Biglotsemployee (September 24, 2008 at 9:58 pm)

Wlliam goldsmith was a great drummer. He just played differently. I am obviously a giant fan of grohl's drumming but shit you can't expect William to be exactly like Grohl in playing. William Goldsmith and Nate Mendel has been two of my fav bands Sunny Day Real Estate and Foo Fighters. It is cool look back at the early days of the foo. Mike watt kicks ass. I got to meet him at warped tour. This line up is a trip. Will someone ever download Big Train on Jon Stewart again?

GEOpz838 (September 20, 2008 at 1:19 pm)

Why this pointless argument? You aren't going to change eachother's mind, so just enjoy the muzak.

EccentricRichard (September 4, 2008 at 5:30 pm)

He ruined his wrists by playing badly. He had no technique. Dave banged the skins longer and harder - apparently he still plays drums in private every day - but he had the necessary technique and so has never had CTS, or even RSI.

Dorepoll (September 4, 2008 at 1:45 pm)

Will was fantastic on the first Sunny Day Real Estate record. He just ruined his wrists from hitting the skins so hard.

RockinRowdyRoberto (September 4, 2008 at 1:16 am)

I find Dave hits a lot harder in most cases, but I haven't exactly studied Goldsmith a lot. But I'm pretty sure he got his carpal tunnel syndrome because he plays with his hands side ways. Not good for your wrists. You shooouuuld be playing with your palms facing down.

sharty5000 (September 1, 2008 at 11:07 pm)

i agree, will sucked

EccentricRichard (August 21, 2008 at 10:29 pm)

Sorry, but as far as I'm concerned, Will ruined most live performances by the Foos. Dave hits even harder than Will, and did it for longer than Will, and Dave hasn't gone down with CTS.

syracuse9898 (August 21, 2008 at 5:57 pm)

i know dave did, he did the self titled record, TCATS and half of TINLT, but if you listen to the live stuff, will did a great job. trust me, im a huge dave grohl fan, and he is better then both will and taylor but will was not a bad drummer. him and dave just werent on the same page. and will hit very hard. thats probably why he had carpal tunnel, thats not why he left, but thats probably why he had carpal tunnel

EccentricRichard (August 21, 2008 at 12:12 pm)

The albums were all Dave, except two tracks on TC&TS. Speed isn't everything by the way: power, precision and technique are all. Dave has all of those in bucketfuls. Will didn't have nearly enough of them. Why do you think he went down with carpal tunnel syndrome?

syracuse9898 (August 20, 2008 at 6:38 pm)

hes not, listen to someof the old foo fighters stuff. hes great hes very very fast.