dont care godspeed converge death grips

woah
okay then

DAFUQ

After one of the best news days ever we get this, knew there was a catch.

Is "hiatus" the same as "we've just done this year-long world tour & we really need a rest"?

Probably.

Was thinking about checking these guys out sooner or later, screw it now.

Hasn't he said that a hunderd times!

Saw this coming, they've earned a rest

^ this

Dave will have a snooze, make another record with tcv when qotsa are done touring their new one, and be back around 2016 to make some more pop hitz.

Fans of riff-recycling unite in grief.

Woohoo!

Best to go out now after making one of the best records of their career and having a year like they did in 2011 than after making a dud and quitting before they tarnish their name.

I'll miss them greatly, but I feel it's a wise decision.

They'll be back

Good. One generic rock band down, a million to go.

OH!
Oh....

























Oh well ok, so anyone excited for new GY!BE and Converge?

no foo fighters are better than both those shitty bands

LOL

converge are the worst band in the world godspeed your black dick zzzzzzzzzz's so hard they make isis sound like a thrash band

lolok, whatever you say bro.

agreed

I'm not even the biggest fan of their music (I like it a lot but I don't listen religiously), but they new how to throw a fucking show

I don't think a lot of people here listens to them religiously.

^ I do. at least their good albums. this sucks, man. I should've saw em on the last US tour. FUCK

The new album was their best in such a long time so it would be cool to see them go out with a bang...

...we're more likely to see a new TCV record after the new queens and then the Foo's wil be back.

This is sad news for my Mom

dave grohl wore a slayer shirt when they last won a grammy. they just need some time apart. hangout with their families, pursue other interests. grohl would never let FF die

Dave just posted a message on the Foo Fighters Facebook page giving a little insight:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152156263930545&set=a.279348605544.316433.25098475544&type=1

One of my favourite rock bands, will be missed, but they have a great discography so it's not too sad that there won't be any new music.

This band is so overrated that it's hilarious.

have you even heard s/t maniac

"converge are the worst band in the world godspeed your black dick zzzzzzzzzz's so hard they make isis sound like a thrash band"

fucking lol that was awesome KILL

They aren't the best band in the world, but they definitely beat out a lot of other mainstream rock bands.

Dave is busy as anything these days, so these guys deserve a rest...especially after touring so much.

damn. glad I caught them in DC then

anyone who thinks FF is just your standard run of the mill rock band is a ignortant piece of crap btw

i saw this coming, glad i caught them at sasquatch 2011

"anyone who thinks FF is just your standard run of the mill rock band is a ignortant piece of crap btw"

Ah, the irony.

Every dad in the world simultaneously sheds a tear :'[[[

Let me rephrase that, Jacob. Anyone who thinks FF is shit because they are a radio-friendly rock band is ignorant. Cause I see lots of that in this thread.

They're gonna get back together again, aren't they?

probably

I'll miss this band, hopefully they'll return

Gonna listen to their discography when I get home

If any of that was aimed at me chuck, I was simply stating they were a step or two (maybe even 3) ABOVE other mainstream rock acts. I would take them over Nickelback, Papa Roach, Disturbed, Godsmack, Linkin Park, Creed, Staind, Shinedown, 3 Doors Down, etc., any day of the week.

The list could go on and on...

I didn't see your post actually. Its not targeted towards anyone specifically though

Godsmack and Shinedown aren't too bad

The rest suck though

Your post is fine, they are indeed not the best band ever. But easily one of the best mainstream rock bands

Only other band that can compete really is Alter Bridge. Shinedown is pre good. Godsmack are awful though

Admittedly, i would take them over of the bands listed too, but that doesn't mean much, not to me.

They're a fairly fun band to listen to every once in a while, but that's about it for my money.

And there are plenty of good Mainstream rock acts.

Gotcha. It just came up right after mine. Some of that hostility felt like it was coming my way.

Really? I always thought Shinedown was going to be a one hit wonder when the "barrel of a 45" song (forgot the title) came out. I tried out Godsmack with the 'Faceless' album. It didn't get me to stick around.

