I'm Excited Again ...

The Foo Fighters, l to r: Dave Grohl, Ilan Rubin, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflet
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Okay, so a couple of weeks ago I was feeling somewhat out of sorts, I posted about that here. That was the 29th of March, the very next day blog sister Zendo Deb posted this. I guess you might call that "exactly what I needed."

Now the trip to California helped boost my morale quite a bit (always good to see the kids) but musically the Foo Fighters new album has me pumped up about music again, specifically their music. While out in California I made a couple of new friends who are also big Foo fans. We talked a lot about their music.

I went ahead and preordered the new album from Amazon pre-California. Based on two songs, just two. Both of which are outstanding. The band has released two more songs off that album, both are superb.

Note that in the video Pat Smear is not present, he broke his leg and will be out of the game for a bit. Dave Grohl says he'll be back with the band when they start touring. Hope so. When I first saw the video I saw Pat's face on the kick drum and panicked, then I noticed he wasn't with the band. Prayers up for a quick recovery, Pat!

Anyhoo.

I'm loving the new drummer, Ilan Rubin. While listening to what there is of the new album I caught myself thinking that Taylor Hawkins was still alive. While Josh Freese is a superb drummer, there was something "off" about the band's energy when I saw them live a couple of summers ago. One of the reasons, as I understand it, as to why Dave let Josh go was that his energy didn't match the band's. You can watch a podcast about that here.

Listening to Ilan on the kit in this new album all I can say is, the guy is incredible. It feels to me that the band has their energy back.

Can't wait to see them in concert again.

Yeah, I'm excited.