So I checked out the Foo Fighters yesterday with my brother Peppe and it ended up being probably one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. I had never seen the Foo Fighters before but based on how Dave Grohl carries himself in interviews and the like, I was totally expecting him to talk to and engage the crowd and put on a great show.
The first surprise was the appearance of Pat Smear, an original member of the band. He helped out with the opening song. The second surprise was the appear of Geddy Lee and another dude from Rush who preformed YYZ with Taylor Hawkins. There was the whole acoustic bit that had the stage with the acoustic instruments drop down from the arena ceiling. Here I also got the chance to get up close to the absolutely beautiful Jessie Greene (I cheated and looked that up just now) on cello and violin. You also can’t forget the triangle solo. Yes, you read that correctly. Don’t you wish you never gave that up when you were 9? Dave swore a little too much for my general liking but he is a rock star after all so he’s forgiven. Hopefully there weren’t too many kids in the audience, which is totally possible at a Foo Fighters show considering I got in to them when I was pretty young and Peppe was even younger at the time. I’m still trying to determine if his Iggy Pop story is true or not. The gist of it being he was years old and in Toronto for a 1987 gig with his pre-Nirvana punk band Scream and asked at the last minute to play drums for Iggy Pop at a record release party. Too bad people didn’t post tour dates, set lists and schedules on the internet back then…
