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FOO FIGHTERS: Perform ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ With Rick Astley

Posted by aliblackdiamond on August 21, 2017
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FOO FIGHTERS were joined by a surprise guest at their show at Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo last night (20th August) reports planetrock.com.

Dave, Nate, Pat, Taylor, Chris and Rami were nearing the end of their Marine Stage headline set when they invited 80s chart conqueror Rick Astley on stage.

To huge cheers from the crowd, Dave said: “Ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome our new best friend, Rick Astley… This is f—ing crazy. I just met him two minutes ago.”

Getting into the rock and roll spirit, Rick Astley then shouted: “Come on you mother—ers!”

Foo Fighters Rick Astley

Aptly Rickrolling the crowd, the band started playing the opening segments of Nirvana’s seminal anthem ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ before the track slowly morphed into Astley’s (in)famous song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’.

Astley then proceeded to belt the 1987 number one track in its entirety with Foo Fighters providing the musical muscle.

When Astley reached the line “I just want to tell you how I’m feeling”, he shouted to the crowd: “I’m feeling f—ing marvellous!” Watch the performance here:

Since the occasion tonight, both Foo Fighters and Rick Astley have been sharing the love on social media.

First up, Rick shared a clip of the performance and called the it “one of the best nights of my life”, while Dave Grohl uploaded a selfie of himself and Rick Astley.

Dave Grohl Rick Astley

Huge fans of Rick Astley, back in August 2015, Foo Fighters Rickrolled fundamental Christian protestors from the Westboro Baptist Church when they held a demonstration outside a Foos gig in Kansas.

The band drove in on the back of a pick-up truck to the sounds of ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ while holding signs reading Keep it Clean and ‘You Got Rick Roll’d Again’ on Sunday.

The protestors, holding typically provocative signs, looked on stunned.

DAVE GROHL: Pens Letter Backing Noise Restricted Teenage Metal Band

Posted by aliblackdiamond on March 24, 2016
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Apparently, things don’t go to 11 in Cornwall. As Plymouth Herald reports, a teenage heavy metal band named BLACK LEAVES OF ENVY, who reside in Cornwall and practice in a family garage, have been asked to turn things down. So, the band appealed to a higher rock power, writing to Dave Grohl to ask that he support them. The FOO FIGHTERS‘ frontman responded by writing an open letter to Cornwall Council in the UK, reports rollingstone.com.

The Cornwall Council asked the band to take their sound levels way down to 30-40 decibels. The noise restriction is about the equivalent of the hum from a refrigerator or noise of a dishwasher and one of the teen’s fathers told Plymouth Herald that the group has not been able to practice in three months since it can’t feasibly rehearse at that low level. In the open letter posted on Foo Fighters‘ website, Grohl addressed the Cornwall Council, explaining that “the band is having difficulty functioning within the current noise restrictions placed upon them.”

Black Leaves Of Envy

He also appealed to the greater good of music, referring to how he started in a garage as well and how it informed his adolescence and helped him through difficult times. “Music is not only a healthy pastime, it is a wonderful creative outlet for kids, and fosters a sense of community necessary to the emotional and social development of any child,” he wrote.

Grohl stressed the importance of having an affordable locale to foster musical talents. “I believe that it is crucial that children have a place to explore their creativity and establish a sense of self through song,” he wrote. “The preservation of such is paramount to the future of art and music. Without them, where would we be?” He added that his own children are benefiting from his making that a priority at his own home.

“For the sake of your local band Black Leaves of Envy, and for the generations of young musicians that they may eventually inspire, I ask that you reconsider the restrictions put upon the volume of their private rehearsal space,” he concluded. “I believe that in doing so, you will be sending a message that Cornwall is not only a home to music and the arts, but a place that encourages children to follow their dreams in a world where anything is possible.”

While Grohl went to bat for some teens in Cornwall, the band also recently went to bat for themselves to once again refute rumors of their impending breakup via a funny video.

Dave Grohl

METALLICA, JUDAS PRIEST, GUNS N’ ROSES, FOO FIGHTERS Members Pay Tribute To MOTÖRHEAD Legend Lemmy

Posted by aliblackdiamond on January 10, 2016
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On Saturday, January 9th , the world came together to celebrate the life of MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Hollywood, California, reports bravewords.com.

Lemmy Stage Pic

With almost 300,000 watching on YouTube and millions more thinking about a man that changed the face of heavy metal it was difficult to hold back the tears.. And what a face … an image. An icon. Kinda like James Dean … but for us metalheads, much more of presence in life. Manager Todd Singerman led the ceremony: “Man, I hate using these words in past tense!”

He proceeded to pass the mic to Lemmy’s son Paul: “He had a feeling something was wrong in August. We will know the pain he was in … all of his years he was a stage warrior. Having moved mount Everest, the show would go on. He wasn’t just a musician and songwriter … he was a figurehead. He set the bar. It was about keeping it real. Performing was everything to him. He was Lemmy all the time. He wasn’t a poseur. He paid his his dues. Motörhead’s last album was a struggle … it never revealed his frailed health. Born to lose, live to win. He wasn’t religious, but he was profoundly spiritual. He never tolerated anybody talking over music … especially his! Music wasn’t a background to him. Nobody on this earth posed his brand of of humour. He was 100% real. I won the lottery when I got Lemmy. You were perfect. You are on the road to the great great gig in the sky.”

