Foo Fighters might have opened up a big ol' can of worms when they agreed to play a crowdfunded show in Richmond, Virginia last month.
Dave Grohl and co. should have known that everybody and their mother would be requesting similar shows and expecting happy endings à la Richmond. Now, one man in particular is trying to circle the wagons and get Foo to save his four-year-old Connecticut venue — The Room — with an open letter to the band (via CoS).
"I've got to be honest ... we're struggling," Vern Nickerson writes. "We've had success. Amazing moments within our four walls. First gigs, last gigs, video shoots, EP release shows, benefit shows for causes like breast cancer awareness, anti-bullying campaigns, and suicide prevention, and bands reaching young new fans who are legitimately there for the MUSIC. But our success has been in ways you can't measure in a bank account."
That sucks, dude. Now what?
That's where Foo Fighters comes in.
Oh.
Come to The Room. There, I said it. You'll be in New York all week [for a Late Night residency] and it's not that far. For a moment, imagine what Foo Fighters in Brookfield could do to a place like The Room. You could do for the Room what The Ramones and Blondie did for CBGB's or What Mötley Crüe or Alice Cooper did for the Wiskey. Come because you remember what it was like to be 15 and in a band trying to find a decent gig.
Whoa. No need to make it personal.
Because along the way there have been people who've given you a chance.
Ouch. The old empathy-engendering attempt that typically just comes as douchebaggery.
Tell us how you really feel, Vern.
I think more than anything else, you get it. Playing in pizza joints, barns in the heartland, small clubs in London under a pseudonym... and playing for as long as you can. You are aware. You appreciate what it is you have. It's why I have so much respect for the band. We have been open for almost 4 years on a shoestring budget. In that time, we have just barely been able to get ourselves on the map. If we could get Foo Fighters to come out to CT and play a show here... Wow what that could do.
The ball is in your court, Dave.
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