I've actually been wanting to pick up more Foo albums. I only have Wasting Light, Colour & Shape and One by One.

Colour & Shape is best. Closely followed by NLTL and WL

don't even care.... Godspeed

Which one has "Learn to Fly" on it?

"And there are plenty of good Mainstream rock acts."
Go on...

I thought TINLTL was their best, personally

Ecnalzen that is on TINLTL btw

"Go on"
Tool
A Perfect Circle
Radiohead(well, at least they used to be mainstream, i'm not sure anymore, they're kinda "well known indie" now)
SOAD
Lamb of God(well, these are kinda good)
Deftones

Etc...

Don't forget Slipknot and Korn lol

Thanks. I've always really liked that song, but every time I go lookin thru foo fighters albums in a store I could never find the one with it on it.

I had always heard about the Deftones so I decided to check them out. I got 'Saturday Night Wrist' pretty cheap somewhere a while back and I kind of ended up hating it. I listen to A Perfect Circle and I own a Tool album, they are pretty good. Never really thought of them as mainstream though. I think Radiohead kind of went off the mainstream ticket after 'In Rainbows' came out.

Forgot to add Seether to that list earlier list.

You should get White Pony by Deftones, that album is amazing.

Mainstream Rock is kinda my guilty pleasure, I mean I like a lot of the bands. (Slipknot, Korn, Godsmack, etc)

One of the biggest rock bands in the world, they earned it.

I've heard that, but I was so turned off by 'Wrists.' Maybe I will give them another chance soon and listen to some stuff of 'White Pony.'

There are a few solid ones. Foo Fighters and Chevelle have been my only two for quite some time. I could probably throw The Black Keys in there too, I've been digging them a lot lately. They have gained a lot of attention in the last few years. I liked some stuff that Everclear has put out, but I don't know if they are still around anymore.

Can they please make it an infinite hiatus?

Those bands aren't really mainstream rock. I never hear Deftones on the radio.

This is good news. Now Grohl can focus on more
important things like another Probot/TCV album. but
on another and one of the last decent mainstream rock
bands is now gone

I could go for some more Them Crooked Vultures.

these guys should probably stop while they're ahead

I see a lot of pining for TCV and Probot.

The best part of TCV is Dave's drumming, and JPJ just being in the band. Josh Homme is a douche and the music he makes sucks anyways. QOTSA, or just stoner rock in general. Never saw the appeal.

Probot? Meh. I can see why so many want it on here though, because this website has a bias for obscure shitty metal and hardcore bands.

awww tarter sauce!

Radio, non-radio, who gives a shit?

Its not about whats on the radio and what isnt, its just about whats good and what isnt good.

I stopped relying on the radio for music in about 10th grade, which is well over 10 years ago. Thats not to say there arent great bands still on it. If you dont think so, youre a fucking fool.

I already know the audience for this website though, it mainly caters to shitty obscure metal and hardcore stuff. Ill go listen to Bombay Bicycle Club or something.

^You're kidding, right?

Good radio stations are very dependent on your location though.

Band have always been about good singles but meh albums anyway.

No, im not kidding.

Please enlighten me. I dare you.

wow what a rebel

I think metal and hardcore, quite frankly, are utter shit, and Josh Homme is a prick.

Whats there to be kidding about?

The best part about Them Crooked Vultures is Grohl's drumming, and JPJ.

Sure, its a nice mix of all their previous bands/influences, but nothing that spectacular.

Oh my, a dare. As long as someone doesn't throw a triple-dog-dare out here we might still be able to maintain some order.

Whats the main age demographic on this site?

17?

Ive browsed this site long enough. All it is are teenagers that bust a nut over shitty hardcore and metal bands. Seriously, some awful fucking shit.

Half the comments in here read like a mobile text from a middle school girl.

We got some witty motherfuckers on the internet, don't we?

I think metal and hardcore, quite frankly, are utter shit,

Well damn

So, you've haven't heard any good metal or hardcore huh?

Theres no problem there.

Its what I think.

What other way is there to put it?

