According to Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters, he and his band members believe they “suck”.
The lead vocalist also remarked that Foo Fighters consider themselves a “really simple band” and that they still identify as the “five dorks” they were when they first came together. In an interview with Billboard, Grohl stated: “You have to understand, we’re a really simple band. We think we suck and we try really hard to make good records and we practice. We don’t feel like the biggest, best band in the world. We just feel like the same five dorks that were touring in a van 17 years ago, that hasn’t changed.”
Dave…I couldn’t have expressed it any better…though, you don’t actually suck. As I have mentioned previously, Wasting Light is possibly your greatest album. You appear to be improving consistently. Or could it be that you’re claiming to suck just to elicit more admiration from the most zealous fans who insist, “Oh no Dave, the Foos don’t suck…you’re just wonderful and absolutely amazing…”
I truly hope that’s not the case, Dave. The Foos have achieved so much…and yes, you are a talented band, but I wish you would stop discussing whether or not you believe you’re good or how great your family life is. You think your band sucks? Most of your fans have to wake up and go to jobs they absolutely detest, returning home to the numerous bills they struggle to manage…that, my friend, is far worse than your band…oh, wait a moment…in comparison to the Foos, perhaps it doesn’t.
The former drummer of Nirvana noted that rock music is currently “overlooked”. He elaborated: “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with rock at all. It’s overlooked. And right now, the current musical climate is similar to how it was in 1991, just before Nirvana gained popularity.”
He went on: “The late ’80s was saturated with overly produced pop music that kids couldn’t connect with – there was no way to relate to some hair metal band singing about partying with strippers in a limousine on Sunset Boulevard. Who could connect to that? Then there was a slew of formulaic pop divas, making music quite dull. And then, a bunch of raw bands appeared on MTV, and rock’n’roll surged back into the spotlight. I feel that’s about to recur. Something’s gotta change. It can’t just be talent shows on television for the rest of time.”
by Wallace McTavish
