Them Crooked Vultures took the stage right on time at midnight tonight at the Metro in Chicago. They blasted through a generous 80 minute set of powerful rock songs, which attendee Jasun compared to Queens Of The Stone Age “cranked to 40.”
Them Crooked Vultures, just in case you aren’t already aware, is the brand-new “supergroup” consisting of Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age, Dave Grohl of Nirvana / Foo Fighters, and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin.
Homme provided lead vocals, as many expected, though he was backed up by Grohl, as well as Alain Johannes, present for the full set, playing rhythm guitar.
The setlist, according to various earwitness accounts: Elephants, New Fang, Scumbag Blues, Dead End Friends, Bandoliers, Mind Eraser (No Chaser), Gunman, Daffodils, Interlude w/ Ludes, Caligulove, Warsaw, Nobody Loves Me.
John Paul Jones lived up to his reputation as a multi-instrumentalist, playing a 12 string bass, electric keyboard, and even a keytar.
Some highlights from Twitter:
@jgorrell: Some of the most major riffage I’ve heard in years.
@trangelo: Holy shit… It blew my mind. This band is insanely good.
@LedZeppelinNews: My friend at show says, “Heavy, heavy, heavy.”
@NC17: Some nice vocal harmonies and duos tonight. Grohl comfortable singing while drumming.
During the performance, the band’s official site got a minor update, featuring a new animation and a t-shirt for sale. We’ll have news soon on a headlining tour. In the meantime, a fully detailed review of the show can be found here.
Photo by Tyler Angelo.
my boner’s making the table wobble.
Put on Songs for the Deaf and there’s your answer regarding chemistry between the players. Adding John Paul Jones to anything can only be good.
Haven’t seen such a shit-eating grin on Grohl’s face since the Songs For The Deaf sessions. More pics from the show.
Haha those pics are great, agreed he is cheesing his ass off, can’t wait til they come to my neck of the woods,looks great :)
Amazing . . . I’d agree – Queens of the Stone age on cocaine. So good.
I can not wait to hear some tracks.
I love how John Paul looks kind of out of place as the old guy. Rock and roll, none the less.
Yea but he’s still a badass, there’s some videos on youtube, they sound great, it’s shitty audio and I’m sure it sound way better if I were actually there but what I did hear sound amazing, like a mix of zeppilan and queens except a lot louder…”cranked up to 40″?~~sumthin like that…
“Queens of the Stone age on cocaine” How much more?
Just heard the album and it fucking rocks. Haven’t heard anything for a long while that rocks this hard!!!
Welcome back ROCK ‘N ROLL!!!!!