Eagles of Death Metal

Eagles of Death Metal is an American garage rock band formed by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. While Hughes is the leader of the band, Homme is its best known member due to his history as leader of Queens of the Stone Age and as a member of Kyuss.

Biography

Eagles of Death Metal formed in Palm Desert, California in 1998 and first appeared on Josh Homme's The Desert Sessions Volumes 3 & 4, released that year. Over the next few years, Homme became distracted from the band due to the success of Queens of the Stone Age. However, the band finally released an album on March 23 2004: Peace, Love, Death Metal.

The debut album appeared to be a favourite of advertisers, as several songs from it were used in American television commercials including those for Comcast, Payless ShoeSource, Nissan Motors, Budweiser, Pontiac Motors, Wendys, as well as in the trailer for the film Thank You for Smoking.

The band returned on April 11 2006 with their sophomore effort Death by Sexy. During the first half of 2006 they toured in support of The Strokes and headlined their own US tour with openers The Giraffes followed by dates opening for Peaches.Their first single (I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)) has recieved massive playtime on radio, and internet radio stations.

Etymology

Despite the name, Eagles of Death Metal is not a death metal band. Hughes says the name came from a response to a drunken man who argued Poison were death metal. He said that Poison were "the Eagles of death metal". Later, Josh Homme inspired him to write music that he thought would be the Eagles crossed with death metal, and their debut album was the result. In a 2003 interview Homme described the sound of the band as a combination of "bluegrass slide guitar mixed with stripper drum beats and Canned Heat vocals"^*.

Members

Primary members

Other contributors on albums and/or on tour

One of the earliest Eagles of Death Metal shows featured a line-up consisting of Hughes, a second guitarist named Rick and a CD player with pre-recorded drum beats. This show took place at The Knitting Factory in Los Angeles and among other things featured a cover of AC/DC's "High Voltage."

Discography

Albums

Other appearances

"The Gosso King of Crater Lake", "Hogleg" and "You Keep Talkin'" on The Desert Sessions: Volumes 3 & 4 (1998)

External links

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