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...album-a guitar-heavy jamfest for which he wrote all the material, played all the instruments, and sang. The band, named for the term for UFOs seen by American pilots flying over Europe during World War II, came into its own with 1997's softer, more intricate album The Colour and the Shape, which included the radio hit "Everlong." After becoming disgusted with the Los Angeles scene, the Foo Fighters, now consisting of Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel and drummer Taylor Hawkins, spent most of 1999 holed up at Grohl's house in suburban Virginia tweaking their sound. The results...
...seemed to detract from his talents rather than advance them. With the first Foos' album, the world was waiting to see how many Kurt Cobain references they could find in his songs (regardless of the fact that much of the album was written pre-suicide). With the second, The Colour and the Shape, there was a general suspicion as to whether Grohl could make a successful album that didn't feed off of post-Nirvana hype. With his third and latest, There is Nothing Left to Lose, the hype is gone and the only question is whether Grohl can make...
...Fighter albums have always been something of a schizophrenic affair. Within Grohl's songs there lurks a love for pop music that bubbles up in the middle of the usual hardcore barrage. The tension reached critical mass on The Colour and the Shape, which alternated between ripping throats and jerking tears. The break-neck changes in style between songs gave the album a brilliantly fractured feel but beat up the listener in the process. The divisiveness of the album only foreshadowed the real-life breakups just over the horizon. After losing two guitarists, a drummer and a record label...
DIED. RAGHUBIR SINGH, 58, meticulous, internationally acclaimed photographer of India; of an apparent heart attack; in New York City. Singh, whose books captured the landscapes of every region of his native country, said that unlike colleagues who so favored black and white, "Indians have always intuitively seen and controlled colour...
...black colour in the game of rouge et noir (cf. rouge et noir s.v. ROUGE...