Them Crooked Vultures

by Heather PharesYouTube channel the week after their inaugural gig. The band spent the rest of the summer on the festival circuit, then issued their self-titled debut that fall.~ Heather Phares An alt/classic rock supergroup, Them Crooked Vultures featured Queens of the Stone Age's guitarist and vocalist Josh Homme, Nirvana/Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl on drums, and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones on bass. The trio first discussed collaborating in 2005, but not much more was heard of the project until summer 2009, when Them Crooked Vultures announced that they had been recording an album in Los Angeles. The band made their live debut at Chicago's Cabaret Metro after that year's Lollapalooza Festival closed, adding auxiliary Vulture and longtime Homme collaborator Alain Johannes on rhythm guitar and keyboards. The show's set list was made up of grungy, hard-hitting rock with prog rock leanings, including the song "Nobody Loves Me and Neither Do I," which the band posted a brief clip of on their YouTube channel the week after their inaugural gig. The band spent the rest of the summer on the festival circuit, then issued their self-titled debut that fall. 更多>>