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And that is their superpower.

But the Foo Fighters were the awkward cousin at the cookout. They dropped One by One (2002) and the internet yawned. Then came "All My Life." That riff. That scream. Suddenly, every angsty 19-year-old with a Blogger template was writing: "Is this the best hard rock song of the decade?" foo fighters blogspot

So here’s to the Foo Fighters—the band we took for granted on our Blogspot sidebars. The band we called "dad rock" until we became dads (and moms, and non-binary rock aunties). The band that taught us that screaming into a microphone is sometimes the most honest thing a person can do. And that is their superpower

Twenty-eight years since that first tape of seven songs recorded by a heartbroken man in Seattle, Dave Grohl has built the last great American rock institution. Not with pyrotechnics or mystique, but with the kind of head-down, grinning work ethic that would make Tom Petty tip his hat. Let’s rewind to the golden age of independent music blogs: Said the Gramophone, Stereogum’s early days, Aquarium Drunkard. What were we writing about? The Strokes. The White Stripes. Arcade Fire. Bands with intentional mystique. Then came "All My Life

The new album—written after Taylor’s death—is the first Foo record that isn't "fun." "The Glass" sounds like a man talking to a ghost. "Rescued" asks, "Are you feeling like a burden?" It’s the sound of every late-night, broken-heart post we typed in Arial font at 2:00 AM.