Them Crooked Vultures

[MannequinRaces]

Tonight I had the great honor of seeing live in Columbus Ohio the new super-group band Them Crooked Vultures. The band is made up of members Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) on guitars and vocals, Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) on drums, and the legendary John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) on bass. Also at the show was Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age) on guitar.

The band has been extremely secretive about their work and an upcoming CD is expected to be released later this year.

Them Crooked Vultures ripped through about 12 original songs and played for about 80 minutes straight.

I was standing about six people deep on the left-hand side of the stage directly underneath the huge speaker column and about two feet away from the bass column speakers next to the stage.

All I have to say about the concert is ... it was incredible. John Paul Jones and Dave Grohl make up the best rhythm section in the World! Josh Homme's riffs were tasty and nasty, guttural and visceral. The riffs reminded me a lot about QOTSA but the rhythm section took it to the next level. Jone's bass playing has never been better. He played a four string bass, a five string bass, an eight string bass that had LED's, a Roland keytar, and he even played a couple songs on some sort of analog synth that he played the bass line with his feet on multiple pedals and used his hands to play other parts. Hell, he even played slide on one of the basses. Dave Grohl's power behind the kit was unyielding. His long hair was twirling violently in every direction and he wore a big smile on his face for most of the show!

This was a unique concert experience because the music to my ears was virgin. Before attending the show I had only heard a few clips off the net. Most concerts that I attend I am very familiar with the music, but this evening was much different. Needless to say I am very excited to hear the studio versions of these songs.

Thanks for reading and you all should look on YouTube for some bootleg videos and such!

P.S. - my ears hurt and are ringing like a mother!

[aen]

COLOR ME JEALOUS!

[Nychthemeron]

Man, if only stuff like that came over to Baltimore. Must have been one hell of a concert.

[MannequinRaces]

COLOR ME JEALOUS!

Yeah sorry, I just had to tell somebody!

[MannequinRaces]

Man, if only stuff like that came over to Baltimore. Must have been one hell of a concert.

Looks like I got really lucky because they're only playing five more dates in the states before heading to Europe.

Here's their tour schedule: http://themcrookedvultures.com/tour/

[deadbeatriot]

i...


i want to be you.

[MannequinRaces]

i...


i want to be you.

Yes, it was definitely a magical night!

[magiclawnchair]

they played at the metro in chicago about a month ago. it was a midnight show will call only limit 2 tix a billing address. $50.00. sold out in 2 minutes. did not get to go.



you are lucky, but you should give josh some love for being KYUSS!!!!!!

[Antero]

:cool:

they played at the metro in chicago about a month ago. it was a midnight show will call only limit 2 tix a billing address. $50.00. sold out in 2 minutes. did not get to go.

I, however, did! Guest list, even.

It was a ton of fun.

[magiclawnchair]

:cool:

they played at the metro in chicago about a month ago. it was a midnight show will call only limit 2 tix a billing address. $50.00. sold out in 2 minutes. did not get to go.

I, however, did! Guest list, even.

It was a ton of fun.

we had three people try to get tix. it would have been sweet to see them at the metro........

[effetebomb]

this sounds amazing. i love when grohl does side projectds. they are allways gold.

[MannequinRaces]

this sounds amazing. i love when grohl does side projectds. they are allways gold.

Hell yes they are!

:cool:

they played at the metro in chicago about a month ago. it was a midnight show will call only limit 2 tix a billing address. $50.00. sold out in 2 minutes. did not get to go.



you are lucky, but you should give josh some love for being KYUSS!!!!!!

Yeah, Josh was amazing also. I bought tickets at $100 a piece and then two weeks later they were down to $15 and then I think they sky-rocketed. I figured it would sell out quickly so I jumped on them when I had the chance!

[jrmy]

WHaaaaaaaa?

I am a total sucker for Grohl side projects - I always seem to like them more than his main projects. Anything that gets him drumming again is good in my book. And Homme + JPJ?? Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

[Ghost Hip]

This sounds intense.

[MannequinRaces]

This sounds intense.

It was intense! I'm still thinking about it!

Here's another review of the concert that I attended: http://tragedyoftheage.wordpress.com/20 ... -vultures/

It's well worth the read.