It's funny, in 2002/2003 when all the "The" bands were exploding (Hives, Vines, Strokes, etc.) I could not have given less of a shit. I was almost exclusively into metal and hardcore at the time, and those bands just sounded "wimpy" to me (I was a freshman in college). 10 years later, I appreciate the hell out of…

I remember Monster being huge, at least as far as radio and MTV were concerned. But I also remember The Colour and the Shape ending up on a LOT of critics' year-end lists in 1997.

I'm also hoping for this, plus I'm hoping he releases all the early solo demos that we only got pieces of in the Seattle episode of Sonic Highways. I'm also hoping there's a 15-minute extended version of "Exhausted" somewhere. I've never heard that as an actual rumor, but I just assume any song that ends in a fade out…

I'm assuming that's Smear's guitar that comes in second, with the first big loud chord of the song. I know when they used to play it live, that's always how they did it. I love that guitar tone so much.

The fake angst and intentionally badly produced grungy/alternative rock thing that had dominated the airwaves from 92-97 really kind of died after this album. (The last real big "grunge" release that I can think of was Bush's Razorblade Suitcase) Granted, that dirty sound dying off probably helped lead to the rise of…

I do not care for the mellow version of "My Hero" whatsoever. The xylophone and cello? Come on!

Those commercials had to have come from Norway or Sweden originally, right? They just looked… creepily Euro and weird.

As an obnoxious 4th-grader all of ten years old, when I heard Cobain died, the first thing I thought about was the irony of that lyric, and I definitely said "I guess he DID have a gun!" out loud more than once. My 14-year-old older brother did not find it amusing, as he was on the verge of tears when he heard the…

I taped a Foo Fighters European concert off MTV back in 1995, it was entitled "I'm OK, EUR OK", and they opened with "Enough Space" on that show. I remember getting the debut album not long after that aired, and being so disappointed that that song (which wasn't introduced and had no title as far as I knew) wasn't on…

I was just about to post my favorite line from that song, only to remember it's from "My Poor Brain" instead. The line is below.

And his live band is AWESOME

Yes, and actual plastic surgery is something that Courtney Love had already had plenty of by 1999 when Californication came out.

I'm pretty sure you're remembering it incorrectly. "Monkey Wrench" was a very big rock radio hit (still hear it to this day on alternative stations) and it was all over MTV for a long time, and "My Hero" was also a huge radio hit, well before Varsity Blues. There were definitely 3 big hits from that album, with…

Doesn't it end with the full band version? Or am I thinking of another Foo set they play on TV all the time?

Californication came out within a year of Celebrity Skin, so I could see why people would think that. He also name-checks Cobain in the lyrics of that song, so it's not THAT far off.

That's my favorite FF song of all-time.

In my personal opinion, it's their best. It has all the benchmarks of a great Foo song, the dynamics, great melodies on the vocals AND the guitars, great drumming, great bass playing, it's just perfect to me. I love when they play it live, the crowd goes nuts for that opening drum intro, and it's one of their most…

It is. His production company also produced Sonic Highways, the TV series.

Nate's stage presence is also fantastic. His feet stay in the same spot the whole show, but he moves his hips like he's using a hula hoop as he plays, and it's fantastic to watch. He and Ian Hill from Judas Priest are two of my favorite bassists to see live, because they both literally keep their feet planted in the…

And most of those songs on the debut had been written over a period of 10 years, so you have some that are beautiful ballad-types like "Big Me" and then others that are almost hardcore punk, like "Watershed" and "Weanie Beanie", where the styles are all over the place, but clearly sound like one guy at the core. The…