Today we go back to 2008 when FOO FIGHTERS
played for a full house at Wembley Stadion in 2008.
At one point, Led Zeppelin icons Jimmy Page (guitar) and
John Paul Jones (bass) joined the Fighters on stage for a
deafening version of Led Zep‘s 1971 jackhammer Rock ‘N’ Roll.
For the occasion, frontman Dave Grohl and the late great
drummer Taylor Hawkins changed places. Fucktastic.
The band name refers to an infamous 70s drinking club for rock stars, named The Hollywood Vampires, where heroes such as John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Harry
Nilsson and Keith Moon could get drunk 24/7.
This summer HV play festivals again – with founding members Cooper and Depp .
Las month they were at Pink Pop Festival in the Netherlands.
At one point they raped (in my opinion) David Bowie‘s blockbuster
hit Heroes. Awful.
No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I’m here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I’m a million different people
From one day to the next
I can’t change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
(Have you ever been down?)
I can’t change, oh, no
I can’t change, oh
‘Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony, that’s life
Tryna make ends meet, tryna find somebody then you die
I’ll take you down the only road I’ve ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
One summer festival track a day keeps the doctor away
26 June 2023
Back in 2018, it looked like former 70s Generation X punk icons Billy Idol and bassist Tony James (also Sigue Sigue Sputnik and the Sisters of Mercy) and Sex Pistols legends, drummer Paul Cook and brill-riff guitarist Steve Jones had nothing to do, were bored
and phoned each other to kick out the jams together.
Enter GENERATION SEX. They played a string of gigs, mixing Gen X and Pistols classics and then returned to their bat caves to get bored again.
But you can’t keep lifetime punk junkies like these bandidos too long away from a stage. GS got together again this year, already played some festivals the past few months and will continue to do the same this summer.
Yes, they’re older and don’t look like James Dean anymore. So what? They’re still younger than The Stones, Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan. And since when is age the touchstone for playing fucking great music. 65-year-old stars can suck, but 18-year-old snotty-nosed indies can suck too. 18-year old snotty-nosed indies can rock your balls off, so can (some) 65-year-old stars too.
So what about these old cowboys? They’re BIG FUN. And watch/hear how Cook hammers his drums, Jones still comes up with anarchist riffs as he did his whole pistol life and rebel yeller Billy Idol still screams his lungs out. Bye, bye Johnny Forgotten.
