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The rumors are true – Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones are currently holed up in a Los Angeles recording studio, working on an album that's been the biggest secret in rock for what seems like years now.



I pressed for more information in an interview I did yesterday with Homme's wife, Brody Dalle of Spinnerette. Who's singing? Who's behind the kit? When do we get to hear it? She was faithfully tight-lipped, unfortunately, but did offer the following tease:

"I'm not at liberty to talk about it... but I think [the project] is pretty fucking amazing. Just beats and sounds like you've never heard before."

We'll let our imaginations take that ball and run with it (Songs For The Deaf meets Zeppelin IV? Yes please...)

Back in 2005, Mojo magazine did an interview with Grohl, who dropped the news as casually as mentioning the weather: "The next project that I'm trying to initiate involves me on drums, Josh Homme on guitar, and John Paul Jones playing bass. That's the next album. That wouldn't suck."

We didn't hear much more about the project after that until this past April, when French journalist Cyril Deluermoz reported that Grohl and Homme were recording together, which was shortly followed by an interview with John Paul Jones, who said the following: "I'm working on some other music, which is more rock based, with a couple of other people. We hope to be everywhere this summer." When pressed for more information, the legendary bassist clammed up. "It's a secret, actually," he said. "I shouldn't have even said that, you know? There are some exciting projects coming up, let's put it that way."

Exciting indeed. But summer's here, so what gives? Chris Cornell's guitar tech claims to have heard it, and legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin has acknowledged the recording sessions as well.

With the Foo Fighters on hiatus, Zeppelin down for what looks like the count and Queens Of The Stone Age enjoying some downtime, it would make sense that the long-discussed project would finally come to fruition this year.

Grohl has never made any attempt to hide his love for Led Zeppelin, be it with tattoos or all but offering to sell his kids for a chance to sit in John Bonham's place for a Zeppelin reunion tour that never happened.

Furthermore, in what appears to be news of an entirely separate Homme project, Ipecac Records co-owner Greg Werckman told Rock-a-Rolla magazine that his label's other co-owner – Mike Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk, Fantomas, etc) – has been approached about joining Homme on some new material.

"He's trying to get a lot of people involved in it, too," Werckman says, before adding that Homme is "trying to convince Mike [Patton] to go out to the desert, but Mike hates the desert."

Greg's likely referring to Homme's now-legendary Desert Sessions gatherings that Patton may have been invited out for, because the Grohl/Jones collaboration has been confirmed to be taking place in Los Angeles. But then again, who knows? It's too early to tell for certain – there's too little information involved. But for now, we can be happy knowing that somewhere, some amazing fucking music is being made, and someday we might just get to hear it.

THEM CROOKED VULTURES, the new supergroup featuring Josh Homme (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE), John Paul Jones (LED ZEPPELIN) and Dave Grohl (FOO FIGHTERS), is rumored to be playing a last-minute Lollapalooza after-show party on Sunday, August 9 at the Metro in Chicago, Illinois. An image (see below) advertising the event on eTix (which is said to be a "pioneer in on-demand ticketing software") lists three symbols, which look identical to those of FOO FIGHTERS, LED ZEPPELIN (more specifically, Jones' symbol), and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE.

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http://www.themcrookedvultures.com
http://www.myspace.com/crookedvultures
http://twitter.com/crookedvultures
http://www.facebook.com/crookedvultures
http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2009/07/crooked-vultures/

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STOKED!

Fuck yeah!

wait, what?! chicago? this sunday? wtf?

Haha this is absolutely nuts. Could be amazing. I loved what Dave did on songs for the deaf.

Also kinda funny that Mike Patton didn't wanna join "because he hates the desert"

this sounds extremely awesome.

If only they could get some guests like Jimmy Page or Robert Plant...

Quote from: lithium on Aug 06, 2009, 02:59 PM
Fuck yeah!

and AWESOME!!!
can't wait to hear some stuff from them !"!

some fairly disappointing news.  http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2009/08/crooked-vultures-hoax/

Here's the good news: Them Crooked Vultures are in fact playing the previously reported show at the Metro in Chicago this sunday. They do in fact plan to tour very soon; we've confirmed immediate plans with an opening act we can't announce yet. Their album is in fact coming very soon.

Here's the totally fucked up news: The promo poster and YouTube clip we presented yesterday are fake; both seem to be part of an elaborate hoax staged by the band Dirk Diggler And The 12 Dwarves. We'd link to their MySpace, but they're, of course, total dicks. So they can pretty much go fuck themselves.

So the release date is not necessarily October 23rd. The album title is not Never Deserved The Future. Also, Dirk Diggler And The 12 Dwarves are a bunch of testicle eaters.

haha

well, at least the whole thing isn't made up.

posted a 14 second clip on there myspace and youtube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQEOEnQlXjg

I just jizzed my pants. This is gonna be awesome.

wow!!
Same here!!
:D

Paved Death (demo)
http://alternative-music.nl/VCT09D.rar

Sounds awesome.

