Dave Grohl to appear in new ‘Muppets’ film

Looks like Dave Grohl will have a cameo in the new Muppets film.

The Foo Fighters frontman will reportedly stand in for regular Muppets drummer Animal while he attends anger management treatment as part of the movie’s plot.

This should be fun but we are probably talking about a very short cameo here. As in seconds. Hopefully it will be longer than that.

Them Crooked Vultures Do Interview With Absolute Radio Before TCT Gig In London

Last night at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Them Crooked Vultures opened the 10th anniversary of the series of benefit concerts for the UK charity Teenage Cancer Trust. Prior to the concert, the members of Them Crooked Vultures—John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl, and Josh Homme—sat for an interview with Ben Jones of the UK radio station Absolute Radio. In the interview, the band discussed how Roger Daltrey, the Teenage Cancer Trust’s patron, got them to do the gig. To watch the interview, click below: 

BBC 6 Music’s Web site has a review of Them Crooked Vultures’ Teenage Cancer Trust show. It seems like it was a pretty impressive show.

Dave Grohl in FRESH POTS!

Now you know where he gets all his energy!

Dave Grohl: Nirvana “Wasn’t All Misery and Doom”

In yesterday’s New York Times, Dave Grohl commented on the preconception of the band Nirvana:

“For obvious reasons it’s hard for people to understand that we actually enjoyed making music. It’s easy to imagine that we were followed by a black cloud. But it wasn’t all misery and doom. People know the biography, they’ve seen the ‘Behind the Music,’ but it’s a little more complicated than that.”

It’s true. Many of the films, documentaries, and biographies are focused on only one side of the coin. Sad in itself.

Them Crooked Vultures Are Streaming Their Entire Album On You Tube

Rock’s latest supergroup Them Crooked Vultures are streaming all 13 songs from their self-titled debut album as a series of 13 videos on You Tube. To see the videos, go to http://www.youtube.com/user/themcrookedvultures.

The album is being released tomorrow, Monday, November 16th in the UK and on Tuesday, November 17th in the United States and Canada.

For more on this story, see the article from XFM London.

Them Crooked Vultures features Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters on drums, John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin on bass, and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age on guitar and vocals. They will be playing live at the Wiltern in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.

To hear Them Crooked Vultures’ song “No One Loves Me & Neither Do I,” click below:

For more on Them Crooked Vultures, see:
http://www.themcrookedvultures.com
http://www.myspace.com/crookedvultures
http://www.youtube.com/user/themcrookedvultures

Them Crooked Vultures Put Debut Single “New Fang” Online

Them Crooked Vultures, the “supergroup” comprised of Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, have put their debut single “New Fang” online on You Tube. It’s a good tune, and it actually sounds like a hybrid of the Foo Fighters, QOTSA, and Led Zep. If the rest of the album is this good, it’s going to be a monster seller.

To hear “New Fang” by Them Crooked Vultures, click below:

The self-titled debut album from Them Crooked Vultures is being released on November 16th in the UK and November 17th in America. They play at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on the night of the album’s American release. In December, Them Crooked Vultures will be touring Germany and the UK.

For more on this story, see the article from NME.com.

John Paul Jones recently discussed his involvement with Them Crooked Vultures with the BBC, which you can read about in an article from BBC 6 Music.

For additional information on Them Crooked Vultures, go to:
http://www.themcrookedvultures.com/
http://www.myspace.com/crookedvultures
http://www.youtube.com/user/themcrookedvultures

Courtney Love And Surviving Members Of Nirvana Rip Guitar Hero

Courtney Love has threatened legal action against the video-game manufacturer Activision for using the image of her late husband Kurt Cobain in their Guitar Hero game. The game features an image of Cobain lip-synching to songs. Love angrily wrote on Twitter:

“[I] never signed off on the avatar, let alone this fucking feature!…There’s been four breaches of a very strict contract.”

