The Foo Fighters' Secret Message (NY Rock)
Score: 93
Instead why not write an article on the Foo Fighters, who are alive and well and feature ex-Nirvana band members Dave Grohl and Pat Smear. Of course, Grohl would rather us concentrate on the Foo Fighters than have us discuss the past, but this proves a bit difficult. In addition to guitarists Grohl and Smear’s association with Nirvana, drummer Taylor Hawkins, the band’s most recent addition, spent the better part of the last two years supporting Alanis Morissette.

God to Grammy Winners: Don't Thank Me for That Lousy Song (NY Rock)
Score: 81
Best Pop Vocal Album went to Steely Dan for Two Against Nature, their first all-new album since 1979. Steely Dan also picked up the awards for Album of the Year and Worst Attitude at an Awards Show. Musical Show Album: "Elton John And Tim Rice's Aida," original Broadway cast, lyricist Tim Rice, composer Elton John.

NY Rock Gallery
Score: 77
Photos: 1. Jessie Diamond at Pianos, New York, NY (Red Bull Buzz Band Search, May 2005). May 2005 - Jan 2006: Photos of Bret Michaels of Poison (Albany, NY, 2003), Tor of Joker Five Speed (CBGB, NYC, 2005), little girl giving "rock fingers" at Def Leppard concert (Jones Beach, NY, 2003). Jun - Oct 2004: Photos of Nick Vivid, singer of NY-based band Drag Citizen (Continental, NY, March 2004), Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith (Jones Beach, NY, August 2002), Gene Simmons of Kiss (...

Pearl Jam: Caught in the Web (NY Rock)
Score: 77
Nonetheless, it doesn't seem likely that he and the organization known as Pearl Jam, Inc., will find nirvana (the spiritual high, not the band) any day soon. As an understandable commercial reaction to this, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), the watchdog for recording companies, has issued a blunt ultimatum to over-zealous webmasters, such as Californian Paul Andersen, who runs the Pearl Jam Yield Archive (or tries to). All this attention has left Andersen – a committed ...

Two Memorable Bands from One Forgettable Decade (NY Rock)
Score: 77
The Psychedelic Furs’ Should God Forget: A Retrospective (Columbia/Legacy) and The Replacements’ All For Nothing/Nothing For All (Reprise) serve as useful reminders that the ’80s weren’t an entirely barren time for edgy rock’n’roll. Unintentionally, the 33 tracks of Should God Forget: A Retrospective (including seven unheard tunes) divide their career into three neat packages: early punkish drone; brooding, mid-career power ballads; and bristling latter-day rock. While Richard Butler plods ...

The 45th Grammy Awards: The Hot Crotch Award Goes to... (NY Rock)
Score: 77
Norah Jones at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards held at Madison Square Garden, NYC, Feb. 23, 2003. B.B. King at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards held at Madison Square Garden, NYC, Feb. 23, 2003. Avril Lavigne at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards held at Madison Square Garden, NYC, Feb. 23, 2003.

NY Rock Confidential by Jeanne Fury
Score: 77
Share your favorite musical memories of Brownies with me (one sentence will do) and I'll post them in a later issue of NY Rock Confidential. Local bands Slut Em Go and Darediablo were tonight's entertainment. "Harnessing the power of satanic menstruation," according to singer/guitarist Sarah Michaels, is the four-piece band Slut Em Go.