Sunday, July 13, 2003
Man on the Moon.
"Some say Mr. Grohl, the former drummer in Nirvana, became one of rock's most surprisingly successful frontmen with his band the Foo Fighters. Others say that after his recent stint as a drummer in Queens of the Stone Age, his true talent is and always has been behind the trap set. But perhaps they are all wrong. Mr. Grohl's calling may be Vegas or the Catskills or at least his own HBO comedy special. He's no Phil Collins or John Bonham, but rather he's rock's Andy Kaufman. His personality, his videos, his guest appearances and his forthcoming mock*-heavy-metal side project, Probot, all bear this out, but nothing does so more than the new Foo Fighters "DVD/EP" (RCA), which contains several videos by the band, including one for Low"** (ram / wmv). Shot like a home movie, it features Mr. Grohl and the actor, comedian and singer Jack Black checking into a motel room. Inside, they goof off, destroy the room and maul each other to comic effect before dressing up as women and passing out together. In a Kaufman-esque stunt, before the release of the video, the band leaked excerpts to Web sites, claiming that it was unauthorized party footage of Mr. Grohl and Mr. Black." - Neil Strauss, The New York Times, 7/13/03.
*why "mock", Mr. Strauss?
**banned by MTV!! [MTV banning anything is an easy joke setup, but I can't resist: how is five minutes of Grohl and JB mixing it up in a motel room any worse than the ridiculous "debauchery" of, say, The Real World: Las Vegas?]
posted by Linus |
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