Eagles of Death Metal is an American
rock
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band from
Palm Desert, California
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, formed in 1998. Founded by
Jesse Hughes (vocals, guitar) and
Josh Homme
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(drums), the band also includes a wide range of other musicians who perform both on the band's studio albums and at live shows. Hughes and Homme are the only permanent members of the band, with Homme rarely performing at live shows due to commitment to his other band,
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age (commonly abbreviated QOTSA) is an American rock band formed in 1996 in Palm Desert, California. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme, who has been the only constant member throughout multiple line- ...
. The band's current touring line-up includes Hughes alongside Josh Jove (guitar), Eden Galindo (guitar),
Jennie Vee
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Vee grew up listening to Hole, Th ...
(bass) and Jorma Vik (drums).
Despite their name, Eagles of Death Metal are not a
death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...
band, and the name is intended to be humorous. In a 2003 interview, Homme described the sound of the band as a combination of "
bluegrass slide guitar
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mixed with stripper drum beats and
Canned Heat
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vocals." Hughes is known for his enthusiastic interaction with audiences at live performances.
Name origin
In a video interview taken at a Converse Music-sponsored event at the
Soho Revue Bar
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in
London
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, Hughes states that he and Homme were in a bar watching a man dance to the song "
Wind of Change" by the
Scorpions
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. When asked what he was doing, the man yelled, "This is death metal, dude!", to which Homme replied, "No, it's not. This is like the
Eagles
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of death metal." An alternative story concerning the origin of the band name claims that the name originated during an exchange in which a friend of Homme was attempting to convert Hughes to the death metal genre. When the friend played a song by the
Polish
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band
Vader and made a claim that the song was within the death metal genre, Homme then referred to Vader as "the Eagles of death metal". After hearing this phrase, Hughes wondered what a cross between the Eagles and a death metal band would sound like.
History
Early years (1998–2003)
Eagles of Death Metal formed in
Palm Desert, California
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, in 1998 and first appeared on Josh Homme's
The Desert Sessions
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''
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
Queens of the Stone Age (commonly abbreviated QOTSA) is an American rock band formed in 1996 in Palm Desert, California. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme, who has been the only constant member throughout multiple line- ...
. However, in an October 2008 interview, he reaffirmed his commitment to the band saying, "This isn't a side project for me. I'm in two bands. I have musical
schizophrenia
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, and this is one of those personalities. In brief they are amazing."
''Peace, Love, Death Metal'' (2004–2005)
The band released their debut album, ''
Peace, Love, Death Metal'', in March 2004. Several songs from the album were used in American
television commercials
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including those for
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,
Comcast
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,
Payless ShoeSource
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,
Nissan Motors
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,
Budweiser
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,
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Motors and
Wendy's
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, as well as in the trailer for the film ''
Thank You for Smoking
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'' and for a promotional disc for the film ''
Grindhouse
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,'' which was available at
Hot Topic
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stores prior to the film's release. The first song on the album, "I Only Want You", was also used on the soundtrack for the
PS2
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game ''
Gran Turismo 4
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'', as well as by
Microsoft
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in advertising for the launch of
Windows 8
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.
Globe Shoes, a manufacturer of
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shoes, has featured the song in the montage section of episode 1 in their new series of skate films entitled, ''United By Fate''. "Miss Alissa" was featured on
Nike
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's
FIFA World Cup 2014
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campaign video. The video is entitled "Winner Stays" and featured footballers
Cristiano Ronaldo
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,
Andrea Pirlo
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,
Neymar
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,
Tim Howard and many others.
''Death by Sexy'' (2006–2007)
Eagles of Death Metal returned on April 11, 2006, with their second effort, ''
Death by Sexy
''Death by Sexy'' is the second album by the American rock group Eagles of Death Metal. It was rumoured to be released in summer 2005 but was pushed back to April 11, 2006.
The album cover of ''Death by Sexy'' has elements similar to the covers o ...
''. During the first half of 2006, they toured in support of
The Strokes
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and headlined their own U.S. tour with openers
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, followed by dates opening for
Peaches
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as well as performing with
Joan Jett
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. In the fall of 2006, the band had an opening support slot with
Guns N' Roses
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, but this lasted for only one show.
Axl Rose
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referred to the band as "Pigeons of Shit Metal" from the stage that night, which resulted in Eagles of Death Metal using the phrase on a T-shirt.
