What happened to the Foo Fighters?

[Smallstone]

I don't think much of Grohls music these days - at a stretch I could deal with like one CD made up of all his FF tunes - but hats off to the guy! Reading Festival though.... you've been right Brandnewface? I first went in 1987 for a day. I was 15. Blew my mind. I got really ill though.... wasn't pretty Can't even remember who I saw! This is back in the day when Friday was 'indie' day. Rest of the weekend was REALLY bad metal and classic rock. I think I saw the Mission actually...
1988 I went for the weekend and camped for 4 days. Me and a mate. On the 'indie' Friday we saw The Seers, The Wonderstuff and headlining the Ramones followed by Iggy Pop! It. Was. Incredible!! Me and my mate watched every band - from Japanese Glam Metal band Loudness to Squeeze, Bonnie Tyler (who got bottled off) and frickin Meat Loaf!!! He had his nose broken by a bottle! It was so bad. The line up, atmosphere, everything. People just weren't being catered for at all. You could feel it.
In 1989 the organisers/bookers of the festival changed and it went mental! The line up was amazing. EVERYONE I knew went. About 30 / 40 people from my home town camped together. There seemed to be double the amount of people there from the year before! The headliners were the Pogues, New Order and The Mission. But I remember Butthole Surfers.... jesus it was carnage. Never seen anything like it before. The mosh pit.... Saw Loop, World Dom. Swans!!!! Spacemen 3, My Bloody Valentine. LOADs of bands. LEGENDARY.
Only went for a day (just to see Mudhoney and Nick Cave) in 1990. It was good though. This is back when you could go without a tickets and buy one. ON THE DAY. Mudhoney rocked it. I think there was some mud throwing and Mr Arm got a bit pissed off... I know I would have been too...Nick Cave was amazing.
Anyway - my point - do I have a point? - yes 1991!! Dave Grohl. That line up. That Friday. Jesus christ. Babes In Toyland - they rocked SO HARD. Nirvana. Dinosaur. Sonic Youth. Iggy Pop. (some other bands played too..). There were so many people freaking out that day. Nirvana playing 'Teen Spirit' in the UK for the 1st time. People hearing it for the 1st time!! Folks I were with (right down the front) were like 'what the fuck was that song!!!'. Grohl was hyperventilating on stage it seemed. Ah sweet memories.
Sorry if this sounds like old man reminiscing

[Thurston_Whore]

I've only been going to reading now for 2 years but oh my they have had some uber kool lineups in the past probably the best lineups i've seen for a festival in my opinion especially 90s-wise like 1991/1992/1993/1994 1991/1992 probably being my fav lineups but 1994 is a pretty nuts lineup to :-
Cypress Hill
Primal Scream
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
The Lemonheads
Frank Black
Pavement
The Flaming Lips
Sebadoh
Velocity Girl
Manics (with richie still in the band,i own the vid for that they played a good show by the look of it)
Superchunk
Soundgarden
Therapy
Rollings Band
Afghan Whigs
Helmet
The Jesus Lizard
Cop Shoot Cop
They Might Be Giants
And Many More.....

Nice mix of everything there to,oh yeah i have 2 posters on my bedroom wall for the 92 & 94 lineup and tickets then 'FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND' were only £55 cheap as fuck for probably the best lineups you can get for a festival back then,£130/£140 for it now is a bit dear considering most of the bands there are either nme babes or just pure shit,last year was probably the best lineup reading has seen since sometime in the 90s i'd say,im not off this year but i hope the festival doesnt all fall in decline of nme bunk bands and rap artists,although saying that 50 cent didnt get a to good responce last year. ;D

[brandnewface]

hey smallstone, always amusing to read yr stories ! you've been to some legendary gigs, I'm so fucking jelaous !
and actually, my brother went to the Reading Festival in 2004. He says it was the fest of his life !

[I love Kim Deal]

I loved a picture from Reading 92 when Dave was standing on the mic talking to the audience with a cymbal on his head. That's when he ruled the world.Without contributing shit such as "Resolve"

[brandnewface]

hah, yeah, he ruled.

[I love Kim Deal]

He was much funnier in those days.

[thorn]

yeah wheres the humour gone?

[I love Kim Deal]

His humour has changed it's weird. He says a lot of things now that only him and the rest of them find funny. Classic moment? Nirvana's giving an interview, Kurt's talking, and there's this drumbeat in the background and Dave startes jigging to it. That man WAS the absolute sex, now he's just boring. No Way Back what a boring song.

[norecess]

Ever thought of setting up a Dave Grohl = GOD message board?

[I love Kim Deal]

would you join it?