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Dave Ghrol is the man. I mean besides being almost as cool as me he plays in one of the best rock bands around and plays a hell of show. Last Friday the Foo Fighters rocked the Binghamton Events Center with echoes, silence, patience, and grace. Before I get into the thick of things I want to talk a bit about the openers of the show. Against Me! took the stage first and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. They have the sound of a punk band, but their lyrics were the opposite. They played a cool set and I give them my stamp of approval. Serj Tankian took the stage after them and was equally as impressive. He was dressed in a white blazer and white top hat and pulled some pretty nice dance moves. For the most part he stuck to what is on his new album. There were a decent amount of people that seemed to have come out just for him but I don’t think he got the crowd reaction he deserved. It really is too bad that System of a Down has called it quits for the long haul, but Serj is doing a pretty solid job on his own.

The Foo Fighters opened their set “Let It Die” and it was immediately followed by “The Pretender.” It was actually really cool watching the show open with a song that has a calm beginning and a thunderous conclusion like “Let It Die.” Then followed some old staples like “Times Like These” “Breakout” and “This is a Call.” At many points throughout the show Dave stopped to address the crowd. He lectured everyone to stay in school because he himself was a high school dropout. He then cautioned everyone to drink their milk, brush your teeth three times a day and learn to fly, which of course was a lead in to “Learn To Fly.” Then came some acoustic stuff, which included “Skin & Bones” “Marigold” “My Hero” and “Cold Day In The Sun.” Somewhere in between all that Dave stopped to thank everyone for coming out even though the weather sucked and claimed that the crowd was awesome and they were going to have to come back in the near future. He also claimed that they were staying at the Holiday Inn across the street in room 7, which I thought was pretty funny. Anyway, the show concluded with Dave playing the beginning of “Everlong” electric style by himself and then being joined by the band towards the end. “Monkey Wrench” then closed the show out and “All My Life” was the one song encore. Apparently the rumor going around is that Dave was losing his voice and that’s why the encore was cut short. Songs like “Best of You” “Big Me” and Long Road to Ruin” were not played even though they were earlier in the week at MSG. Besides that I was thrilled with the show. This was the first show since the Green Day show that I can say I really enjoyed. The Foo Fighters are awesome and everyone needs to go see them if they haven’t.

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