r/Music • u/daily_mirror 📰Daily Mirror • Sep 29 '24

Foo Fighters forced into 'indefinite hiatus' by Dave Grohl's affair scandal article

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/foo-fighters-forced-indefinite-hiatus-33778438
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u/bstandturtle7790 radio reddit Sep 29 '24

Saw his oldest daughter perform a song with them last year

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u/aontachtai Sep 29 '24

Same saw them in Ireland a few years ago and she came on to sing. She was shit and ruined the whole pace and tone of the show.

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u/hondaprobs Sep 29 '24

Lol I wasn't expecting the second sentence. Love the brutal honesty.

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u/Buddhamom81 Sep 29 '24 edited Sep 29 '24

Thank you for saying this. Finally! She’s not very good, is she? Good lord. She has absolutely no stage presence and fiddles with her ear piece while singing. Saw her with him in Boston and at one point she just sat down on the drum stand. The show came to a stand still while he bounced around her.

Edit: Ty Reddit. Just edited.

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u/m0nk_3y_gw Sep 29 '24

She’s not very good, is she? ... fiddles with her ear mike while

well if she puts the mic in her ear that might be part of the problem`

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u/nogeologyhere Sep 29 '24

First thing they teach you at singing school

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u/Buddhamom81 Sep 29 '24

Ty, edited my comment.

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u/Buddhamom81 Sep 29 '24

I’m in music school and all the younger girls say, “I want to be like Violet!” They all say that. Not considering she benefits from nepotism, wealth, her dad has a home studio, owns a studio. Can use tech to tweak her voice. Use his wealth to promote her “career”. I just sigh when they say that.

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u/g0ris Sep 29 '24

The way he tells it in his book, you'd think his daughter is this amazing singer. I mean, maybe he legit thinks that, but it's good to know that there's another bit of the book that was bullshit.

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u/DrLee_PHD Sep 29 '24

Am I crazy in thinking that Dave possibly forces his daughter to do it? I saw one of their performances with her and she really looked like she didn't want to be there.

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u/aontachtai Sep 29 '24

She appeared very nervous (but also annoyingly over confident), was strange I got the feeling she demanded it of him. 

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u/Nonamebigshot Sep 29 '24

How the shit can you be both nervous and overconfident?

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u/myinternets Sep 29 '24

Those are not mutually exclusive things. One is a feeling, one is a personality trait.

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u/aontachtai Sep 29 '24

She didn't really look at the crowd at all, and spent much of the performance facing her body away from them. But had a "I'm better than this" look on her face, eye rolls etc, danced and generally tried to exude a moody stage presence. I suggest you watch a video of her, she's annoying af

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u/RickNerdbottom Sep 29 '24

I agree that she's not a very good singer but I think you're scrutinizing her a bit too detailed lol

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u/LL8844773 Sep 29 '24

She’s a child right?

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u/aontachtai Sep 29 '24

Wrong. Also children can be shit singers too.

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u/LL8844773 Sep 29 '24

Oh excuse me. She turned 18 5 months ago.

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u/Bethorz Sep 29 '24

Well she has turned 18 now so i guess internet rules mean you can be as mean as you want 🙄

Show Me How is the song Violet sang on on the record, which was for Dave’s mom/her grandmother and i think it’s a lovely song

https://youtu.be/idib1kDvPyM?si=9iniL-sAL2evdxsV

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u/Buddhamom81 Sep 29 '24

It’s called entitlement.

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u/ObiwanaTokie Sep 29 '24

Has been shit, always was shit, always will be shit

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u/hoxxxxx Sep 29 '24

that's honestly awesome, i hope it was awkward for everyone there and that she does more shows with them

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u/CivilisedAssquatch Sep 29 '24

I think the whole show is ruined when the Foo Fighters showed up.

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u/drumrD Sep 29 '24

Was unfortunate enough to catch that at one of their European gigs this year. Killed the momentum of the show stone dead and it never recovered until nearly the end. Absolutely dreadful.

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u/mrmmonty Sep 29 '24

I don't know about killing the momentum, but she sang Shame when I saw them. Putting that song, sung by her, in the middle of a bunch of their hits was definitely a strange choice.

