Foo Fighters 8-26-18 Hollywood- Low

[@ssonicdeafmonkey]

This song is a drumming masterclass. Rest in peace, Taylor Hawkins.

[@MrBuketman]

I can’t agree more. Can you help me find a live version with great audio please? I have this song in common with Taylor as being one of his top favorite Foo songs (according to the Cali tribute show). So far the studio version is the best I can find.

[@RS-pp7ng]

Pat is such a cool dude

[@jamesbarrick3403]

No he is not. He is a punk which is what he was going for. I have a good friend that had backstage passes for the FF and they made it to the tour bus after the show to enjoy drinks with the band. Pat stepped on the bus and kicked everybody out. Yea he is so cool.

[@RS-pp7ng]

@@jamesbarrick3403 Have you been part of a tour? I have and let me tell you something, sometimes, after a gig, you just want to be left alone in absolute silence and the last thing you need is a bunch of strangers hanging about in your tour bus/dressing room/whatever.

[@gogoyubari366]

👍

[@fizze4629]

FR!!! PAT IS THE FUCKING BEST

[@Charlie-io9gx]

Yes. Yes he is.

[@patrickfrisnes1981]

How Taylor does all of those details on a drumset that is not even his, jesus that is amazing to watch! RIP Taylor, the lord knows you hit the hell out of those drums!

[@Reboundfifty]

Camera guy must not like Chris

[@russdudeman]

I was up front on the barrier and this was the most my camera could get in. Sucks- I really wanted to get the whole band. But what a great gig to be up front at. My favorite Foos show out of the 8 times I saw them play

[@2confrontational]

Beyond absolute badass.... they killed it. And Taylor's drumming is beyond magnificent... we miss you man. We really miss you.

[@OkayFineMike]

Jesus H. Christopher...I never thought I'd see them play this song live. I wish they'd pull out more of these lesser known tunes for their recent shows. Thank you for sharing, your videos are fantastic.

[@j2martnz348]

Instead ...they play lame classic rock covers that you hear on the radio 10 times a day

[@danielschmaderer]

This is seriously my favorite Foo Fighters song. I’d love to hear this live.

[@danielschmaderer]

Damn. As I was listening to this thinking it would be amazing to hear this live with Taylor’s amazing drumming, he passes. My previous comment didn’t age well. RIP to a legend.

[@OkayFineMike]

@@danielschmaderer dude, I saw your comment like 3 minutes after I had read the sad news. I thought you were just revisiting old shows or something to remember him. Such a terrible loss, and I can't even imagine what Foo Fighters would be without Hawkins.

[@danielschmaderer]

@@OkayFineMike honestly I didn’t even know when I was watching this last night. I wanted to hear it live for some reason because I had just remembered that my old band back in the day was going to cover this song because it flowed with our music well. It’s always been my favorite primary for the drumming. As for the Foo Fighters…who knows what’s in store for them. I feel for his family and the band.

[@bacekechi8604]

Rip Taylor. My favorite drum track of his.

[@jihr19]

I LOVE THIS SONG

[@russdudeman]

