear’s Lee Ving, Clutch‘s Neil Fallon, Red Fang‘s Aaron Beam, Mondo Generator’s Nick Oliveri, Prong‘s Tommy Victor, and so many more. The track that I have for you guys today is the track Hung Out To Dry which features Randy Blythe on Vocals and Dave Grohl on Bass (which is unusual, but cool) with Mike Schaefer on guitar. The track is heavy and in your face as it matches the vocals of Randy Blythe and it’s just sonically fast at times. If you’re a fan of heavy ass music, then this may be a release for you. The track itself is also only a 1:54 seconds long giving it that punk/hardcore feel to it. Their album is due to hit the stores on July 31ST via Rise Records, but for now check out the track below:

Record Store Day 2015: My Experience

This year Dave Grohl was the official ambassador for the annual Record Store Day, a event that celebrates how great and amazing record stores once were back in the day. It’s a day that get’s people off of their computers and into an actual record store where you see all the amazing vinyls, CD’s, and in today’s case a couple of cassettes. This was what I believe to be the fourth record store day that I have gone to and the second in a row that I have attended and it was fun. I showed up to my local Newbury Comics where there was already a line of people waiting outside of the store so I was a little worried that I wasn’t going to get what I wanted the most which was the Metallica No Life Till Leather Demo Cassette and the 7″ When The Stillness Comes Slayer vinyl. When I first entered the store, I panicked because I couldn’t find the Slayer record, but I immediately located the Metallica demo cassette and I was ok with that for that moment. The second Item I picked up was the side by side 7″ Vinyl of Syd Barrett doing Dark Globe one one side and R.E.M. doing the track on the other side. The third item I located was the In This Moment pink 7″ vinyl release of Sex Metal Barbie and then after searching high and low, I finally located my prize possession which was the Slayer vinyl. My day was finally complete, but I picked up a couple more things along the way like the Stone Sour EP on vinyl of Meanwhile In Burbank and N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton on Cassette and some freebies as I was walking out the door. While it was a quick and expensive event, it was well worth the trip and my support of independent record stores everywhere. Go to yours and check it out for yourself.

Musicbowl XLIX: New England Vs Seattle

As everyone knows, The New England Patriots are taking on the Seattle Seahawks and their Legion Of Boom in Superbowl XLIX (49). Both cities have a very unique music scene that has boasted some pretty big names over the years and with that being said, I present to you Musicbowl XLIX. New England may have a little bit of advantage as there are six states that make up the area to one city which is all Seattle is. New England has had some pretty legendary bands in Boston, The Cars, The J. Geils Band, and Aerosmith just to start this conversation. Seattle before a certain era had Ray Charles, Heart, Queensryche, and Jimi Hendrix was born there (Dick Dale was born in Boston). In the late 80’s and early 90’s a music scene exploded in the Seattle ea which would be known to the rest of the world as Grunge music which featured giants Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Melvins, and Alice In Chains as well as The Screaming Trees and Candlebox round out other bands in the scene. After a couple of Nu-Metal bands in New England formed like Staind and Godsmack, New England had it’s own musical scene explosion in The New Wave Of American Metal which boasted bands like Hatebreed, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, and Unearth. Not to mention, we also had bands like Til Tuesday, Mission To Burma, Dropkick Murphys, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Joan Baez, The Pixies, and James Taylor. I know Seattle has the Foo Fighters as the current biggest band of America, but you can’t mess with the history that Boston and New England has for music even though it gets no respect from Dave Grohl and his Sonic Highways show. So, I ask all of you to decide who do you think has the better music scene New England or Seattle? Here are some videos to help you decide: