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b'SUPPORT MUSIC IS NOT A GENRE ON PATREON\\n\\nWATCH MUSIC is not a GENRE VIDEOS and MORE\\n\\nWhen we think of drummers, we imagine them on their throne behind the kit pounding away, maintaining the beat & structure of songs, and giving them energy they\\u2019d never have otherwise. We might see a mic off to the side for some backup vocals or the rare lead vocal. If a drummer comes out from the kit, it\\u2019s to take a break or a bow. That\\u2019s pretty damn accurate as far as 95% of drummers go (that percentage has been scientifically measured by The Guesstimators).\\n\\nBut what about that other (scientifically measured) 5%? What do they do? They rule \\u2013 on AND off the throne. They not only kick-ass on a kit, they kick it on the mic and in the studio and with a pen & paper. It\\u2019s the difference between a titular monarch and one who actually calls the shots. These drummers go from laying the foundation to ruling the entire castle.\\n\\nPlenty of drummers have sung backup or the occasional lead \\u2013 Roger Taylor, Peter Criss, Grant Hart, even Foo\\u2019s Taylor Hawkins. Much respect but they aren\\u2019t the subject here. I\\u2019m not even talking about all the very worthy drummers who sang lead from the start \\u2013 like Dave Clark, Mickey Dolenz, Levon Helm, Sheila E., Anderson .Paak, etc. Or the multi-instrumentalists who drummed whenever \\u2013 McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Todd Rundgren, Prince.\\n\\nAnd this is absolutely not about lead singers who CAN drum but didn\\u2019t play that role in any significant way, like Rick Astley, Chris Cornell or Jack White. This is about drummers who went from virtual silence to running the whole show. I\\u2019m talking full frontperson status, like Ringo Starr, Phil Collins, Karen Carpenter, Don Henley, aaaaaand Dave Grohl.\\n\\nThe Foo Fighters are now legends. They\\u2019ve been around over 25 years. So Dave Grohl emerges from the destruction of one legendary band to create another. He was already a veteran by 1994, and already writing & recording his own songs. He had a ton of options post Nirvana, but fronting his own band was the next logical step. And boy did the Foos come out of the gate roaring.\\n\\nGrohl recorded almost everything on that first album, which is an indication of how much he needed to ascend. Every step since then has been Grohl and his bandmates \\u2013 the core of which has been intact for over a decade \\u2013 doing more & finding more challenges to tackle. Killing it live. Conquering the pop charts \\u2013 every album has had at least one massive hit, no matter what else was going on in the charts. Recording & writing on the road and making it a TV show. Adding to their sound.\\n\\nTheir early work was thrilling to me. It was therapeutic to hear that passion burst forth after Kurt Cobain\\u2019s death. It felt like what Nirvana might have done had they continued, because it merged grunge with earlier hard rock and most importantly power pop. The Foos\\u2019 music had everything I was looking for, and has influenced me time and again over the years. There are songs on every REC album from Parts and Labour onward that take cues from the Foos. Most recently, this song here:\\n\\nREC \\u2013 \\u201cDon\\u2019t Say You Don\\u2019t\\u201d (from the album Synergy for the Weird)\\n\\nDo you remember what it felt like to hear the Foo Fighters\\u2019 first music so soon after Cobain\\u2019s death? Was it a surprise how amazing Dave Grohl was at everything from the very beginning? Did you expect them to have such staying power, to become the hard rock standard bearers & ambassadors? Discuss dammit!\\n\\n\\n--- \\n\\nThis episode is sponsored by \\n\\xb7 Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app\\n\\nSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/musicisnotagenre/support\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'