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Eagles Of Death Metal play to packed studio of two!
The musical treats continue during my week as Gideon Coe: today, Jesse Hughes and Gene Trautman of the Eagles Of Death Metal, doing a stripped-down version of what they did as a full band on stage last night at Camden's Electric Ballroom, where, I'm told, certain among their fans were wearing false moustaches in honour of Jesse. He turned out, perhaps inevitably, to be quite a character, speaking candidly (before going on-air) of the "beautiful Polish chicks" in whom they wallowed last night at their hotel when other folk were asleep. They look the part, don't they? The music they play is basically heads-down, no-nonsense boogie, but they do it with such spirit - and cowbell. So, yet again, I find myself in the position of having a fabulous live band playing two songs at me. Jax was also in the studio, but that still means audience members equal band members.
There's a story Jesse told once in interview about him having relations with a married woman whose fella came home early. Despite, as Jesse remembers it, smelling of sex, he attempted to avoid violent retribution by telling the cuckolded gentleman he was gay. And it worked. You can sort of see how. There is a thin line between cartoon heterosexual and gay.
Oh, by the way, no fist-to-heart gesturing, but both Jesse and Gene made a real effort to come and thank everybody before they left. What nice men.
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Josh Homme, the lead singer of Queens Of The Stone Age often drums for them. Do you like them, Andrew?
I do, I do.
Hmm, perhaps other people in the hotel weren't asleep, for any number of reasons.
Dirty sexy sounds to put the fear of god in you - isn't that what rock 'n' roll is all about?
The Eagles of Death Metal were the first act to perform at the Foo Fighters show in Manchester in June.
Was at first disappointed we weren't getting Queens Of The Stone Age who had performed at the London gig...until the band started playing. I then found that I preferred them to QotSA!
Wasn't that impressed with Angels & Airwaves at the same gig though or The Strokes for that matter. The Subways did a great set though.
What I meant was how do they know everybody else in the hotel wasn't having relations too.
I believe Gene Trautmann was in QOTSA for the Rated R album, but then left to start his own band.
Is Gene full time drumming for EODM now?
I bought Queens Of The Stone Age's latest album mainly for their song Little Sister but for the past few days I have become obsessed with their song Burn The Witch! That guiat bit is truly amazing.
I liked the interview Jesse (think it was him) did for Musicweek, came across as a decent bloke who spoke some sense. Wouldn't sleep with him though.
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