Twenty two years ago today I published a review of a concert I went to on 9/16/2000—Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise. One of my jobs as a writer back then was do music reviews. This allows me access to the band—sometimes—maybe drink their booze, get autographs and a guitar pick. I also got to write off expenses like food, beer and the cost of the ticket. Back then the tickets were around $15. Not like a Rolling Stone concert today of $485. If I never here the song Satisfaction for the rest of my remaining days I will die a most happy man.
I used to adore the Foo Fighters. I saw them in concert in Seattle with Weezer in the early 2000s, and before that in the late 90s at this armory in Spokane, before they made it big. I was very disappointed to see they were pushing the shots.... They lost their drummer Taylor Hawkins, as well as a band manager to the shots. Taylor had an enlarged heart, autopsy found. To this day, Dave Grohl and all the media is blaming drugs for Taylor’s death, despite the fact that he had become a dedicated family man and left hard drugs behind years ago...
I used to adore the Foo Fighters. I saw them in concert in Seattle with Weezer in the early 2000s, and before that in the late 90s at this armory in Spokane, before they made it big. I was very disappointed to see they were pushing the shots.... They lost their drummer Taylor Hawkins, as well as a band manager to the shots. Taylor had an enlarged heart, autopsy found. To this day, Dave Grohl and all the media is blaming drugs for Taylor’s death, despite the fact that he had become a dedicated family man and left hard drugs behind years ago...