The Best, The Best, The Best Of Foo (Part II)
More highlights from Grohl & Co.’s 2011 tour rider
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Foo Fighters Rider '11
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JUNE 14--Along with a coloring book and activity pages, the 2011 Foo Fighters tour rider is overflowing with the kind of humor that observers have come to expect from the rock band.
The 52-page rider advises concert promoters on the group’s requirements on a variety of matters, including meals and assorted hospitality issues. As seen in these excerpts, Dave Grohl & Co. (aided by tour manager/rider author Gus Brandt) have created a document that presents these demands in a dizzying, stream-of-consciousness fashion.
While many riders read like they were drafted by those bean counters who tabulate Oscar votes (we’re looking at you Eagles), the Foo Fighters version is a rollicking collection of one-liners, pop culture riffs, non sequiturs, and tales from the road.
Since it is impossible to catalog all the rider’s highlights, readers should put aside some time and peruse all of the 15 pages posted here. Look for the references to Rodney King; Julia Child; Cans of Tiger Blood; Diet Coke (“Portland champagne”); Anne Frank; Piggly Wiggly; Jeffrey Dahmer; “greasy Uncle Bernie”; dewlap; “Top Chef”; Cat Fancy magazine; Cornish game hens (“They make a boy feel fancy”); Panic! At The Disco’s Grape Nuts; Rudy Ray Moore; Ozzy Osbourne’s sloppy mayonnaise seconds; Chewbacca; Bucky Dent; and the ban on light sabers, garden gnomes, and tridents at show venues.
The Foo Fighters are currently in Europe on the first leg of the group’s 2011 tour. So most U.S. promoters still have a couple of months to shop for the socks, t-shirts, and movies requested by Grohl and his bandmates. This section of the rider is described as “aka ‘I’M NOT GETTING THESE DOUCHEBAGS DVD’S + UNDERWEAR!” (15 pages)
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