Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures 2009

 

Them Crooked Vultures is an American rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 2009 with American

musician Josh Homme on lead vocals and guitar, English musician John Paul Jones on bass and keyboards, and American musician Dave Grohl on drums and backing vocals. Chilean-American guitarist Alain Johannes also joins the group during live performances. Them Crooked Vultures has been described as hard rock and alternative rock. According to Louder Sound, "Them Crooked Vultures is loaded with ample elements of sludge metal, noise rock, grunge, stoner rock, and a generous dash of classic psychedelic rock sensibilities."
                   

An alt/classic rock supergroup, Them Crooked Vultures feature 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 its 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 its YouTube channel the week after its inaugural gig. The band spent the rest of the summer on the festival circuit, then issued its self-titled debut that fall.
                        

The band began recording in February 2009, and performed its first gig in Chicago on August 9, 2009,

followed by a European debut on August 19. On October 1, the group embarked on the worldwide (excluding Africa, South America, and most Asia) Deserve the Future Tour with dates going into 2010. The band's first single "New Fang" was released in October 2009, followed by its self-titled debut album the following month, which debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200. The group won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance for "New Fang".
                       

After going on hiatus in 2010, each member of the band has expressed interest in reuniting to record a

new album, with conflicting schedules being cited as the primary delay of a full-scale reunion. In September 2022, Them Crooked Vultures reunited for a pair of performances at both London's Wembley Stadium and the Los Angeles Kia Forum, both as part of tribute shows in honour of Foo Fighters' late drummer Taylor Hawkins. In both shows, the group were also joined by Greg Kurstin on keyboards.  
                          

LINE - UP

                    

Josh Homme – lead vocals, guitars, slide guitar
John Paul Jones – bass, keyboards, clavinet, piano, keytar, lap steel guitar, slide bass guitar, mandolin, violin, backing vocals
Dave Grohl – drums, backing vocals

TOURING MEMBERS

Alain Johannes – guitars, slide guitar, bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Greg Kurstin – keyboards (2022)
                                 

Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures
Label: RCA – 88697 61936 2, Sony Music – 88697 61936 2
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released:N ov 1, 2009
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Hard Rock

TRACKS

                  

01. No One Loves Me & Neither Do I    5:10
02. Mind Eraser, No Chaser    4:07
03. New Fang    3:49
04. Dead End Friends    3:16
05. Elephants    6:50
06. Scumbag Blues    4:27
07. Bandoliers    5:43
08. Reptiles    4:16
09. Interlude With Ludes    3:45
10. Warsaw Or The First Breath You Take After You Give Up    7:50
11. Caligulove    4:55
12. Gunman    4:47
13. Spinning In Daffodils    7:28

Flac Size: 685 MB