pic: MTV
Godlike Genius Award: Dave Grohl
The best mainstream music source for as long as I can remember held its awards show last night. The complete list of winners is that the bottom.
Um, yessssss. Foo's walk an interesting line. Maybe too mainstream for all the hip#*$'s out there. Maybe to hardcore for our parents. I like a lot of their stuff, but not all. But Grohl's so much more than a Foo. He's been in more than 30 bands! And not garage bands. Bands like Queens of the Stone Age and Nirvana. When Tom Petty's longtime drummer quit in the mid-nineties, The Heartbreakers tried to woo the Foo, to no avail (though he did briefly tour with them.)
In 2002, he set a world record for having been on 10 top recordings in a single year (I forget if this was Billboard or something else) due to Foo Fighters, QOTSA, and the newly released "I Know You're Right" from Nirvana's box set.
Here's some of what I've said about him lately.
Punk, Grunge, Pop, Ballad, Metal, Goof.
Genius.
Godlike Genius: Dave Grohl
Philip Hall Radar Award: The Naked And Famous
Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution To Music: PJ Harvey
John Peel award for Innovation: Crystal Castles
Best British Band: Muse
Best International Band: My Chemical Romance
Best Solo Artist: Laura Marling
Best New Band: Hurts
Best Live Band: Biffy Clyro
Best Album: Arcade Fire, ‘The Suburbs’
Best Track: Foals, ‘Spanish Sahara’
Best Video: My Chemical Romance, ‘Na Na Na’
Best Festival: Glastonbury
Best Dancefloor Filler: Professor Green, 'Jungle'
Best TV Show: Skins
Best Film: Inception
Hero Of The Year: Lady Gaga
Villain Of The Year: David Cameron
Most Stylish: Brandon Flowers
Least Stylish: Justin Bieber
Worst Album: Justin Bieber, 'My World'
Worst Band: Jonas Brothers
Best Band Blog or Twitter: Hayley Williams
Best Book: John Lydon – 'Mr Rotten’s Scrapbook'
Best Small Festival (50,000 capacity or lower): RockNess
Best Album Artwork: Klaxons – 'Surfing The Void'
Hottest Woman: Alison Mosshart
Hottest Man: Matt Bellamy
