Queens of the Zeppelin Fighters?
August 25th, 2009
While some around here may decry the varied and sundry side projects of Jack White, this writer has a penchant for the work of Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, UNKLE, Desert Sessions, The Wellwater Conspiracy). And it appears we can add another mysterious moniker to his impressive resume: Them Crooked Vultures. The name was spilled this summer by his EODM bandmate Jesse, and from the teaser vids on YouTube and their own site, the lineup is kinda the supergroup of the year: Dave Grohl (who recorded and toured with Josh for QOTSA’s “Songs for the Deaf”), Alain Johannes (Eleven, Chris Cornell’s band, and longtime guitarist for QOTSA) and… drum roll, please: John Paul Jones, of Led Fawking Zeppelin. The poster for their Chicago appearance featured the Foos’ “FF” logo, a symbol from Zep IV and the “Spermy Q” image from Queens’ second album. Sweet.
There is about as much conjecture flying around as truth with regard to this band’s future recordings, but the body of work that’s appearing on the YouTubes and reviews of their Lollapalooza two weeks ago confirms that they have an album’s worth of music in the bag.
Their official (though basically empty) site is here. So far it’s just got a vbulletin forum and a google maps plugin that may or may not tell you where they are at the moment. I eagerly await more.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Chris Morales said:
See, this isn’t a super group as much as it is, QOTSA with special guests John Paul Jones and (Duh) Dave Grohl.
But, I have always wanted to hear what Dave Grohl could do with John Paul Jones… That would be a silly good rhythm section.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Jules said:
I saw the title of this post pop up in my rss feed and I thought… this most be a post from misterlevitan. And I was right!
August 26th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Kevin Ledoux said:
Hhmmm…Whatever lead you to that conclusion Jules..?
August 26th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Chris Craig said:
Check out the FF’s live at Wembley Stadium DVD. The encore is John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page playing Zep songs with the Foo’s and Grohl is on the skins for a song. Must be a privileged life, eh?
November 22nd, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Chris Craig said:
While I still have not heard the entire album (truth be told it seemed to be sold out everywhere) the show at the Paramount was sick, sick, sick. It was pure hard rock bombast, and while I can’t say if this music will stand up to repeated listens, it was a pure shot of adrenaline live. Watching Grohl play drums is some kinda spectacle all in itself.
February 5th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Seattle Subsonic » See The Future : Seattle's Music Blog said:
[...] suck.” He’s right. In case you have had your head in a cave, or missed my fanboy post here last summer about the emergence of the rock supergroup made up of the (last) drummer of Nirvana, [...]
November 11th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
zombo said:
“and the “Spermy Q” image from Queens’ second album. Sweet.”
Third album*
Queens of the Stone Age (Self-titled)
Rated R
Songs for the Deaf*
Lullabies to Paralyze
Over The Years and Through The Woods (Live)
Era Vulgaris
November 14th, 2011 at 9:50 am
Jared C said:
Alright you’re the second person in a week that has recommended TCV’s to me. I give. Youtubing right now.