"I know metal and hardcore, quite frankly, utter shit" - ?

Its subjectivity.

We've got an elitist over here.

Watch out motherfuckers.

"but weren't they planning on recording an album in space?"

lol, but I thought FF was doing an album this year

Metal is awful in general, so no.

The only decent hardcore is stuff from the DC scene like Minor Threat and Bad Brains. Back then it served a purpose.

"We've got an elitist over here.

Watch out motherfuckers."


This site isn't full of elitists?

Metal and hardcore ones, at that.

Every news article or ranking is littered with teenage shits whining or complaining about bands or users, because theres a massive metal and hardcore bias on this website.

Cant even get a decent fuckin' review on this site without some fuckwit spewing off some Pitchfork-like bullshit about how much everyone else should give a damn about his own band instead.

There are some classic albums on this website with terrible reviews like Nevermind or In Rainbows, because its not metal or hardcore.

it's like you don't get sarcasm, man

I agree that hardcore/metalcore/post hardcore are defintely given too much attention here in my humble opinion, but metal is a vast fuckin ocean spanning about 40 subgenres. Even with all the metal attention this site has its not like fuckin albums like Nevermind and In Rainbows arent even more popular with thousands of ratings.

Hey RS085. You realize you don't HAVE to visit the site right?

"
Theres no problem there.

Its what I think.

What other way is there to put it?

"I know metal and hardcore, quite frankly, utter shit" - ?

Its subjectivity."

*Goes back a few posts*

Please enlighten me, i dare you

Damn, these guys are the one band I didn't expect to do a hiatus for awhile.

"*Goes back a few posts*

Please enlighten me, i dare you"


Youre not making any substantial point here, and youre not clever.

If someone asks you about something, say, toothpaste, then they would want to know what you think of it.

In the case of metal and hardcore, which this site has an obvious bias towards (whether good or bad), I think its fucking awful.

Theres no other way to answer that. I dont know, youre I guess, trying to imply that I think it sucks, thus meaning I dont truly know? Metal and hardcore, do absolutely nothing for me other than want to get people into better music. Theres no substance to it. At all. The fact that theres an entire site devoted to it, makes me have less faith in the human race. As if somehow everyone else's music taste "out there" (be it popular/historical/influential) is shit compared to yours or the majority on this site, and this place is really where its at!...

Music elitists that are metal and hardcore fans, is hilarious in itself.

Basically, anything I read in the news section on here gets blasted because its either too popular, too soft, not heavy enough, not metal enough, they dont use a double kick, they dont fucking scream, X band needs to go back to doing this or that (a common complaint, thus completely handicapping said band's creativity), etc.

Ive browsed long enough.

What i was saying is that how do you expect to enlighten anything to you when you're spewing subjectivity related things? And it's all the more stupid when you KNOW it's subjective.

Theres nothing to prove, theres nothing to fucking discuss, if you don't like the oh so obvious bias from this website towards hardcore and metal, then go somewhere else.

Gladly.

RS what bands in particular dont get the respect you feel they deserve?

I'm not sure why you guys are even trying but whatever.

Anything but metal and hardcore.

There are a lot of people on here that completely disregard hip hop and rap, because this is a site with a rock bias.

Where are the sections on jazz and blues? Folk? Things with substance, and not shitty screaming and double kick pedals.

@RS

Good to know I'm not the only only who's noticed this trend.

Whoa whoa whoa

Folk and Blues are cool but they arent exactly the freshest genres out there. Not sure why you're surprised people arent falling over themselves to hear the latest blues album. The old stuff is great but who exactly is doing something cool in blues thats worth talking about? Joe Bonamassa? The bigger folk acts get their respect here for the most part, but again just listening to a guy and an acoustic isnt the most exciting thing I guess since we've heard it a million times.

I agree with you on Jazz but like blues its heydey was 50 years ago. While Hip Hop gets love here and I like that too, but a lot of people dont want to just hear a dude rapping over a repetitive beat.

But yea this site is biased towards rock and metal. For good reason IMO as those are my favorite genres, even if I like the shit you listed too. If you dont like it go to Worldstarhiphop or some shit.