[youtube=425,350]8JrqVKuRWBw[/youtube]

is that a legit demo?

I'm pretty sure it is. Found it on their Last.fm page. It certainly "sounds" like it could be them.

EDIT: Nope, it's fake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYYdli0P8YI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYYdli0P8YI)

This is legit. 

Whoa man..whoa. 

QuoteI'll be back... have to change my underwear

me too 8)

Heard a rumour the might be playing Lowlands festival. Can anyone confirm this?

Dead End Friends
[youtube=425,350]cSPqpm8luJU[/youtube]

Quote from: defskull on Aug 19, 2009, 09:30 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYYdli0P8YI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYYdli0P8YI)

This is legit. 

Oh my god...

Recorded the full proshot at Pukkelpop. These guys rock for sure.

really ves?? Awesome!! show us!!!

[youtube=425,350]WYYdli0P8YI[/youtube]

Musical orgasm.

Quote from: Vesanic on Aug 21, 2009, 11:31 AM
Recorded the full proshot at Pukkelpop. These guys rock for sure.

Hook it up!

This sounds really promising, as expected.

Quote from: penguin in the desert on Aug 23, 2009, 01:28 PM
Musical orgasm.

indeed

that demo sounds good to me.

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[youtube=425,350]W2W1GB-N9I8[/youtube]

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Them Crooked Vultures:

10-01 Austin, TX - Stubb's
10-02 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
10-05 Nashville, TN - War Memorial
10-06 Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion
10-08 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore
10-09 Toronto, Ontario - The Sound Academy
10-11 Boston, MA - House of Blues
10-12 Philadelphia, PA - The Electric Factory
10-14 Washington, DC - 930 Club
12-10 Plymouth, England - Pavilions
12-11 Portsmouth, England - Guildhall
12-13 Blackpool, England - Empress Ballroom
12-14 Birmingham, England - O2 Academy
12-15 Edinburgh, Scotland - O2 Academy
12-17 London, England - HMV Hammersmith Apollo

Can't believe I missed these guys at the Reading Festival...

I just got back from the most awesome, most intimate show I've ever been to.  THEM CROOKED VULTURES.  I waited outside the Austin City Limits studio for about an hour or so before they let us in.  When you walk in, to either side of you there's tables set up with cups of free beer in them.  Then you walk into the TV studio where they had bleachers set up all around the stage area.  Took a seat drank some beer and enjoyed one of the greatest shows ever.  Josh Homme was awesome, seriously.  He made everyone laugh.  I was screaming at Dave Grohl "YOU ROCK DAVE!"  and Josh would laugh about not getting any ego boosts and stuff.  John Paul Jones was amazing, I sat about 10 feet away from him.  He hasn't lost any of his energy from the old days when he played with Led Zeppelin. 

I was lucky enough to meet two great people at the show who took a few pics (cameras weren't allowed) so hopefully I can get some photos up here for you guys.

Wow looks friggin awesome... I'm jealous

Goddamnit, that sounds amazing. Lucky bastard!

Haha and they're going to air this on PBS in like February.  Funny thing about it is that one of the camera guys got right up in my face for like 10 seconds..it was weird lol.

If anyone is interested in bootlegs and updates..

http://www.them-crooked-vultures.net/

(http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/cover452.jpg)

Ever since the triple-headed stomp-rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures whirled into existence, we've been keeping up with just about every little scrap of whomp-ass they've released into the world.

Finally, on November 17, Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and John Paul Jones will leave the shadows and come into the light. That's when their self-titled debut album will finally hit North American shelves, via DGC/Interscope. (It's out November 16 in the UK on Columbia.)"

We've got the tracklist below, but all you really need to know is that Dave Grohl is back behind the drums and that there's a song called "Mind Eraser, No Chaser":

Them Crooked Vultures:

01 No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
02 Mind Eraser, No Chaser
03 New Fang
04 Dead End Friends
05 Elephants
06 Scumbag Blues
07 Bandoliers
08 Reptiles
09 Interlude With Ludes
10 Warsaw or the First Breath You Take After You Give Up
11 Caligulove
12 Gunman
13 Spinning in Daffodils

Holy shit! Soooooo fucking excited about that release.

Not as excited as I am!  :D

I wanna hear it now!!!

New song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7_vH3H8LPI&feature=player_embedded

Great song but it doesn't sound like a single to me.  Dead End Friends would have been a perfect single.

oh jeez this song sounds as if it is from another great britain or sweden rockpop band.

Hmm, that song's a little disappointing. Sounds too much like QOtSA.

Ah, well. I'll wait with the judgement till I've heard the album.

True, but as a huge fan of QotSA, I dig.

Indeed, indeed. I love everything Homme touches...I was just hoping for something a little different.