My memories of the show. It’s a bit of a long read. It was an amazing day. Rest In Peace Taylor Foo Fighters and Chevy Metal 8-26-18 surprise show in Hollywood About a week before this show happened it was announced that there would be a free show by Chevy Metal, the side band of the Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, as part of a promotion for the Foo Fighters big Cal Jam music festival. It would be free and open to the public, where anyone would have a chance to buy a Cal Jam ticket with no service fees. As a Chevy Metal fan who'd seen the band several times before and loved them, it sounded great to me. They're one of the funnest, best party bands out there and it's been a blast every time I've seen 'em. The ad for the show also said that Chevy Metal would be playing with another band- The Holy Shits, who for the diehard fans, knew was a code name for the Foo Fighters when they play surprise shows in smaller venues. When I read that they were also playing I knew that it was shaping up to be an epic show. Perfect for me- Chevy Metal had earlier announced another show they'd be playing but it would be in Anaheim, and I didn't want to make that drive. A show by them in Hollywood would be perfect- only 20 minutes away from where I lived. The day before the show there was a big snag in my plans. It was announced, after first saying it would be a free show for anyone, that people that already had a Cal Jam ticket or that would buy one the day of the Palladium show, would get a 'Fast Pass' to see the show at the Palladium. It was a smart and shrewd move by the Foo Fighters but a little surprising and left a few people feeling like it was a bit of false advertising at first because they had said at the beginning that it was a free show, first come first served, with no strings attached. I was pretty bummed because I didn't have a Cal Jam ticket and I was certain that once people found out that The Holy Shits (aka The Foo Fighters) would be playing, there wouldn't be any hope that people without Cal Jam tickets would be able to get in. SO I went ahead and made the desicion the night before to buy a Cal Jam ticket and get in line in the morning to make sure I got in to see the show. The Palladium only holds 3500 so I figured I'd have to get there in the morning or wouldn't see what was gonna be an amazing show by two bands I love. So after buying my ticket I went to bed and got up at 6:30 am, then jammed down to the Palladium and got in line, where I was about the 40th person there. It was a long hot day during the wait. Found out that the show would be in the parking lot, and during the wait everyone around couldn't believe there weren't more people there. When they started letting people into the show area, I'd say there were maybe 250 of us there for the show. During the wait, I had customized my white tshirt with a black Sharpie into a Chevy Metal shirt and it actually turned out half good. While in line a couple of my friends, James and Bill had joined me and we all ended up right up front. As a matter of fact I had a GREAT spot for the show- right on the barricade on he right side, exactly in front of where Pat Smear would be playing in a little bit. After waiting in the sun for 8 hours to get into the concert area, it was another 2 hour wait before Chevy Metal played. I was hot and thirsty, but with the spot I had secured for the show who cared about the heat. FINALLY Chevy Metal hit the stage and were great as always. Since I was up in the very front, during the wait for the band I had made a couple of cue cards on the back of some free Cal Jam poster cards that I was given. I put a song request on the blank side of each poster- one read 'PLAY LIVE WIRE PLEASE', another said 'PLAY SHEER HEART ATTACK', and the last one said 'PLAY AC/DC PLEASE'. These were songs that I'd heard the play before and that I loved. It was kind of funny- between songs I'd hold up different cards like a cue card guy on a tv show. The guys in the band saw the cards but they already had a planned out setlist. It was another great show by them- Just upbeat party cover songs that completely rocked. They played songs like Jailbreak, My Sharona, Miss You, and other fun rock songs. It was a half hour set, and towards the end they played Queen's 'Tie Your Mother Down', joined by Foo Fighter members Pat SMear and Chris Schiflet. The very next song, they announced that their was a special guest. Taylor Hawkins said it was his mentor and idol. I thought he was joking around and that Dave Grohl would come out. But the surprise knocked me on my butt. Out walked Queen drummer Roger Taylor! So damned cool and such a great surprise. Couldn't believe I was only about 20 feet form one of the coolest drummers ever. He joined the band for the Queen song 'Under Pressure', with Taylor Hawkins on vocals along with Chevy Metal bassist Wiley Hodgens taking the other vocal part of the song, while Foo Fighters bassist Nate Mendel played bass, and Foos keyboard player Rami Jaffee joined in on keys. It was just such a fun, cool moment and such a great surprise. Hard to believe that it could get any better, but it did. Next, after Roger Taylor left the stage, Dave Grohl joined Chevy Metal plus the other members of the Foo Fighters onstage for a jaw dropping version of The Faces classic song 'Stay With Me'. I'd seen Dave Grohl plenty of times in concert over the years but never this full of energy- he was rocking out like someone who'd just watched Angus Young play. He was just pumped up as hell to play, and you knew it was going to be a great concert. After 'Stay With Me', the Chevy bassist and guitarist for Chevy Metal exited the stage and it was time for a full on Foo Fighters show. I started seeing the Foo Fighters back on their first album tour back in '95 and had seen them a few times since then, but this was probably the best show I've seen them play. It was almost like they knew they're at a point where they don't feel like they're cutting edge or what younger people might consider a great band now or they've sold out. It seems like they took a look at themselves and decided to get beck to their roots and embraced the garage band attitude. While this may not be true for the band or younger folks, for me, the last time I saw the Foo Fighters it was a great show, but I was kind of 'over them'. It was kind of like U2 and alot of other rock bands that have a long run of success- after awhile it's like the band are repeating themselves and almost on auto pilot. The Foos have managed to stay relevant over the years and have just gotten bigger and bigger. But for me I was a little burnt out on them. This show changed that and they showed a desire to keep pushing it and play like it was world war 3. Pretty much their whole set was the edgier, heavier songs- a set that longtime Foo Fighter fans would dream of seeing. They played only one of the hits and it was the song they closed the show with- Everlong. Every single person that witnessed this show was left exhausted, blown away and in a state of rock and roll induced bliss. Hard to believe, but this was a band in peak form over 20 years after first coming on the scene. They aren't going thru the motions- it's more like they've got something to prove. That they're the best all around rock band out there. At least at this surprise show, it was mission accomplished. After the show it was around 6 or 7 pm so my buddy Bill and I went to the Hollywood Forever cemetery for the Johnny Ramone birthday celebration. Amazing day of music.

