As diligent students of British politics understand, most votes under our first past the post system make no real difference to the result of a general election. The ones that count are those cast by swing voters in marginal constituencies. The Conservatives have been confident in their assertions that, despite a narrowing gap in nationwide opinion surveys, their lead among these defining voters in the marginals is big enough to make the crucial difference. A carefully targeted poll in this morning's Times suggests their confidence may be misplaced.
Dave Grohl has to be one of the busiest men in music. Some will know him as the drummer of Nirvana, those grunge guys from the nineties who I think were a tad overrated. Most will know him as the all out and very funny front man and principle songwriter of the Foo Fighters. He has also worked with groups such as Queens of the Stone Age, Tenacious D, the Prodigy and Nine Inch Nails.
The Foo Fighters have recently released a greatest hits compilation after announcing a hiatus with the possibility of reinventing the band.
Now, most normal people, when taking a hiatus, might take it easy, maybe a bit of solo work but oh no, not Mr. Grohl. He has formed a new band called, 'Them Crooked Vultures'. Not only that, he did it in secret while he was still performing with the Foo Fighters.
I am particularly looking forward to this because he is reuniting with Queens of the Stone Age singer/guitarist Josh Homme who has quite a distinctive singing style and will be fronting the new project. The bassist and keyboardist is John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin while Grohl will return to the role of drummer.
Their tour sold out in 12 minutes, making it one of the fastest selling in the UK.
