The Shrine

...me, after seeing this shot. I love it that he appears to be gesticulating wildly at Jessica Simpson's ass for no reason at all.

Just remember: these guys used to be Nirvana.

yikes, what color would you call her? Orangish red?

Grohl kicks ass. I like foo fighters and that new super group he is in Then Crooked Vultures.

Flip wrote:yikes, what color would you call her? Orangish red?

Jersey Shore orange.

Kupek wrote:

SineSwiper wrote:Just remember: that one guy used to be the drummer in Nirvana.

That's odd. I don't know where I heard it, but I was told that Foo Fighters was all of the original members of Nirvana (besides Kurt, of course), except the drummer and guitarist switched places. But, that's clearly wrong according to Wikipedia, and it looks like Nirvana only had three band members, anyway.

Nirvana was like 98% Kurt who wrote all the music, was on vocals, and guitar. Dave Grohl (who replaced Chad Channing) and Kris Novoselic were just performers. They sometimes had other guys with them while touring to have the multiple layers of guitar and vocals. I actually would say the person who had the greatest direct impact was Butch Vig (who later formed Garbage) who essentially gave Kurt the "John Lennon did it" treatment when he wanted something done differently =P

I do think Dave and Kris were easily replaceable, but the three got along. At the time, Kurt described the scene he was a part of as mostly punk/artsy. The other people who he had available to him weren't really interested in entertaining the idea of making an attempt at pop music. Kris and Dave were, and they were good. So then there was a fusion of pop and the underground "grunge" music, and that was the real start of the major rock movement of the 90's.

Julius Seeker wrote:I actually would say the person who had the greatest direct impact was Butch Vig (who later formed Garbage) who essentially gave Kurt the "John Lennon did it" treatment when he wanted something done differently =P

Vig was only part of it and only for a short time.

"After the recording sessions were completed, Vig and the band set out to mix the album [Nevermind]. However, the recording sessions had run behind schedule and the resulting mixes were deemed unsatisfactory. Slayer mixer Andy Wallace was brought in to create the final mix. After the album's release, members of Nirvana expressed dissatisfaction with the polished sound the mixer had given Nevermind."

So, Vig didn't have much of a hand in their greatest album. He was a part of Bleach, but not Nevermind.

Butch Vig is credited on the album Nevermind. There is also a documentary about Butch Vig and the recording of Nevermind. Andy Wallace came in at a later stage to do the final mixing.

My point was that Butch Vig had an impact on what Kurt would do when no one else was really successful there. From what I understand, Kurt was not very receptive to people suggesting change - except with Vig.

I can take or leave Dave Grohl's post-Nirvana output, not a huge Foo fan, but I respect him, even more so after seeing this pic.