RIP 2022
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Other bands like Yes and ZZ Top have continued when founding members (i.e., Chris Squire and Dusty Hill) have died. If Grohl wants to continue as the FFs he will eventually find a suitable replacement.
Those guys were only bass players.
No one gives a fuck about bass players, I know this better than most.
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I'd say that's the end of the band TBH.
Maybe Grohl and some other guys keep going, but not as Foo Fighters. Maybe not even together...
Dave had numerous side projects as well. It's not like he'll stay idle.
I agree that they’ll draw a line under the Foos but after a period of time a new group will be born out of some of the band. They’ll call it Taylor Made or Hawkins to keep the memory of their mate alive.
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Tom Smith. Sad news. A genuine world class player.
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@catogrande said in RIP 2022:
Tom Smith. Sad news. A genuine world class player.
Sad. Far too young. Bloody cancer.
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@catogrande Only 50. Cancer sucks.
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@antipodean said in RIP 2022:
@catogrande Only 50. Cancer sucks.
His teammate Doddie Weir was looking really unwell recently too ( Moto neurons disease )
It is horrible how the body packs up sometimes.
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@machpants said in RIP 2022:
Shit - I never knew Jack Higgins was a pseudonym. As a kid, I'd scour the library shelves every visit on the off-chance of a new Jack Higgins, or a new Alastair MacLean.
And, as it so happens, just in the last month - decided to go on a bit of a nostalgia trip, and downloaded the Jack Higgins bibliography in epub format.
Also - recently re-watched The Eagle Has Landed recently... it stands up remarkably well. Watching it really highlighted how much modern movies spell every little thing out, whereas some of those older movies assumed the audience had some intelligence.Anyway, I'm sure Harry/Jack is now wearing a long duffel coat, in the dark spot directly under a street lamp on a cold rainy night in heaven, and getting ready to pick a fight with some sort of bully (or group of bullies), before picking up some too-young hottie and charming her with a classic Irish-rogue accent.
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@machpants said in RIP 2022:
Shit - I never knew Jack Higgins was a pseudonym. As a kid, I'd scour the library shelves every visit on the off-chance of a new Jack Higgins, or a new Alastair MacLean.
And, as it so happens, just in the last month - decided to go on a bit of a nostalgia trip, and downloaded the Jack Higgins bibliography in epub format.
Also - recently re-watched The Eagle Has Landed recently... it stands up remarkably well. Watching it really highlighted how much modern movies spell every little thing out, whereas some of those older movies assumed the audience had some intelligence.Anyway, I'm sure Harry/Jack is now wearing a long duffel coat, in the dark spot directly under a street lamp on a cold rainy night in heaven, and getting ready to pick a fight with some sort of bully (or group of bullies), before picking up some too-young hottie and charming her with a classic Irish-rogue accent.
I'm going to have to go all retro in my choice of books after that post.
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They make some epoic beer, I love their APA
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@Machpants said in RIP 2022:
They make some epoic beer, I love their APA
Their double Milk Stout is the one I remember best from lockdown, what a delicious drop that is.
RIP.