Once Dave Grohl became a father, he could finally indulge all of his influences with the Foo Fighters, including some specific references to children's ...
“There’s something about the sing-song cadence of children’s music that has its place in rock,” Grohl told Entertainment Weekly in 2017. “‘The Pretender’ is a lot like this children’s song, ‘One of These Things Is Not Like the Other’. I remember writing that song and thinking, ‘Man, I think I heard that before.’ And then Chris, our guitar player, he said, ‘Dude, that sounds a lot like that Sesame Street thing.’ And I said, ‘I’ll use it. It wouldn’t be the final time that Grohl made a reference toward kid’s music either. It also had a clear melodic reference in its chorus: ‘One of These Things Is Not Like the Other’ from Sesame Street. ‘Arlandria’ was named after Grohl’s hometown neighbourhood in Virginia where he spent most of his youth. Here was the world’s loudest rock star having to figure out how to change diapers and keep the noise down so that the babies could sleep.
Glastonbury were left emotional after Dave Grohl appeared to reveal a new tattoo in tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.
At one point, Grohl even pointed to the tattoo while Sir Paul was hugging Bruce Springsteen, who also appeared as a special guest during the set. My friend from the west coast of America, Dave Grohl.’ Grohl’s touching tribute to Hawkins left fans emotional, with one tweeting: ‘Dave Grohl pointing to the Taylor Hawkins tribute tattoo on his hand at the end of the #PaulMcCartney set nearly damn finished me off.
Toyah wears nothing but gold leaf while pouring paint on herself as she and husband Robert Fripp perform Foo Fighters' "All My Life."
Toyah and Robert have been keeping their “Sunday Lunch” series going strong for most of the pandemic. Watch Toyah and Robert perform Foo Fighters’ “All My Life” in the video below. Recent performances have also seen them covering Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name,” Hole’s “Celebrity Skin,” Radiohead’s “Creep,” and The Black Keys’ “Lonely Boy.”
Dave Grohl appears to reveal Taylor Hawkins tattoo in tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer during surprise Glastonbury performance with Sir Paul McCartney ...
No cause of death has been release but a toxicology report showing traces of 10 different substances in his body – including opioids, marijuana and anti-depressants. Ladies and gentlemen one more time – Dave Grohl." My friend from the west coast of America, Dave Grohl.''
Toyah is also covering herself in a variety of colors of paint...
This fall, Fripp plans to embark on a speaking tour with his manager David Singleton. Get more info about that here and see him and Toyah cover the Foos below.
The second is set for Sept. 27 at Los Angeles’ KIA Forum and will include appearances by Alanis Morissette, Miley Cyrus, Joan Jett, Pink, Nancy Wilson, members of Motley Crue, Kiss, Rage Against the Machine, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Members of Led Zeppelin and Nirvana will be playing both tributes. The first takes place Sept. 3 at London’s Wembley Stadium and will feature members of Queen, Rush, The Police, Queens of the Stone Age, and more. Last night, Dave Grohl made his first public appearance onstage since Taylor Hawkins’ death when he and Bruce Springsteen accompanied Paul McCartney during his headlining Glastonbury set.
Light entertainment icons Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have once again taken to the internet to spice up the nation's bandwidth.
"I'm very fond of giving oral sex to women. "That song is a little dirty," Foos frontman Dave Grohl told Q Magazine in 2003. And that's a sentence we probably won't ever write again.
This week's cover sees a gold-leaf covered Toyah squirting different colours of paint onto her chest as she sings to the 2002 Foo Fighters hit, all while Robert ...
He has a reputation for being stubborn, but over the years has become kinder and more fun.” Getting him involved with the videos was an experience. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Toyah opened up about the couple’s relationship, sharing that Fripp had not seen her as more than a homemaker before lockdown began and the couple started up their series: “For the first 30 years of our marriage Robert never saw what I did beyond the home environment.”