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Foo Fighters just picked up the Brit Award for Best International Act ! Yay ! Here’s Taylor saying thanks!

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Oh, what a night we had last Sunday at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. The glitz! The Glamour! SEACREST! Where do I begin?? Chillin' with Lil' Wayne...meeting Cyndi Lauper's adorable mother...the complimentary blinking Coldplay bracelet.....much too much to recap. It's really is still a bit of a blur. But, if there's one thing that I remember VERY clearly, it was accepting the Grammy for Best Rock Performance...and then saying this:

"To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of music is what's important. Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do... It's not about being perfect, it's not about sounding absolutely correct, it's not about what goes on in a computer. It's about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head]."

Not the Gettysburg Address, but hey......I'm a drummer, remember?

Well, me and my big mouth. Never has a 33 second acceptance rant evoked such caps-lock postboard rage as my lil' ode to analog recording has. OK....maybe Kanye has me on this one, but....Imma let you finish....just wanted to clarify something...

I love music. I love ALL kinds of music. From Kyuss to Kraftwerk, Pinetop Perkins to Prodigy, Dead Kennedys to Deadmau5.....I love music. Electronic or acoustic, it doesn't matter to me. The simple act of creating music is a beautiful gift that ALL human beings are blessed with. And the diversity of one musician's personality to the next is what makes music so exciting and.....human.

That's exactly what I was referring to. The "human element". That thing that happens when a song speeds up slightly, or a vocal goes a little sharp. That thing that makes people sound like PEOPLE. Somewhere along the line those things became "bad" things, and with the great advances in digital recording technology over the years they became easily "fixed". The end result? I my humble opinion.....a lot of music that sounds perfect, but lacks personality. The one thing that makes music so exciting in the first place.

And, unfortunately, some of these great advances have taken the focus off of the actual craft of performance. Look, I am not Yngwie Malmsteen. I am not John Bonham. Hell...I'm not even Josh Groban, for that matter. But I try really fucking hard so that I don't have to rely on anything but my hands and my heart to play a song. I do the best that I possibly can within my limitations, and accept that it sounds like me. Because that's what I think is most important. It should be real, right? Everybody wants something real.

I don't know how to do what Skrillex does (though I fucking love it) but I do know that the reason he is so loved is because he sounds like Skrillex, and that's badass. We have a different process and a different set of tools, but the "craft" is equally as important, I'm sure. I mean.....if it were that easy, anyone could do it, right? (See what I did there?)

So, don't give me two Crown Royals and then ask me to make a speech at your wedding, because I might just bust into the advantages of recording to 2 inch tape.

Now, I think I have to go scream at some kids to get off my lawn.

Stay frosty.

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Foos ran the Grammy’s last night with 5 Grammy wins. We are so psyched!! Check out the full list of the wins below. Long Live Rock and Roll ! For Reals.



Best Rock Performance – “Walk”
Best Hard Rock Performance - “White Limo”
Best Rock Song – “Walk”
Best Rock Album – Wasting Light
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Hey kids, watch your pals Foo Fighters doing a special GRAMMYs Top Ten list TONIGHT on The David Letterman TV show.

Take Rock to go. The Official Foo Fighters mobile app is here! Download it now to keep up to date on the latest Foo Fighters tour news, behind the scenes, photos, videos and other cool stuff like the Foos' "Photocards" section where you can take a picture within the app and frame with the Foos logo!

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In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Wasting Light will be featured for just $7.99 from 2/7-2/20 on iTunes. Get yours today.

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Check out the video premiere of “These Days” and download it for free today exclusively on iTunes! This deal doesn’t last long, so get yours today !

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The 2011 Album Of The Year is being featured in the iTunes' Great Albums Of 2000s sale. Get yours today for $7.99.

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One day tickets are now on sale
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FRIDAY, MARCH 2nd @ The Padang
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW
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Hey Everybody, guess who's performing on the Grammy's. That's right, your pals Foo Fighters. Feb 12th 8pm ET/pt on CBS

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