Foo Fighters: Were you there?

That concert was sick. Grohl can sing some ear shattering notes at times, and his interaction with the crowd was intense. The guitar battle between Grohl and Shiflett tore it up and Taylor Hawkins was out of his mind. Good to see The Foos giving so much love to Buffalo, including lots of shout-outs, a Sabres jersey worn and tossed into the crowd, and an extended set that just kept escalating in intensity. After that show I bet we see them back again, along with some other heavy hitters from the label.

Great show! I saw the foos back in 2000, and they were very good. This just blew that show out of the water. If there's a front-man with more energy than Dave Grohl, I've never seen him.

Seeing Krist on stage gave me chills.

Krist Novoselic!!! Seeing a band that i grew up with from Nirvana to the Foos was just amazing but Krist freakin' Novoselic! I mean Come on! That is rock and roll royalty..3/4 of the most influential band in the last twenty years (i am including Pat Smear if course)! Who cares if you could barley hear his accordian it was a way cool experience!

BTW, Bridge Burning is my new favorite FF song.

A ROCK show for the ages for sure! How a review cannot mention the fact that Krist was there is beyond me, but at least it sounds like this writer actually was there unlike the canned review from Jeff Miers in the Buffalo News

@Arch you HAVE to include Pat - the happiest man in Rock

An absolutely incredible show from beginning to end. Krist coming up for Skin and Bones was such a special treat. They definitely earned every penny that walked through the gate that night. Between the Bills win over the Pats and this show, it won't be a day I forget anytime soon.

On a side note, the First Niagara Center looks great inside.

This was a fantastic show! Dave Grohl and his bandmates displayed a ton of energy on stage. I also happened to be about 5 feet away from the two-song tug of war that ensued among fans after one of the Foos tossed the Sabres jersey he was wearing into the crowd! Grohl's interaction with the audience was particularly fun. There were, however, two great moments that have generated little to no mention, one of which was noted in an earlier post. Krist Novoselic joining the Foos on accordion for "Skin and Bones" was a delight. Sadly, too, hardly anyone has mentioned Rise Against's set, which included a brief but touching tribute to Jamie Rodemeyer from RA frontman Tim McIlrath.

This show will go down as my all time favorite show. I'm not sure if it was escalated because of the Bills win, but it was a pretty complete and awesome Sunday.

I've seen my share of shows and do a lot of traveling to do so. Not so many rock shows at FNC because a really good rock show usually tends to be at a smaller venue (like Town Ballroom) but Foo Fighters absolutely destroyed on Sunday. I had been following setlists from the previous few concerts, so I knew what I was in for and was still blown away.

Openers were pretty good too. Rise Against really had my side of the GA section going nuts (occasionally too nuts) and Mariachi El Bronx was a certain change of pace, even if they played to a smaller crowd.

Wasn't overly impressed by Novoselic's appearance (he actually played on two songs, but was inaudible and obviously frustrated on both), but the fact that both were on the same stage was pretty cool.

Any truth to the thought that this may have been a product of Pegula? We didn't have too many big newer names come through the HSBC Arena during Golisano's era (Metallica and Green Day come to mind). Now that Pegula owns the arena, I imagine they are following his lead with the Sabres in trying to get other groups to come. I can only hope.