Morning Music Report #7

Let me get one thing straight--normally on the MMR I will go out of my way to discuss artists in need of some exposure. Today is only different because Dave Grohl is going drinking with miners. Not minors. Miners.

As you can see in the story, the miners used an iPod full of Foo Fighters to stay sane when they were trapped underground. I believe that's a pretty high compliment, akin to the "if you were stranded on a desert island, and could only take 3 CDs, what discs would you take with you and why?" Except replace "stranded" with "buried" and "on a desert island" with "underground."

As you can also see, next month when the Foos tour Australia, Dave Grohl is going to get drunk with them. Which, as we all know, is the national pasttime of Australia. Along with kangaroo boxing.

All of this cements the Grohl-inator's rep as the Nicest Man in Rock (TM), a title I've always liked because though it's complimentary, it doesn't make him square. And of course he's also extremely talented (I maintain that he's one of the best drummers out there) and is well into the second wave of a rock career that began when he banged the skins for that band...

...you know...in the 90s...kinda important...rhymes with Blirvana.

Above is the video for "Everlong," the song that got me into the Foos when I was in high school. The video is vintage Grohl: weird storyline, cross-dressing (though this time on the part of Foo drummer Taylor Hawkins instead of Grohl himself. Good choice: Hawkins is a much hotter girl) and...a giant hand. Well, maybe the hand stands on its own.

The hand stands on its own. Mull that one.