Activision vice president Tim Riley counters Love’s claims, stating:

“Courtney supplied us with photos and videos. She picked the wardrobe and hairstyle, which turned out to be the ‘Teen Spirit’ look.”

Cobain’s bandmates in Nirvana, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, released a statement saying that they are “dismayed and very disappointed” at how Cobain’s image is used in the game.

For more on this story, see the article from XFM London.

Arctic Monkeys Discuss Their Humbug Album On XFM London

This past Tuesday, August 25th, Alex Turner and Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys stopped by the Leicester Square studios of XFM London for a track-by-track discussion of their new Humbug album with XFM London DJ John Kennedy. The discussion aired on Kennedy’s Xposure program. The interview is now up on the XFM London Web site. You can hear it by clicking here and then clicking the individual audio links on the page. The music from the album is not included in the Web site version of the interview due to rights restrictions.

Last night, Arctic Monkeys headlined the Brixton Academy in London. Supporting Arctic Monkeys at the show were the new supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, which feature Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age, and Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters. Homme produced part of Arctic Monkeys’ Humbug album. To read a very positive review of the Brixton Academy show, see The Times of London’s Web site.

Powerline A.D.’s Patrick Prince has reviewed Arctic Monkeys’ Humbug album. You can read the review here.

My review of Arctic Monkeys’ August 3rd show at The HighLine Ballroom in New York City can be read here.

The Humbug album was released earlier this week and is available for purchase in the United States, the UK, and elsewhere.

15 Years Dead, Cobain Gets a Strange Tribute

Last week, the famous (or infamous, depending on your politics) cartoonist Ward Sutton did up a full page comic in the Village Voice in remembrance of Kurt Cobain’s death 15 years ago this April.

It basically pokes fun at stardom and fandom and (more importantly) stereotypes. Kurt thinks twice about killing himself, lives on and dies in the year 2051 listening to The Melvins. Along the way he becomes a diva ala Axl Rose (nice switch, Ward!) and recluse. His bandmate Dave Grohl becomes “the guy who killed Nirvana and a studio session hack — bassist Krist Novoselic becomes merely “destitute.” And Kurt honeybun, Courtney Love, has a critically-acclaimed career as the leader of Hole.

Hysterically twisted. Check it out here in an online slideshow.

Then, yesterday, Sutton wrote an unneeded  column for Huffington Post on Kurt’s death, and how it effected his life. The summary of his thoughts? Here ya go:

“… we can’t stop fantasizing about what died-in-their-prime rock stars would have accomplished if only they’d lived a full life.”

btw, this is all much better than another post on Cobain on the 9th of this month, with a headline that questions whether Cobain will be forgotten or not. C’mon Arianna. Please.

For an even more skewed and ignorant opinion on Kurt, listen to Axl Rose mouth-off on the Nirvana singer (got to wonder if Axl’s really expressing concerns about himself here):

(Note: Axl continues this ultra-trash talk to this day, even harshly dissing his former bandmates. What a douche. It’s hard for me to even listen to that guy anymore.)

But for some straight-forward insight into who Kurt Cobain was, watch Krist Novoselic explaining Kurt in the video below:

Foo Fighters Become Food Critics For a Thanksgiving Meal

It’s tough being in a rock band, touring during Thanksgiving. Most bands can’t afford a catered holiday meal. The Foo Fighters can, but who knows if it would be as good as Bravo’s reality show, Top Chef, having its contestants cook it for you — while you’re on tour in Rochester, NY.

It was weird seeing Dave Grohl playing the fussy food critic about things like parfait. A little funny, too, seeing rock stars complain about tour food that appeared to be this good. Loving food, I have always been a fan of the show and this was probably the best one yet. Worth the watch for not only Top Chef fans but Foo Fighters fans. It was a fun episode.

Off-script, Top Chef hostess, Padma Lakshmi (top, left), later joined the Foo Fighters later on stage, playing tambourine.

NY Post claims that drummer Taylor Hawkins “‘vied for her attention all night” but got nowhere.