Where are the sections on jazz and blues? Folk? Things with substance, and not shitty screaming and double kick pedals.

There are a lot of people on here that completely disregard hip hop and rap, because this is a site with a rock bias.

I'm not sure why you guys are even trying but whatever.

The Foo's spokesperson denied it later on. Saying that there's no way that's happening anytime soon.

I shouldnt even be talking to you since you're obviously a fuckwit if you cant appreciate anything with a little screaming or aggression in it, but oh well. Metal is the best and most diverse genre going right now.

"There are a lot of people on here that completely disregard hip hop and rap, because this is a site with a rock bias. "

This really shows how little you know about this site.

Its quite possible, but from what I have seen, and I have tried some digging, there isnt much.

Joe Bonamassa I actually know, since hes from my town.

I have nothing else to do either. Ive been browsing this site a while and overall, ive just noticed an extremely heavy bias towards certain things, most notably those two genres.

Good to know Calc.

I come to this site to read news sometimes, and reviews, and half the time its just teenagers bitching "your music taste sucks bro", etc. etc. Just write the fucking music reviews. Nobody cares about your shitty HS band or bantering between whose taste sucks and whose doesnt, or whose music rankings suck, etc.

I do appreciate heavy music, and screaming actually, but doing it for the sake of just doing it, no. Any dipshit can do that.

The real question is, is it something we're going to look back on as a piece to a timeless record? Wheres its place in music history on the whole? Metal and hardcore have its place in music history, but its not anything substantial IMO. Certainly not over something like say, Bob Dylan or The Beatles. I think theyre overrated, but you can see why their influence is so pervasive on music history.

rs085 is gay and sucks chode

sputnikmetal.com

its more trve and it even sounds better.

Case in point.

You bring up Bob Dylan and The Beatles, just like you brought up Nirvana and Radiohead, and act like they arent hugely
popular on this site. You're just talking out of ur buttcheeks.

Not judging by their album reviews, in comparison to metal and hardcore.

wish it was a permanent hiatus, one of the most overrated bands of all time

yea they're much more popular in comparison so what you on about

You know nobody is going to give a fuck about anything other than metal or hardcore on here, so why the fuck bother writing these news articles anyway?


Chris, big statement from a guy who lists fucking Slipknot, Cold, DREDG? (hahahaha) and Deftones under favorite bands.

ha alright you're just trollin. well played fuckhead

Trollin' indeed.

Metal and hardcore blow dude. Get better taste in music. You'll be better off for it.

"You know nobody is going to give a fuck about anything other than metal or hardcore on here, so why the fuck bother writing these news articles anyway?"

New GY!BE Album article: 323 comments.

Ill be sure to listen to hidden gems such as Sgt Pepper and Blood on the Tracks

I come to this site to read news sometimes, and reviews, and half the time its just teenagers bitching "your music taste sucks bro", etc. etc. Just write the fucking music reviews. Nobody cares about your shitty HS band or bantering between whose taste sucks and whose doesnt, or whose music rankings suck, etc.

dude just got GOT

I thought these guys had a new album in the works?

"Nobody cares about your...bantering between whose taste sucks and whose doesnt, or whose music rankings suck, etc."

"Metal and hardcore blow dude. Get better taste in music. You'll be better off for it."

"There are a lot of people on here that completely disregard hip hop and rap, because this is a site
with a rock bias.

Where are the sections on jazz and blues? Folk? Things with substance, and not shitty screaming and
double kick pedals."

Okay, this is literally pathetic. Some guy comes in here kicking and screaming about the apparently
abhorrent state of sputnik but does so in the exact same way of those he criticizes. So much for
high and mighty.

There is only one staff member that really covers hardcore and he isn't ever on the site anymore.
The users do most of the work in that, and even still hip-hop gets a lot more coverage than
hardcore. If anything, hip-hop is one of the most universally loved genres on this site.

It sounds to me like you've been on this site for one, maybe one weeks but you really feel like
you've got it all figured out.

