The Foo Fighters’ new album, “Wasting Light” cannot be

defined by a single genre.The versatility of the band,

specifically of singer/guitarist Dave Grohl, allows for this album to be defined by multiple genres including grunge, screamo, pop and alternative.

“Wasting Light” is a stellar rock album that provides the listener with loud, intense instrumentals.

This is the seventh Foo Fighters album, but the first with the new Foo Fighters’ lineup, which has three guitarists — Grohl, Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett — who accompany bassist Nate Mendel and drummer Taylor Hawkins.

Grohl, who was the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana, brought back some of his Nirvana ties to help out with this album. Butch Vig, who produced “Wasting Light,” also produced Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album, which was ranked as the 17th greatest album of all time, according to Rolling Stone Magazine.

Grohl also brought back Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic to play on the track “I Should Have Known,” a sad, grungy song about suicide that leaves the listener with thoughts of Grohl and Novoselic’s former band mate Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide in 1994.

“Wasting Light” was made in Grohl’s garage with analog equipment, rather than digital.

This gives the album much more of a raw feel without taking away from the sharpness of the songs. This album sounds like it is made in a garage, but not in a bad way. It sounds like five friends playing music together. This album doesn’t rely on computers to make sure everything is timed right. It relies on the talent of each band member to time everything together.

The first single off this album, “Rope,” is a typical hard alternative rock song with awesome guitar solos and an unbelievable drum solo. It is accompanied by a plain, yet cool music video showing the band playing instruments in a room, with each instrument lighting the room.

“Dear Rosemary” shows the Foo Fighters’ soft side, walking the line between a rock song and a power ballad. On the other hand, “White Limo” is a loud metal song that walks the line between rock and screamo.

The common factor in all Foo Fighters’ songs is the emotion of all the instruments, including Grohl’s voice. As shown in the VH1 documentary about the band, “Back and Forth,” the group has been through a lot. It was founded because of a tragedy and lived through lineup changes, betrayal, and near deaths.

Unlike many bands that use instruments to make background noise, the Foo Fighters use the instruments to convey emotions to the listener.

The most underrated aspect of this band is the drumming

‘Wasting Light’ Won’t Waste Your Time

by Hawkins. Hawkins provides top-of-the-line drumming on this album. His look and style while drumming on live videos of the songs, as well as theatrically directed music videos, adds a flare to the Foo Fighters.

Overall, the emotion and

versatility of the band, combined with the amazing drumming of Hawkins makes this album well worth the $10 price on iTunes.

There is a deluxe version of this album available on iTunes, which includes an additional song, the music videos for

At Juicy Burger you are the burger architect.

Students at GCC have become accustomed to food vendors located within walking distance from campus. Restaurants such as Flame Broiler and Quiznos leave much to be desired.

If you have a car, bus pass or any form of transportation, make your way to Juicy Burger for a taste bud sensation.

According to Google Maps this burger joint is only 12 miles away from GCC.

The restaurant itself is located on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Ivar Avenue, right in the heart of Hollywood. Getting to Juicy Burger will most likely involve a mixture of waiting in traffic and snooping around for a parking space that would challenge Sherlock Holmes himself.

After stepping off the Hollywood Walk of Fame and into the restaurant one will see that it is unsuspecting and far from flashy. Simplicity rules at Juicy Burger.

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Creating a burger at Juicy Burger has six steps. Be careful because some steps cost more than others.

The process of creating your own burger is similar to that of Jake’s Burgers, which is located in Pasadena. Although they are alike the burger from Juicy Burger beats Jake’s in straight sets.

Step one is to choose a burger. The burger choices are one-third

and one-half pound beef, chicken breast, turkey, veggie, and fried egg.

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Step three is to choose toppings. Those toppings are mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, thousand island dressing, crisp lettuce, tomato, red onions, and dill pickles.

Step four is to add a premium sauce. The sauces are buttermilk ranch, chipotle mayo, tabasco ketchup, barbecue sauce, garlic mayo, chipotle ketchup, and

teriyaki sauce.Step five is to add cheese. The

choices for cheese are yellow American, Monterey jack, cheddar, and blue cheese.

Step six is to add premium toppings. Those include: caramelized onions, fried egg, slice jalapenos, green chili, guacamole, onion strings, bacon strips, grilled pineapple, grilled spinach, and sautéed mushroom.

After going through all the steps the next item on the agenda is to decide whether to include fries and a drink to make it a combo.

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PITY THE ‘FOO: who doesn’t enjoy “Wasting Light,” the Foo Fighters’ genre-defying album.

“Rope” and “White Limo” and a Deadmau5 remix of “Rope.”

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars.

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By Alex CamposEL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER

Alex Campos can be reached at Alex_Campos@elvaq.com

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