Fucking Media Whore

[Kristy]

Speaks for itself

[FORD]

Apparently this is slightly based on a "true" story??

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Bang your head to the wild first teaser for Foo Fighters' surprise horror film 'Studio 666'
Matthew Jackson


Early last month, the Foo Fighters announced via social media that they'd done something rather surprising: They made a whole horror movie in which they play themselves. Inspired in part by the feature films made by The Beatles in the 1960s, and by the band's own haunting experiences recording their album Medicine at Midnight, Studio 666 would blend the classic Foo Fighters sound and energy with the horror comedy vibes of films like The Evil Dead. Now, the first teaser for the film is here, and it does not disappoint.

The setup for Studio 666 is blissfully, joyfully straightforward: The Foo Fighters rent a house in Encino, California to begin work on a new album. As the jam sessions get underway and Dave Grohl starts to set up the recording equipment, though, something turns out to be very wrong. Something else is in the house besides the band and all their instruments, something much darker rooted in the house's brutal history, and it's about to make the sessions a little... complicated.

As you can see in the teaser above, the band has absolutely packed Studio 666 with classic horror imagery, from a green glowing pool that reminds us of Ghostbusters, to a Necronomicon-inspired evil book, to all manner of freaky-looking creatures. And of course, any movie where Dave Grohl is able to just float around the room is worth the price of admission.

According to Grohl, the film has roots in some very real experiences the band claims to have had while recording Medicine at Midnight in early 2020, in a rented house built in the 1940s that did, in fact, have some dark history to it. Though the landlord made him sign a non-disclosure agreement on what exactly went down in the house's past (he was trying to sell the place at the time), Grohl did speak to some freaky stuff going on during the recording sessions in an interview last year.

“When we walked into the house in Encino, I knew the vibes were definitely off but the sound was fucking on,” Grohl told Mojo (via NME). “We started working there and it wasn’t long before things started happening. We would come back to the studio the next day and all of the guitars would be detuned. Or the setting we’d put on the board, all of them had gone back to zero. We would open up a Pro Tools session and tracks would be missing. There were some tracks that were put on there that we didn’t put on there. But just like weird open mic noises. Nobody playing an instrument or anything like that, just an open mic recording a room. And we’d fucking zero in on sounds within that. And we didn’t hear any voices or anything really decipherable. But something was happening.”

Grohl went on to explain that he even brought a couple of old baby monitor cameras from his home into the house to see if they'd capture anything strange.

“At first, nothing. And right around the time we thought we were ridiculous and we were out of our minds, we started to see things on the nest cam that we couldn’t explain," the frontman said.

We might not ever see what those cameras picked up, but luckily for all of us, the Foo Fighters made a whole horror movie based on the weirdness. Studio 666 is in theaters Feb. 25, and tickets are already on sale.

[TFM_Dale]

I like the Foo Fighters and I like horror movies, I'll check it out.

[Nitro Express]

Guitars go out of tune overnight. Especially if they are a Gibson. The EVH guitars with the graphite rods in the neck not so much. People think everything is haunted now because they watch paranormal shows. People were claiming to have seen a ghost on a security camera at an old school. It made the news. Turns out it was a loose cobweb moving in front of the lens. More attention whoring from the Foo Fighters but that’s the game they play. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[Terry]

The Foo Fighters made their own horror movie?

Wow.

What a terrible idea.

Whatever. Dave Grohl's band and their music has done nothing for me since the second Foos album. I can't imagine (nor would I want to) their attempt at a horror movie will be any better than their day jobs.

Wide fucking berth for this one.

[Nitro Express]

It’s called trying too hard. If Grohl keeps at it he’s going to enter Sammy Hagar cheese territory and you don’t want to go there. He needs to take a lesson from Cheap Trick. Focus on the songs and sure goof around and have fun but focus on making good songs. I get with the COVID BS it’s hard to get out there but this horror movie thing is gay.

[FORD]

It’s called trying too hard. If Grohl keeps at it he’s going to enter Sammy Hagar cheese territory and you don’t want to go there.

I think he actually already got there with that disco album a little while back....

[Nitro Express]

I think he actually already got there with that disco album a little while back....

I don’t know who’s managing them but they have made some stupid mistakes. They are doing stupid cheesy projects and you can over expose yourself. Nothing wrong with laying low as long as the next public appearance or project is good. You don’t want to hit the point of diminishing returns.

I liked Dave’s Sound City movie. That was interesting.

[Nitro Express]

A band really needs to find out who they are and stick to that. The Foo Fighters are not a disco band. Maybe they were having fun on their own time but nobody wants to smell your farts even if you like smelling them.

[FORD]

Very few bands can change musical genres at will. The Stones could go from disco to punk to country and back to good old Chuck Berry inspired rock n roll all in one album (Some Girls, for example) but there aren't many others that could pull it off.

Of course Van Halen had a few moments of brilliance in this regard, like when they did that "Big Bad Bill" song and made it sound just like some scratchy old jazz 78... complete with Ed & Al's old man playing clarinet on the damn thing.

[Kristy]

Very few bands can change musical genres at will. The Stones could go from disco to punk to country and back to good old Chuck Berry inspired rock n roll all in one album (Some Girls, for example) but there aren't many others that could pull it off.

The Stones are limeys. Everybody knows limeys are nothing but thieves. The Stones stole everything they ever played. Quit shilling for them.

[Nitro Express]

BB King said if it weren’t for those kids in England playing American blues and making it popular the American blues players who came up with the stuff would be down and out. The Limeys sparked a huge interest in the blues and everyone benefitted including the guys they ripped off.

[Nitro Express]

Very few bands can change musical genres at will. The Stones could go from disco to punk to country and back to good old Chuck Berry inspired rock n roll all in one album (Some Girls, for example) but there aren't many others that could pull it off.

Of course Van Halen had a few moments of brilliance in this regard, like when they did that "Big Bad Bill" song and made it sound just like some scratchy old jazz 78... complete with Ed & Al's old man playing clarinet on the damn thing.

The hardest thing to play on Big Bad Bill was the clarinet. My dad was a clarinet and saxophone player and he heard Big Bad Bill and said that guy is pretty good but he hated electric guitars and rock and roll the good thing is he was busy all the time and not home much.

[Nitro Express]

The world is one big whore house. Everyone complains about how imperfect it is but if you are going to get anywhere, you need to do some pimping and whoring yourself. If you just sit there on your high horse and complain and bitch you get nothing out of this world.

[Nitro Express]

The Stones use a lot of other musicians. They have horn players, keyboard players and a lot of background singers. You can mix it up. It’s not as hard as people think to play different styles.