The track "Chase the Devil" from the album was included in the soundtrack for ''
Tony Hawk's Project 8
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''. Not only that, the track "Don't Speak (I Came to Make a Bang!)" was part of the soundtrack for
Electronic Arts
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' ''
Need for Speed: Carbon''. "Cherry Cola" was used in a Microsoft
Zune
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commercial, and "Don't Speak" was featured in ''
Epic Movie
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'', where the band is seen playing it live; in addition, the song was used in a
Guy Ritchie
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-directed
Nike
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ad ahead of
UEFA Euro 2008
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. The song "
I Want You So Hard" was also featured on the
HBO
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series ''
True Blood
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The serie ...
'' during the credit sequence of episode 8 in season 1. The track "I Got A Feeling (Just Nineteen)" was featured in the TV show ''
Criminal Minds
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'' in the
season 2 Season 2 may refer to:
* ''Season 2'' (Infinite album)
* '' 2econd Season''
See also
*
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episode "Sex, Birth, Death". It plays during the part of the episode when the BAU visit Nathan Harris (played by
Anton Yelchin
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) at his home.
''Heart On'' (2008–2009)
On October 21, 2008, ahead of their third album release, the Eagles of Death Metal performed a live concert at the Hollywood & Highland Virgin Megastore in Los Angeles for the launch of the video game ''
Midnight Club: Los Angeles''. The first single from the third album, "Wannabe in L.A.", is also in the game. The song is also featured in the music rhythm game ''
Guitar Hero 5
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'' and the racing game
DiRT 2
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. "I'm Your Torpedo" and "High Voltage" were also featured in the 2009
Austin
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set film,
''Whip It''. Furthermore, "Now I'm A Fool" was used in the 2012 film ''Silver Linings Playbook''. The track "High Voltage" from ''
Heart On
''Heart On'' is the third studio album from United States, American rock band Eagles of Death Metal, released on October 28, 2008.
When asked about the album, lead singer Jesse Hughes (musician), Jesse Hughes stated: "EODM's latest fabulous weap ...
'' was featured in an online campaign for
Head & Shoulders
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in 2010.
Their third album, titled ''
Heart On
''Heart On'' is the third studio album from United States, American rock band Eagles of Death Metal, released on October 28, 2008.
When asked about the album, lead singer Jesse Hughes (musician), Jesse Hughes stated: "EODM's latest fabulous weap ...
'', was released on October 28, 2008 (November 4, 2008 in Canada), and was accompanied by a North American tour. On February 4, 2009, Eagles of Death Metal performed on a live webcast for Fuel.tv as part of their Heart On tour and performed as a warm up act on tour with
Arctic Monkeys
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.
In 2010, touring bassist
Brian O'Connor was diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo
chemotherapy
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. Josh Homme, along with
Dave Grohl
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and
John Paul Jones
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, announced a concert at the
Brixton Academy
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in London to raise money for O'Connor's treatment.
Abby Travis filled in on the bass while O'Connor recovered.
In September 2011, Hughes released his debut solo album, ''
Honkey Kong'', under the sobriquet Boots Electric.
''Zipper Down'' (2013–2015)
On October 19, 2013, Hughes posted a video of studio footage on his
Instagram
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account, specifying that a new Eagles of Death Metal album due next year was in the works. Homme announced that the band would play two headliner shows in the
UK, one at the KOKO in London and one at the infamous Garage in
Glasgow
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. Homme later confirmed that the band is playing the second stage at Download. In June 2015, the band announced that their next album, ''
Zipper Down
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'', would be released on October 2. The first single from the album, titled "
Complexity
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", was made available for streaming on
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's website.
["Eagles Of Death Metal at Tel Aviv – I Only Want You", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R5sQSrYIgA]
Bataclan attack (2015)
On November 13, 2015, Eagles of Death Metal were playing a sold-out concert to about 1,500 guests at the
Bataclan
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theatre in
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. The band had started performing the song "Kiss the Devil" when
Islamist terrorists killed about 90 fans. According to reports, the terrorists shot indiscriminately into the crowd, including those seeking cover by lying on the floor, and then detonated explosive vests when the theatre was stormed by special police units. Hughes escaped via the backstage, along with guitarist Eden Galindo and drummer
Julian Dorio
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Biography
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, while bassist
Matt McJunkins
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, who was on the other side of the stage, ran backstage and sought shelter in a dressing room with some fans. Guitarist
Dave Catching
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retreated to a small bathroom and was later evacuated along with McJunkins by French police. Among those killed in the attack was 36 year old Nick Alexander, who worked at the band's merchandise table during the group's European tour.
