one last thing, the "if he wasn't in Nirvana" argument is just an easy way of dismissing him, but one that has no real foundation under it. is there one other comparable situation? i mean, he was the drummer. he had very little creative influence over Nirvana as a whole (maybe their overall sound, but definitely not the songwriting). i doubt anyone in the world expected the drummer from Nirvana to start his own band as the primary songwriter and frontman. for him to actually be successful with it is a credit to him. the idea that it was just given to him because of his association with Nirvana is absurd. if anything, the constant comparisons have actually hurt them.

Yes! Don't tell me your heart doesn't ache listening to Distant Lovers.

I wasn't saying he wouldn't have been successful, I was saying that he wouldn't have the same critical acclaim.

also i never knew the dude from nirvana was the dude in the foo fighters i can definitely see that they're both like the same kind of boring disaffected music that's completely irrelevant to anyone above the age of seventeen with a personality

my problem with this is that you are basically saying I only like them because Dave was in Nirvana. you see why it bothers me?

i actually never really paid much attention to the Foo Fighters until a couple months ago tbh. i still doubt i will ever listen to a full album of theirs. but i threw their greatest hits on my mp3 player and it was a solid experience.

Songs for the Deaf is the best thing Grohl has ever done.

plus that foo fighters sound can be confused for countless generic alt rock bands, which doesnt help

Love that album.

I consider QOTSA to be the last great hard rock band, and by that I mean just a pure heavy rock band, not some niche genre like sludge metal or buttfuckcore or whatever, just rawk.