Hot take, I think QOTSA suck - at least for the last ten years.
Era Vulgaris was their last good album.
And Josh Homme is a massive fag. Nice kicking a camera lady in the face and then crying on webcam about how guilty you feel, ginger.
Have to agree. I fucking love Era Vulgaris.( I never understood why they left the very good title track off the album...)Picked up after the uneven previous album. (Lol remember the haircut he had in the Little Sister video?)
Debut album, R, Songs for the Deaf are all time classics. I loved how Mark Lanegan would show up for lead vocals and Dave Grohl killed it during his time with em...
I actually used to have the vinyl version of Rated R which came in a red cover and was called Rated X . Unfortunately it was really badly mastered and sounded dreadful. Crazy expensive now.
Seen em live a few times and it is hit and miss depending on how wasted Josh was I reckon. He got through a full bottle of Ketel One at one gig. After a while the mumbling drivel between songs or the angry threats became annoying...
Like Clockwork was abysmal and despite the Liam Lynch marketing videos, press hype etc Villains was middling at best.
Although I think the video for The Way You Used To is a guilty pleasure.
All that stuff between Josh and Brody was unsettling to hear and it seems like he sort of lost it a bit a few years ago. Having your kids say to a judge they donβt want to see you says a lot.
I never thought like Nick was essential to QOTSA but it seems like Josh is running out of steam a bit. The latest Desert Sessions sucked too.
I got to see EODM in a small enough venue and watched as Jesse pulled a bird from the crowd and instructed his security to get her backstage...they were really fun and sold moustaches which was cool. It was a great show but unfortunately after Death by Sexy they lost the magic.
I was at a gig in that Bataclan venue in Paris in like 2010. When I heard about the attacks at the EODM show I shivered. Thereβs just a big wide open space that you look down on from a set of steps. Very few pillars or anything. Nowhere to hide. Total fish in a barrel situation.