Foo Fighters say no to ’Glee’
The cast of the popular television show "Glee" perform during a concert to kickoff a national "Glee" tour at the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix. (May 15, 2010) Credit: AP
Don’t count on hearing the Foo Fighters hit “Times Like These” on “Glee” anytime soon. Frontman Dave Grohl says he and his bandmates are squarely in the corner of Kings of Leon and Slash — as in, they want no part of the Ryan Murphy-helmed show.
“It’s every band’s right, you shouldn’t have to do (expletive) ’Glee,”’ Grohl told The Hollywood Reporter following the premiere of “Foo Fighters: Back and Forth,” the new Foo Fighters documentary which just made its South By Southwest debut.
“And then the guy who created ’Glee’ is so offended that we’re not, like, begging to be on his (expletive) show ... (expletive) that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do ’Glee.”’
You might be wondering, has Grohl ever actually watched the show? As it turns out, yes, he gave “Glee” a whirl. “I watched 10 minutes. It’s not my thing,” Grohl grizzled. But he doesn’t have as much of a problem with the series as he does with its creator.
Recounting anti-“Glee” comments made by Slash earlier this year and subsequent retorts by Murphy, Grohl explained: “The ’Glee’ guy, what a (expletive) jerk. Slash was the first one. He wanted to do Guns ’n’ Roses and Slash is like, ’I hate (expletive) musicals. It’s worse than ”Grease.“’ Then Murphy’s like, ’Well, of course he’d say that, he’s a washed up ol’ rock star, that’s what they (expletive) do.’ And then Kings of Leon say, ’No, we don’t want to be on your show.’
And then he’s like, ’Snotty little (expletive)...’ And it’s just like, Dude, maybe not everyone loves ’Glee.’ Me included.”
