Well, its official, I'm a big fan of "super-groups." This band, consisting of John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), Joshua Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), and an unknown fellow by the name of Alain Johannes certainly blew my hair back. I've always thought Queens of the Stone Age was a pretty cool sounding band when I heard them on the radio, but I had no idea Josh (who could be Craig Kilborn's brother they look so much alike, to me anyway) could shred a guitar like that, especially while singing at the same time. They started the night with the David Bowie-like first song on the album "No One Loves Me & Neither Do I" which is a slower groovy tune at the beginning and then jams out to evoke the head-banger inside all of us towards the end. For me, the night was one nostalgic occurrence getting to see the only living member of Led Zeppelin that I hadn't previously seen perform live and seeing Dave, playing like Animal from the Muppets, behind a drum set which I never had the chance to experience from the days of Nirvana. They pretty much covered every song on the album including my fav, the Cream-esqe "Scumbag Blues" and the heavily psychedelic "Interlude With Ludes," with which John Paul Jones broke out a key-tar that brought about an enthusiastic chant from the packed crowd. Each member, except for Dave, had a chance to show off some skills with solos including the unknown Alain who was one hell of a blues guitarist and piano player. They had a background of many diamond shaped light fixtures which illuminated with the tone of the music and made a simplistic yet memorable scene. Josh was very interactive with us and repeatedly said we were one of the best crowds they had played in front of, which is what he probably tells every city, but, was still gratifying to hear. You may have missed your chance to see them live, but the album will be here forever. Hopefully this isn't just a one-time collaboration and they will put out another album in the future. Here is a video of them at what I believe is Reading Festival playing "Mind Eraser, No Chaser."
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