Is there no end to the awesomeness that is Dave Grohl? In just the last couple of months, the Foo Fighters frontman has continued playing his gig with a broken leg, consoled a weeping fan by bringing him up on stage, and jammed with another fan who knew the lyrics to a song by another artist.
And now, the former Nirvana drummer is trolling the American abomination that is the Westboro Baptist Church, in a manner that the internet hasn’t still gotten tired of: rick-rolling.
On Friday in Kansas City, Missouri, Dave Grohl and his rock band rode on the back of a pickup truck near Sprint Center and blasted Rick Astley’s spectacularly cheesy 1987 pop hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” in front of a crowd of protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church who arrived to picket against their concert that night.
The demonstration marked the Kansas-based hate group’s second protest against Foo Fighters in four years. Members and supporters of the Westboro Baptist Church travel the country regularly to spread its anti-gay campaign, appearing outside celebrity events, such as the Oscars, as well as near U.S. soldiers’ funerals. They call Foo Fighters “enablers” of gay people and “Fools Fighting God.”
Another sign was also spotted. It read, “Keep It Clean,” a nod to the group’s 2011 song of the same name, whose lyrics include the line, “Think I’m in the mood for some hot-man muffins.” Foo Fighters performed the track on a big rig in Kansas City that year to counter-protest against, yep, the Westboro Baptist Church demonstrators.
Watch the video below and revel in the human Jesus that is Dave Grohl.
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