Foo Fighters Reveal Why Mariah Carey’s New Years Eve Performance Was Awesome

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Foo Fighters members Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, and Pat Smear were recently interviewed on Jonesy’s Jukebox on KLOS. When discussing why prog rock is a form of punk rock, the conversation shifted to Mariah Carey’s infamous New Years Eve ‘performance.’ Alternative Nation transcribed the comments.

Pat Smear said, “Dude, I was just having this conversation the other day. Somebody said, ‘Your tastes are really, eh!’ I’m like no, it’s all punk rock, prog, it’s all the same.”

Dave Grohl added, “Mariah Carey man, she did not care what anybody thought about that song.”

Pat questioned him, “You saw the New Years Eve thing?”

Taylor said, “That’s punk rock. I’m not even going to sing!”

Dave added, “‘Ever feel like you’ve been cheated? You’ve been cheated!’ That’s what she should have said, drop the mic.”

On December 31, 2016, Carey’s performance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve in Times Square suffered technical difficulties with Carey’s in-ear monitors, resulting in what The New York Times referred to as a “performance train wreck.” Without in-ear auditory feedback, Carey was unable to hear the music and stopped singing while the vocals kept playing, suggesting that she was lip syncing. Carey’s representatives and Dick Clark Productions each denied blame for the incident.

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Brett previously hosted the BWR wrestling and MMA podcast, interviewing pro wrestling and MMA stars like Kurt Angle, Seth Rollins, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Bruce Buffer, AJ Styles, Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy, Edge, and DDP. After ending BWR, Brett opened GrungeReport.net in May 2009. The site changed its name to AlternativeNation.net in June 2013.  Brett ran Scott Weiland's social media accounts for his final 'Master Blaster' tour in fall 2015 and continued to run the accounts after Weiland's death until July 2016. On Alternative Nation, Brett controls all aspects of the website and reports the day to day news.  He has interviewed members of Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Imagine Dragons, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Stone Temple Pilots, and The Smiths. Brett has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and on the Reelz Channel. You can reach Brett at contact @alternativenation.net