This band's style is exactly what you would think it would sound like just by reading that alone. Its like Led Zeppelin and Eagles of Death Metal had sex then produced a baby. Then that said love child grew up unaware of its parents but instead got drunk a lot from living in this sad world. That was until the day of destiny which it heard Dave Grohl on drums for the first time. That child returned from flesh to its rightful form of sound and infused itself with the drum/cymbal beats. That fusion can only be described visually as two exhales of smoke coming from opposite directions meeting. They are instantly lost in each other but seem like they should have been together all along.
Dave Grohl met Josh Homme when he accepted the offer to record drums for a Queens of the Stoneage album, "Songs for the Deaf" which released back in 2002. John Paul Jones recorded several instruments for the Foo Fighters 2 disc release, "In Your Honor" (a tribute album to his close friend, Kurt) back in 2005. Shortly after that album dropped Dave commented in an interview with Mojo Magazine, "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." No members of the described project commented on his declaration. In fact, until Dave's birthday in early 2009, Josh Homme had not yet met John Paul Jones. At the event, which was held at a Medieval Times, Dave arranged for the two to sit next to each other*. The three soon sat down and scheduled to record from February through July of 2009. The album dropped last November and the band just finished the North American Leg of their international tour while being put on countless "top albums of 2009" lists.
It is my humble opinion that this band/project is one for the history books. They are a sick fusion of folk/rock/prog. I urge any rock...nay...music lover to buy this album immediately.
Now, now I go to sleep...