Paul Inder

The elite of heavy metal praised the man, the legend.

Guns N’ Roses Slash: “Lemmy was somebody that I feel blessed to be friends with. He was such a a fucking great example of what my peers wanted to be. More integrity than anybody. 100 loyal. All these fine attributes. When I got sober he was so disappointed when I didn’t greet him with a flask of Jack Daniels!”

Slash funeral

Judas Priest‘s Rob Halford: “Over the years we’ve had some amazing times. We always looked forward to seeing the lads! When I was in the the presence of lord Lemmy. I was overwhelmed! As we know, the music lives forever!”

Rob Halford Lemmy Memorial

Anthrax‘ Scott Ian : “Elvis you taught us how to dress, how to look. It was Carl Perkins and Little Richard how to sound. And it was The Beatles who taught us we could to write our own songs. And Lemmy it was you who taught us that we could be fucking real.”

Scott Ian Lemmy Memorial

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich: “I lived and breathed every note they sang! Lemmy was so hospitable and the ultimate party host. I’ve always cited Motorhead and Lemmy as in the inspiration and the primary reason Metallica exists musically and attitude wise. So thank you Lemmy for shaping who I am today.”

Lars Ulrich Lemmy Memorial

Foo Fighter‘s Dave Grohl: “There is not enough time to tell you what Lemmy meant to me. He’s my person … he’s the one that bridged my love of ACDC and Sabbath and Zeppelin … and my love with GBH, the Ramones and Black Flag.”

Dave Grohl Lemmy Memorial

Lemmy Kilmister died on December 28th at the age of 70 following a brief battle with an aggressive cancer.

Lemmy 1945-2015

FOO FIGHTERS: Dave Grohl And Band ‘Rickroll’ Westboro Baptist Church In Parody Picket

Posted by aliblackdiamond on August 23, 2015
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FOO FIGHTERS responded to a Westboro Baptist Church picket outside their Kansas City concert with the power of music – and a little bit of ‘Rickrolling’, as reported by independent.co.uk. Check out the video below:

The band danced on the back of a truck to Westboro picketers holding homophobic slogans, blasting Rick Astley’s 1987 single “Never Gonna Give You Up” in their own take on trolling.

The Foos held signs saying “Keep it Clean” and “You Got Rick Roll’d Again”, while Dave Grohl clapped enthusiastically and blew kisses to the Westboro picketers.

Rickrolling refers to the 2007 internet meme that fooled people into watching Astley’s music video when they thought they were clicking through to something else.

Westboro Baptist Church responded with their own parody Rickrolling video, but with just three retweets and one favourite on Twitter it has yet to have the same reach as the Foo Fighters’ effort.

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1000 Rockers Play “Learn To Fly” Asking FOO FIGHTERS’ Dave Grohl To Play In Cesena, Italy … And Dave Replies “See You Soon”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 31, 2015
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Last Sunday, July 26, Rockin1000.com organized by its creator Fabio Zaffagnini, an incredible performance never tried before, where 1000 rockers played at the same time and in the same place “Learn to Fly” to ask FOO FIGHTERS‘ Dave Grohl to come and play in Cesena, Italy. For more information about this great project, go HERE,  Facebook Event Page HERE. Watch the video below.

And today Dave Grohl gave his reply, posting a video message, in Italian, on Foo Fighters’s Official Facebook page, promising to come to Cesena soon to play, watch it below.

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DAVE GROHL: “It Was ‘Terrifying’ To Play ‘2112’ In Front Of RUSH”

Posted by aliblackdiamond on April 23, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net

According to The Pulse Of Radio, FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl said that inducting RUSH into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame last Thursday night (April 18) was “one of the most special nights of my life.” After inducting the band, Grohl, FOOS drummer Taylor Hawkins and producer Nick Raskulinecz donned wigs and kimonos — identical to the ones that RUSH wore on the back of their classic “2112” album — to play the overture to “2112” before stepping aside and letting the real band take the stage.

Grohl told Rolling Stone, “It’s terrifying to play your favorite band’s song in front of your favorite band. It’s one thing to sit in the basement and woodshed ‘2112’, and it’s another to stand in front of RUSH in a fucking kimono and a wig and try to use a wah-wah pedal in your platform shoes. It was amazing.”

Grohl also spoke about the effect that hearing RUSH and “2112” for the first time had on him, saying, “When I got ‘2112’ when I was eight years old; it fucking changed the direction of my life. I heard the drums. It made me want to become a drummer.”

Grohl spoke about meeting RUSH drummer Neil Peart for the first time at the Hall Of Fame rehearsals, saying, “This man was as influential as any religion or any hero or any person in someone’s life. He said, ‘So nice to meet you. Can I make you a coffee?’ And he made me a coffee, man. And later on that night, I went to dinner and had a couple glasses of wine and I started fucking crying because my hero made me a fucking coffee.”

When asked about the chances of Grohl‘s former band NIRVANA getting inducted next year when they’ll be eligible, Grohl replied, “Wow. I didn’t even know that. Interesting. Well, hopefully they make us wait as long as RUSH did, because did you see all their fucking fans out there tonight?”

An edited version of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony will air on HBO on May 18.