Nothing's ever going to be as big and universally accepted as Bob Dylan or the Beatles ever again, thought. The music industry has changed. Back then, the radio pretty much exclusively determined who was being listened to, whereas now, with the changing environment, it has opened up a lot of new highways, and diversified the music industry as whole. So basically, there's always going to be plenty of alternatives to the mainstream bands, and thus, they won't gain as much popularity, relatively speaking, even if they are hugely popular. We're never going to see another Pink Floyd, or Led Zeppelin, or The Who, or any of those classic bands from a few decades ago.

Its perfectly fine to come on to bitch about people bitching.

All im doing is mentioning the terrible bias on this site. Someones gotta point it out. It may look hypocritical, but that shouldnt keep you from saying it.

I come on here to read reviews and news, not read "your favorite band sucks bro!!! sit on a cock!!" Shut the fuck up with this. (Oh look, more irony, right? Again, someones gotta do it)

Theres nothing elitist about being a metal or hardcore fan anyway. Sorry.

read my reviews, they're free of "your favorite band sucks bro!!! sit on a cock!!" and hey, almost none of them are metal/hardcore

I think there are a lot worse things out in the world than a user/staff based website that has bias towards certain genres of music. So much hostility over such a trivial thing...

Also, you could just ignore the comment sections since that seems to be your biggest problem with it. You can still get music news and album reviews without reading any of that extra stuff. That's what I did before I became a user on the site.

Or you can just argue with a bunch of random people on the internet.

Theres nothing elitist about being a metal or hardcore fan anyway

I don't think hiatus is the right word, it's more like taking a break. To me, hiatus implies the chance of the band not getting back together, Grohl wrote that they definately will be back though. Can't wait for them to get back at it again anyways.

^See, Hiatus implies the opposite to me.

Damn, I knew I should have caught them live.

if they announced this before "wasting light" i wouldn't have cared, why'd they have to call it quits after their best album since colour... but saw this coming none the less

Good. Band is crap.

It's amazing that anything on this site ever gets rated higher than a 1. Everyone hates everything…

On another note, rumor has it that Dave Grohl will be drumming on Queens of the Stone Age's new album. Fingers crossed.

Don't really care, nothing the Foo Fighters did ever really caught my attention.

They did a few good songs.

Saw their "last set" at the Global fest thing. Was great as always.

Dear Dave,

Please stop being a "major corporate rock sellout". Kurt would be ashamed of you.

Sincerely,

RtR

yeah, I don't think he'll be reading that, you know too busy having a family and working with some of
the biggest names in rock music and stuff

^My point exactly.

by being successful? by biggest names I meant Josh Homme, John Paul Jones, Bob Mould, Lemmy etc. It's not like their songs feature pitbull. Kurt probably would be ashamed, but then again he wasn't the most positive person.

"On another note, rumor has it that Dave Grohl will be drumming on Queens of the Stone Age's new album. Fingers crossed."

Whoa, slow down, where'd you get that rumor from?!? Don't get my hopes up man...

When were Green Day ever not commercial/corporate?

Dave betrayed the spirit of Nirvana by IMMEDIATELY starting to write pop singles for teen girls. As in, barely a year after Nirvana ended. Plus band haven't been good since TINLTL, and even then they had like two good songs.

Green day were not a big commercial band until Dookie(arguably).
They were huge in the underground scene with their first 2 albums.

Nirvana was never "Dave's band", it's arguable how much input he actually had in the band, after all he was "just" a drummer and not a founding member

immediately started writing pop singles for teenage girls? KILL is gonna be pissed if he sees this and he would tell you to go listen to their self-titled

"Plus band haven't been good since TINLTL, and even then they had like two good songs."

you're entitled to your own opinion, but many people would disagree

LOL Learn To Fly & Monkey Wrench were all over the radio when I was 13. Also, Dave wrote Marigold, a lost Nirvana track.

@youtellme, yeah but they've been since then. Nirvana never wanted to be, although they were after Nevermind (kinda).

