Can anyone describe the stylistic difference between older/newer Foo Fighters albums?
 

I typically group the Foo Fighters music into two categories - their first four albums (Foo Fighters, The Colour And The Shape, There Is Nothing Left To Loose and One By One) and their four newer albums (In Your Honor, Echoes Silence Patience and Grace, Wasting Light and Sonic Highways). Odd songs from their more recent albums seem exceptions, such as Sean, which I place more into the category of their older albums.

In my opinion I find their earlier work more memorable on average, in particular their 1995 debut and One By One, but can't quite describe why this is. Can anyone describe the difference?

We can, but we won't.

I always just think what mike patton said one time about Foo fighters

they could of done so much more and took many more risk and experiment more

esp since dave already established foundation with Nirvina

but yet IMO they went straight corporate rock and lackluster boring music

All I will say is I disagree with the corporate rock notion. I think that's a bit of an over reach. However I still find Wasting Light to easily match their earlier work.

Oh shit, waddup Norg.

I certainly don't think so. Dave Grohl spends more money on marketing himself than Kanye.

I can't find in in my heart to hate such a nice person.

I think hes secretly a really ****ty person if he feels the need to constantly send out press releases saying Dave Grohl says rock and roll is alive and oh it was totally awesome bro love Dave grohl the saviour of cool guy rock and roll.

Ehh... I'm talking about the music not the people.

The guy exists to make people happy. I think he should be allowed to do that. I'm not really a big fan of "That guy is always trying to do good things so there must be something wrong with him" mindsets. Comes off petty. F*ck you Frown. I hope you die.

Like Putin?

No.

Well they have the same level of funding maintaining their image. You're better than being prey to propaganda, Exo.

Also musically the dude has never brought anything but an ultra safe and canned product to the table. Honestly he might be one of the biggest contributors to the stalemate that is modern rock music.

I don't know... On one hand I agree with you about the stalemate per, especially after there last full length. But I think that album was more of a symptom of the state of rock at the time rather than a reason behind it. I get where you are coming from though. I just enjoy a lot of their music. The EP was good too. I even kind of like run. But hey I'm still young so maybe I'll get over it

Their music isn't bad. It's bland. The reason I'd call it corporate rock is because it is so firmly middle of the road that it comes off as an attempt to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

Foo Fighters = Nickelback

Oh come on really? I mean opinions but that's just a low blow.

Genuinely can't hear much difference.

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Welcome back, Norg!

It really isn't.

In my experience, they started off as a really strong alternative rock band and over time became a rather mediocre hard rock band, but that's probably just me.

I like their earlier stuff, Color And The Shape is a highly sentimental album, not a fan of the band though :)

Foo Fighters have more than zero good songs though.

Sounds like Mike Patton wanted Foo Fighters to be Queens of the Stone Age.

But we wanted Queens of the Stone Age to be Kyuss, but they where just....Queens of the Stone Age :D

His drumming on the orange self-titled Killing Joke album is pretty great as is his drumming on Songs for the Deaf. And his Probot album was also good.

He also drummed for Them Crooked Vultures and it was pretty damn good.

This. This is the **** I was talking about. I see right through your secretly pompous ass, Grohl.

https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/...ly-reasonable/

Having zero songs with actual sound would make for a better band than nickleback

Yes, because you wouldn't umm....have to look at this photograph:

http://i42.tinypic.com/6r396h.jpg

I've come to the conclusion, their first three are solid records (as I've already stated my admiration of Color&The Shape) but after that point, it gets more to individual songs rather than complete albums, they sort of lost something with/after One By One

I hate to be that "only the early stuff is good " guy but in this case... not sure if I changed or they did but the last bunch of stuff is not working for me. And I love those first 4 albums.

yeah I can see that has well QOTSA playing it safe

IDK I guess QOTSA is just more talented and Darker then the entire FF band ...???? maybe that's why I don't have much negative things to say about Queens