[@2confrontational]

Thank you for sharing this great story and the video of such an amazing performance 🤍 sounds like a wonderful day for a music lover... Rest in Power Taylor

[@murray1978]

I always hoped that the Foo's would play two shows per city. A greatest hits show and a deep cuts show. I saw them in 2015 and liked them. I was a little over them because they rarely change their set list and everything they say is pre planned. This looked like a great show.

[@ioestebest]

How fuck I miss you, Taylor!

[@aperezto]

Vengo a ver lo chingon que era Taylor tocando la batería, se le hecha de menos.

[@LeonardoRodrigues-wy7ds]

Great performance.

[@sonicweaver]

Great capture of a monster tune!

[@everythingaroundyou]

Pat Smear is the fuckin man

[@richie6921]

Easily the best foo fighters song ever made, and this is the best that I've seen it yet, live anyway. You cant beat the video though. That's proper badass

[@jamesbarrick3403]

You are correct sir. There are two of us... THIS is R&R

[@CurranLong]

So metal

[@davidjoellopez6463]

Awesome performance. I would like to hear shane playing this song.

[@stuartcarswell2815]

No wonder the lad was pissed..doing 4x work than anybody else..RIP Taylor

[@미윤-i2w]

cool!!!!!

[@elusive_mg]

T is eating it for breakfast

[@gargajo5173]

❤

[@Blametc153-ey4qf]

I love how dave occasionally forgets the lyrics to his own songs 💀

[@heartgaze]

alguien mas noto como taylor corto el fill ese del final un poquito antes damn como que loco y porque este tema osea me encanta pero a quien se le ocurrio ponerlo en el set en 2018 xD alto tema tho

[@stanknugget]

How does Pat Smear know how to play this song?

[@parisroyale5746]

*rami wtf did u just play*

[@zachlemasters6784]

DAVE IN A TANK TOP 🫦🫦🫦

[@parisroyale5746]

LOOK AT THEM MUSCLESSSS

[@zachlemasters6784]

@@parisroyale5746 FRRRR

[@stthbldt3594]

Where is the mystery guitar coming from? 🤮

[@dig070799]

The other guitarist that isn’t in shot dude

[@Grimnirs_Oath]

You see him at the start then again at 3:03

[@elusive_mg]

haha

[@russdudeman]

I was up front on the barrier and this was the most my camera could get in. Sucks- I really wanted to get the whole band. But what a great gig to be up front at. My favorite Foos show out of the 8 times I saw them play