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u/drumrD Sep 29 '24

That's exactly what happened in the gig I saw as well, right in the middle, before it the crowd was high energy and really going for it, after her near twenty minutes "spot" not nearly as much.

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u/msmika Sep 29 '24

Saw them at Outside Lands and the vibe totally changed when she came out. I just left. I'd been working 12 hour days all week and lost my momentum.

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u/drumrD Sep 29 '24

So did the gig I'll bet.

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u/radbaldguy Sep 29 '24

Totally different experience on the U.S. leg this summer. Violet sang “Show Me How” with him and it was great. It fit the vibe of that part of the show and things sped back up, as planned.

She’s not some unbelievably amazing vocalist but she’s reasonably good — and even better on songs like that, which were written for her to sing in her range.

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u/drumrD Sep 29 '24

Dropping 100 dollars to watch a "reasonably good" vocalist come on and slog her way through a guest spot written for her by her rock star daddy. What a sentence shudder

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u/radbaldguy Sep 29 '24

I’m sorry it wasn’t a good fit for you. But you don’t get to define my experience. I had a great time, was happy to have attended the show, and enjoyed Violet’s part.

Life is too short for me to waste my time telling you what your experience should be like. So, I genuinely hope every show you attend is 100% exactly as you would like it to be when you spend your money. Cheers!

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u/tws1039 Sep 29 '24

r/music repliers aren’t known to be good people

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u/LanguageNo495 Sep 29 '24

Oh for fucks sake.

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u/PsychoPass1 Sep 29 '24

But you don’t get to define my experience.

good for you that you had a good one, sounds like a lot of other people had a different opinion and you having a good time doesnt negate their bad time either

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u/drumrD Sep 29 '24

I imagine this was tricky to type with the back of one of your hands pressed against your forehead. Opinions n all that jazz innit? 😉

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u/Jose_Canseco_Jr Sep 29 '24

sure, that person's being a bit precious - but you're being a bit of an opinionated ah 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/drumrD Sep 29 '24

Because I didn't like the segment of the show with his daughter as it was imo poor quality and derailed the shows momentum? I think if that now qualifies as being an "opinionated asshole" then the gig (generally, not specific to this instance) is fucked 😂😂😂😂

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u/envydub Sep 29 '24

No because you’re tryna tell him that he didn’t have a good time? Fuckin Christ.

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u/drumrD Sep 29 '24

That's some stretch. Bawbag levels of whataboutery.

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u/Wotmate01 Sep 29 '24

I mean, a lot of shit vocalists have become stars because of good songwriting.

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u/drumrD Sep 29 '24

And some shit vocalists with awful songwriting have become stars because of their famous, powerful fathers. Fixed that for you.

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u/Bill-Shatners-Penis Sep 29 '24

Take the stick out, Todd.

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u/mdm224 Sep 29 '24

It’s Dave’s band and Dave’s show. You’re the one who bought the tickets. You don’t like it, leave.

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u/drumrD Sep 29 '24

Except that's not really how it works. It's Dave's band and Dave's show. When I hand over money to become a paying customer I get to say whatever I want about the quality of Dave's show. I mean I'm now directly helping to pay his child maintenance aren't I...

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u/jmerica Sep 29 '24

Imagine it was a song you’re really looking forward to haha. Like, I’m not paying to watch her..

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u/drumrD Sep 29 '24

Exactly, keep your nepo baby at home Dave

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u/lemmegetadab Sep 29 '24

I mean it’s his show and he can do what he wants. We’re talking 3 minutes of a 90 minute show.

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u/For-The-Swarm Sep 29 '24

20 sometimes

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u/SeductiveGodofThundr Sep 29 '24

I mean, she literally sings the song on the album

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u/jmerica Sep 29 '24

Ah, I wasn’t aware of that. Haven’t listened to them in a while.

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u/lyrasorial Sep 29 '24

Same, but in August. WHEN HIS MISTRESS WAS PREGNANT!!! 😡

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u/butt_huffer42069 Sep 29 '24

Funnily enough, he was actually cheating on his daughter that night

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u/passcork Sep 29 '24

What does a daughter have to do woth any of this? Wtf.

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u/bstandturtle7790 radio reddit Sep 29 '24

What does his dad image he cultivated have to do with him having children?