Nothing is more controversial for a rock band than the “bass solo.” Whether the talent exists, or not, to procure such a thing, the thought of the words “bass solo” still leaves one question in the listeners mind… “Why?” Well everyone knows that The Foshays bassman, Joey Miece is a stone groove, so we thought he might have his finger on the pulse of this particular issue. “I just think the bass can be more than the driving force behind the song, you know what I mean? A bass can be used in a lot of surprising ways. Like did you know a bass can be, what we musicians call ‘Funky!” UHHHHH? “And guess what? One time Freddy kicked my bass down the stairs and it made on the album! So as you can see the bass is more than the sum of its parts.”

It seems people are more distracted than ever these days. Our lives are constantly be being bombarded with information, ads, and personal preferences directed by the almighty algorithm, how can anybody have time for anything? So I can’t blame our fearless friend Freddy Foshay for not being hip to the lingo. After all who can afford to buy a potato nowadays?

One thing for sure is Harry never has to try hard, to be a try-hard.

“If you really love music, you have to buy Vinyl, YOU HAVE TOO!” implores lead singer of The Foshays, Harry Blessing. “If you stream even one song off the internet, you’re literally taking a big fat stinky dump on all artists and musicians in the world! So stop it now!” Literally? “Yeah I said what I meant…” Harry continues on his soap box “…like, did you know that every time a song is streamed on Spotify the artist makes about $0.003 to $0.005 per stream, and a baby puppy is sacrificed on an unholy alter within darkest halls of the music industry? Did you?” Now Harry I don’t think that’s… “I happen to LOVE PUPPIES and I will protect them with all my heart, and that’s why I buy vinyl, and not groceries!” Yeah we got you Harry! Groceries?-“YUCK!”

“TikTok sucks, SnapChat sucks, Instagram sucks, Facebook sucks, Youtube sucks, X, oops! I mean Twitter sucks, Truth Social sucks, Reddit sucks, Linked-In sucks, Discord sucks, WhatsApp sucks, Threads sucks, Wikipedia sucks, Blue Sky Sucks, Pinterest sucks, etc, etc, etc.. Remember, opinions are like assholes, so when you are on your favorite social media app, don’t for get to pucker-up!”

You can’t believe everything you read. You can’t read everything you believe. You can’t expect miracles, and they can’t expect you. You can’t always be happy. You can’t always be sad, and you can’t always get what you want. In the end it’s all just a big miss-mash of whatever! But The Foshays are here to make one thing clear, and is that not everybody rocks, but everybody CAN ROCK! and that ain’t half bad!

Sorry Joey! I guess you’re going to have to try harder if you want your song on the next album.

It’s ok if you didn’t know. We caught up Harry Blessing, the lead singer for The Foshays, and asked what he thought about the state of pop music “If your looking on the charts, your already lost. If you think new music is dead, you’re old nay-say. If you think Rock n Roll is just a medium drenched in nostalgia, you’re a dumb kid. If you think the live performance should sound like the record, then you’re a simpleton. If your modern ears can’t appreciate the sound of a scratchy piece of vinyl, I feel sorry for you.” Whoa Harry! Slow down chewing that red meat you might choke!

So you’re going to make banana bread, huh? Really!? Oh, Ok I guess that’s why there’s a pile of charcoal black bananas taking up the glut of the freezer. That’s neat! Oh and make sure you use that open bag of walnuts that’s been smushed behind the cereal boxes for the past few months, mmm I love that slightly rancid stale aftertaste. Oh! and pretty please can you bake every loaf in an inconsistent way? My favorite is when it’s burt just a little so you can justify trying to eat it, but you instantly regret doing so. What? you changed your mind and your not going to make banana bread? Hope it wasn’t something I said.