Foo Fighters
One By One

THE REVIEW

Answer this simple question: What do you think is the greatest catastrophe that humanity has ever faced?

A- The barbarian invasions
B- The Black Plague
C- World War II

The correct answer is..... NONE OF THESE!!!

In fact, the most terrible disaster that the earth's population has ever faced (and unfortunately is not yet overcome) is having to listen to the singing performances of Dave Grohl. This young fellow, after an anonymous youth as "the long-haired drummer" of Nirvana, saw his quiet world collapse with the untimely departure of the late Cobain, and struck by divine (or perhaps "alcohol-induced"?) light, decided to form a band, a band that would conquer the world (but I say... the universe!!!) on the wings of his music, with him finally elevated to the primary role of Singer-Guitarist.

The lad with his super-mega-ultra band (The "Foo Fighters"... aaah what a powerful name!!!) churns out album after album, which reach my own ears only through the singles that every year flooded the radio; songs like "Everlong", "Monkey Wrench", "Learning To Fly"... etc., all quite enjoyable stuff but none that drove me to shell out cash to purchase the various "Works" of this new Mozart.

And here we are at the annus Horribilis: 2002. From the radios spread across the plains, a cry of fear: "The new Foo Fighters album is coming...." The undersigned is not too bothered, but hearing the first single, "All My Life", thinks: "Wow, look at the long-haired guy... he's managed to pull off something decent", and such reflection turns to astonishment when the second single, "Times like These", also earns my appreciation, which in turn becomes dismay when the third single (Wow!! three singles that I like!!!, by Dave Grohl; the OUTCAST!!!), "Low", is released. At that point, the lazy listener conjures a thought: "Damn, what if this is the good Foo Fighters album?... Everyone deserves a chance..." IDIOT.

I eagerly pop in the cd and what do I discover? THAT THIS "ALBUM" IS THE USUAL FOO FIGHTERS CRAP!!! After "All My Life" and "Low" (the only two songs that deviate a bit from Grohl's classic cliché, especially "Low", which however is greatly influenced by his experience with QOTSA; probably the only good thing he did in his mediocre life after '94), we already fall into oblivion with the insipid "Have it All", followed closely by "Times Like These" (which by then I was already starting to get sick of) and by the classic Grohlerian alternation of "Moaning with guitar background" and "Repeated chorus screamed to death with a soundtrack suitable for an American teen TV series", the only exception being the sufficiently interesting (but nothing transcendental) "Lonely As You". You cannot deny the guy is also charming (but if he wants, there are many jobs for charming people, e.g., The Clown) and that he puts his heart on stage every time, but that doesn't mean I have to suffer through his displays of incompetence.

It is clear that the subject suffers irreparably from some sort of "Hunger for Fame" (Seeing as he practically never stands still, with his fingers in half the rock world's pie; Probot, QOTSA and lately even NIN), which is detrimental to humanity as a whole since everything he touches withers away (Damn!!! Try listening to "Getting Smaller" on With Teeth by NIN; Trent Reznor already ran out of creative juice, add an idiot next to him...).
If he really wants to make history, let him kill a U.S. president (perhaps the current one) or become a Serial Killer... I don't know... as long as he doesn't bother us!!!, because for now what he's left inside of us can be summed up in a Statement-Quote: "Nothing grows from Foo Fighters, from manure grows Dave Grohl... "

PS: I don't care if someone might be offended by what I've written, because for me (And I repeat "for me") the only being that comes close to Dave Grohl is the vulture, as both derive sustenance from rotting carcasses (Whether it's a dead gazelle or the remains of Lemmy from Motorhead makes no difference), and not content, he continues to churn out his own stuff like the "wonderful" "In your Honor", or it would be better to say "In your ANUS".....