I found out about Foxboro Hot Tubs while reading some lesser music website (hey, we've got to steal the news from somewhere.) While the name was familiar, I had not heard any songs. Apparently it's Green Day's tongue-in-cheek garage rock side project, so I immediately and illegally appropriated some of their music. It's certainly no American Idiot, which is good because I'm gonna puke if I hear Boulevard of Broken Dreams in the next fifteen years. The sound combines the absurdity of The Eagles of Death Metal, garage-chic The White Stripes and the shameless riff-stealing of Jet but performed by...Green Day. You don't have to think, just go with it, that's the intended purpose.

Then I got to thinking, coincidentally I was on turning onto 13th Street again. Shit, 13th Street...I normally experience my creative peak in the shower but I think 13th Street may give the ol' shower a run for it's money. Anyway, I realized that Metallica should have pulled this stunt in the '90s instead of those fucking Load albums. Like Green Day, Metallica had been on a thirty month tour and needed an escape from the increasingly restrictive nature of their career. Instead of releasing mid-tempo, capital R Rock albums ad-nauseam,  they could have played under an alter-ego, like Foxboro Hot Tubs. Garage Inc was a step in the right direction but disappointing when considering the possibilities of an band like The Metallicats.

Woulda, coulda, shoulda. You need to lighten up, Lars. Your band isn't that important anymore. Now you're only relevant when you're pioneering new ways to screw your fans.

Here's Foxboro Hot Tub's "Stop Drop and Roll," and The Eagles of Death Metal's "I Want You So Hard."