Defending the Indefensible Again, British Division. →[More:] The band I'm going to talk about has become shorthand in a million internet jokes for 'cheesy seventies hard-rock band.' Usually by people too young to remember the band in the first place. yes, children, I am talking about Foghat. Were they great auteurs and visionaries? No, but they also weren't the dregs they're caricatured as. Hamfisted to be sure, but sometimes (hell, to me most of the time) rock and roll's good that way. This is not meant to be deep and thoughtful, it beer-soaked barroom blooze boogie, and as such, it's pretty good. "Slow Ride" still gets me pounding the bartop, as does "Driving Wheel" and I can never return to NYC without hearing this song in my head. Chuck Berry-derived rock will always have a place in my world. Plus they had a cool logo.