Blah, I'm still excited about the album. I'm just expecting some awesome old school rock'n'roll.

Anyone got a mp3 of the new song?

how about the whole album

43 second clip of "Mind Eraser, No Chaser"

http://soundcloud.com/crookedvultures/november-3rd

I think they're gonna leak another track on November 3rd, too.

Short clip of "Gunman".  Bring the funk, baby.

http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2009/10/them-crooked-vultures-gunman/

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow



this is going to be SO refreshing

Can't believe this hasn't leaked yet!

In time, sir. It's only 2 weeks away, so it's gotta happen soon.

Full song "Mind Eraser (No Chaser)".  lol @ the outro.

[youtube=425,350]Lgn_ZOyFLiQ[/youtube]

thats it. im not gonna follow this band  anymore.

what a huge disappointment for me

Quote from: shine down unshy on Nov 02, 2009, 03:18 AM
Full song "Mind Eraser (No Chaser)".  lol @ the outro.

[youtube=425,350]Lgn_ZOyFLiQ[/youtube]

Great song.

Mp3: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y6E5VC09

i really want to hear a studio nobody loves me.

You can preorder the album at iTunes, an the song Mind Eraser, No Chaser, is available for free @ iTunes Mexico!! :D

Album of the Year.

[youtube=425,350]eRiI5bJNIrw[/youtube]

LEAK YOU FUCKER

The leak is close..but for now..play with this

Dead End Friends - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YWWY9PK9

And this...

Nobody Loves Me & Neither Do I - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FEVCZ1O6

what is it that u like in this band?

it just sounds sooo average for me. like typical rock music 40 years ago or whatever

They posted the entire album on their youtube channel.  These guys fucking rock!

http://www.youtube.com/user/themcrookedvultures#p/u/6/pbdxuJ7t3wc

just started listening... sounds like queens of the stoneage...

I have been waiting years for an album this amazing.  I would fuck it if I could. 

Quote from: Nailec on Nov 09, 2009, 07:47 PM
what is it that u like in this band?

it just sounds sooo average for me. like typical rock music 40 years ago or whatever

Straight up kicks my head in every time I listen to it.


And it doesn't really sound like Queens of the Stone Age to me.  John Paul Jones' influence on the album is pretty obvious.  It's funky, it's groovy..the bass lines are chunky..it's beautiful!!!!

Listened one time though.  Pretty solid album. 

Quote from: Nailec on Nov 09, 2009, 07:47 PM
what is it that u like in this band?

it just sounds sooo average for me. like typical rock music 40 years ago or whatever

typical rock music 40 years ago is about a billion times better than typical rock music of the present, so that in itself is a compliment. 

I fucking can't get enough of it.  I hear influences of zeppelin, cream, bowie, and QOTSA, but somehow its also modern and relevant.  THIS is the evolution of rock.  I now have hope for the future of music. 

and I'm still considering fucking this album.

Quote from: BLUMPKIN on Nov 10, 2009, 10:32 PM

Quote from: Nailec on Nov 09, 2009, 07:47 PM
what is it that u like in this band?

it just sounds sooo average for me. like typical rock music 40 years ago or whatever

typical rock music 40 years ago is about a billion times better than typical rock music of the present, so that in itself is a compliment. 

I fucking can't get enough of it.  I hear influences of zeppelin, cream, bowie, and QOTSA, but somehow its also modern and relevant.  THIS is the evolution of rock.  I now have hope for the future of music. 

and I'm still considering fucking this album.

Yeah man, I totally hear zeppelin, and Bowie aswell

Full album:

http://newalbumreleases.net/?p=7830

Album was pretty sexy if i do say so myself. Listened to it last night.

yeah. i liked it a lot. Rock n' fuckin' roll

*Pre-ordered*

Sex in audio format.

I respect Josh more now as a lyricist and a guitarist.  Usually his guitar work is like..all over the place, but it seems tamed and focused in this awesome sort of way.  He's channeling Jimi Hendrix like a mother fucker.  The lyrics blow my mind.  This ain't just another Queens album, boys and girls.  It's a rock revival. 

can't wait to give this a listen when I get home tonight.

Finally got a physical copy of the album today. Been listening on repeat.

Fucking love it. A tad bit too long, but nothing to really complain about.

fucking hell, I still haven't listened to this! thanks for reminding me.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu2J3vaR7Bk#)

they kick so much ass for no reason

Wow, I think you and I finally agree on something!

Quote from: shine down unshy on Dec 08, 2009, 02:42 AM
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu2J3vaR7Bk#)

How is it possible to be that fucking cool? Goddamnit.

Those three = legends.

Look at what Robert Plant is doing now; singing country music with Alison Krauss and then look at John Paul Jones, rocking the shit out as he was 20 years old. Fucking awesome.

really cool video. nice seeing John Paul Jones enjoying himself like that.

+ musical guest on SNL on feb. 6
- host is ashton goocher