Foxboro Hot Tubs

A “new” band just hit the scene called Foxboro Hot Tubs. They put up six songs on their website to download for free (they are not available anymore – if you go to their webpage, you get redirected to their Myspace page). Their music has a 60s rock feel, and they sound a little like, hmm, what’s that band, GREEN DAY. They sound so much like them that many people are pretty convinced that these guys are them. And it could very well be, from the stories I’ve heard.

There’s the story of the album Green Day made that was supposed to be the followup to “Warning” – it was supposed to be called “Cigarettes and Valentines.” It was stolen, and they didn’t like the backup tapes they had, so they scrapped the whole album and started fresh. The result of this was “American Idiot.”

It is possible that some of those songs that were stolen are these Foxboro songs. They are a little similar to songs on “Warning” and to some lyrics on “American Idiot.”

I am sure we’ll find out one day who these guys really are, but in the meantime, these songs are six catchy, easy to listen to tunes that can hold us over until the next full length Green Day album is finished.