Haha dude u cant win this. andcas will poop all over you

I know Dave is a true metalhead (vide Probot), so why did he not form, you know, A METAL BAND?!?!

I would listen to Foo Fighters over Nirvana at any time.

Excellent question, Pedro.

But, Dave was really a hardcore kid not a metalhead.

He was/is a fan of obscure thrash, IIRC. Cronos from Venom was his first pick for Probot.

"We all love music, whether it's the Beatles or Queen or punk rock. I think the lure of punk rock was
the energy and immediacy; the need to thrash stuff around. But at the same time, we're all suckers for
a beautiful melody, you know? So it is just natural."

-Dave- (1997)

Has credible background, credible references, a decent view of music ---> makes radio-power-pop records.

Something somewhere went terribly wrong.

I just don't see the Foo Fighters as a "power pop" band.

if hawks and redskyformiles have taught us anything it's that hiatuses can be just a couple of days

lol dont forget gyro

rip

Grohl looks like he stinks.

he'd beat ur hairless ass

Just as long as he stays at least five feet away.

Soap, motherfucker, do you use it?

lol the fuck foo fighters s/t was raw as fux compared to nevermind wow r2r sucks so hard

I've never thought there was an overwhelming hardcore bias on this site.



POSThardcore However......

Darn.

they're just strictly a rock band doing what they love

Give me some more Them Crooked Cultures, please.

grohl has always loved $$$

colour and shape

green and flat

it's definitely a lincoln

Smells Like Teen Spirit = still heavier than 95% of Foo Fighters.

Just sayin'.

grohl has always loved $$$

Good I hope Nate Mendel reunites with Sunny Day Real Estate to make another album.

lol @ "the spirit of Nirvana"

It's funny to see the cognitive dissonance of people who call Foo Fighters overrated and then praise Nirvana in their next breath. Those four elementary power chords and a shotgun later, and Nirvana has so much more spirit. Put down the rose-tinted glasses.

I knew not to take you seriously as soon as I saw you had an AC/DC thumbnail. AC/DC, Nirvana, Green Day. It's like a middle school kid who's just started taking guitar lessons. It's OK to move on from your middle school tastes, bro. Don't get too hung up learning Master of Puppets.

^ Bingo.

Lots of good educated and levelheaded recent posts, and im 100% honest.

This AC/DC guy obviously has no fucking clue what hes talking about.

The band owns their fucking catalog. Theyre on their own fucking label. Always have been. Nobody tells them what to do but themselves, creatively. As KILL pointed out, theyre old school musicians from undeground scenes that have been successful, but it hasnt tainted their ethos. They try to incorporate as much of their roots and influences into their current work as possible. They know their niche, and stick to it. Theyre staying true to themselves and to their music. They released 'Wheels' and people freaked out. Sure, its not a good song, but it was their attempt to try something new, and Tom Petty is a big influence on them. If you saw the documentary, youd know that. They dont care about whats trendy or whats popular, they stick to themselves. Thats something that is just lost on so many people.

They use RCA for distribution purposes, only.

and for the fucking record, Cobain wanted to be a rock star. That whole anti-rock star image thats portrayed by the media is complete bullshit.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug/24/grunge-myths-nirvana-kurt-cobain

Read the whole thing, but more specifically #5 and #7.

"Smells Like Teen Spirit = still heavier than 95% of Foo Fighters.

Just sayin'."


Whats your point?

Heavy doesnt automatically equal being good. If you judge an entire bands' catalog based on it being heavy or not, then youre a massive fuckwit.

As if Dave sucks because he uses piano and Kurt didnt? Some of the greatest music doesnt come near being heavy.

There are a shit ton of soft songs I would take over heavy songs, and that goes for anything.

Kids these days obviously have a different perception of music, especially rock, at least to me.

Im a lot older than most probably on this site, so all of these bands I view differently, and props to whoever mentioned Dave's roots, which are...

FROM THE DC HARDCORE SCENE.

Its also hilarious to see people accuse Dave of being about money. The most unsophisticated, blue-collar, down to earth musician in rock. You fellas need to read some books.

God this thread is pathetic.