Following the attack, a
Facebook
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campaign was created by
Jon Morter
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with the intention of getting the band's cover of the
Duran Duran
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song "
Save a Prayer" to number one on the
UK Singles Chart
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. The campaign was promoted by Duran Duran and headed up by Duran Duran frontman
Simon Le Bon
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, who promised to donate their proceeds from the sale to charity. The song ultimately peaked at number 53 for the chart dated the week after the attack.
![U2 and Eagles of Death Metal in Paris Dec 7 2015](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/U2_and_Eagles_of_Death_Metal_in_Paris_Dec_7_2015.jpg)
Eagles of Death Metal issued a statement about the attacks on November 18, thanking "the French police, the
F.B.I.
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, the U.S. and French State Departments, and especially all those at ground zero with us who helped each other as best they could during this unimaginable ordeal, proving once again that love overshadows evil." On November 25, ''
Vice
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'' posted an interview with the band members, including Homme, about the attacks and their aftermath. During the interview, a shaken Hughes told ''Vice'' founder
Shane Smith that the band plans to finish their European tour in memory of those who died at their concert.
Homme encouraged musicians of any genre to cover the band's song "I Love You All the Time", and all of the subsequent proceeds due to the band would be donated to his charity Sweet Stuff Foundation, which would then be donated to the victims of the attack.
The song was subsequently covered by several artists, including
My Morning Jacket
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,
Dean Ween Group,
Savages,
Matt Cameron
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,
Alain Johannes
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,
Petra Haden
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,
Florence and the Machine
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,
Kings of Leon
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,
Ed Harcourt
Edward Henry Richard Harcourt-Smith (born 14 August 1977) is an English singer-songwriter. To date, he has released six studio albums, two EPs, and thirteen singles. His debut album, ''Here Be Monsters'', was nominated for the 2001 Mercury Priz ...
,
Mini Mansions
Mini Mansions are an American band founded by Zach Dawes, Tyler Parkford, and Queens of the Stone Age bassist Michael Shuman. Mini Mansions' style has been compared to The Beatles, Elliott Smith, and Fountains of Wayne (though this comparison ha ...
,
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona. The band is composed of lead vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch, and drummer Zach Lind. They h ...
,
and
Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons is an American pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, consisting of lead singer Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee and drummer Daniel Platzman. The band first gained exposure with the release of their sing ...
.
In December 2015,
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. The band's lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guita ...
issued a single featuring Matt Cameron's cover of "I Love You All the Time" and their own live rendition of the EODM song "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)" that they performed live at their November 22 concert in
Rio de Janeiro
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. As with the covers, the proceeds from the single were donated to the Sweet Stuff Foundation.
On December 7, the band – without Homme – appeared on stage at a
U2 concert at the
AccorHotels Arena
Accor Arena (originally known as Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, and previously as AccorHotels Arena; also known as Bercy in competitions where commercial names are prohibited, such as in the Olympic Games) is an indoor sports arena and concer ...
in Paris in their first concert appearance since the attack. The bands performed a cover of
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946)
is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album '' Horses''.
Called the "punk poe ...
's "
People Have the Power
"People Have the Power" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith, and released as a lead single from Patti Smith's 1988 album '' Dream of Life''. The cover photograph is by Robert Mapplethorpe. The music video is filmed mostly ...
" together before Eagles of Death Metal performed "I Love You All the Time". In a statement following the performance, Hughes thanked U2 and said that the band would return to Paris in February 2016. The following day, the band revisited the Bataclan to pay their respects to the victims of the attack.
Nos Amis Tour and controversy (2016–2018)
![Eagles of Death Metal - Rock am Ring 2019-5704](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Eagles_of_Death_Metal_-_Rock_am_Ring_2019-5704.jpg)
In December 2015, the band announced the resumption of their European tour, which they had renamed the "Nos Amis Tour" ("Our Friends Tour").
The tour included a date at the
Olympia
The name Olympia may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film
* ''Olympia'' (1938 film), by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games
* ''Olympia'' (1998 film), about a Mexican soap opera star who pursues a career as an athlet ...
in Paris on February 16. Ticket holders from the November show at the Bataclan were able to attend the Olympia concert for free.
In an interview with
Fox Business Channel
Fox Business (officially known as Fox Business Network, or FBN) is an American business news channel and website publication owned by the Fox News Media division of Fox Corporation. The channel broadcasts primarily from studios at 1211 Avenue ...
in March 2016, Hughes claimed that some members of the
Bataclan
Bataclan may refer to:
*'' Ba-ta-clan'', a 1855 operetta by Jacques Offenbach
* Bataclan (theatre), a theatre in Paris named after the operetta
**Bataclan theatre massacre, November 2015 Paris attacks
Music
*''Bataclan 1989'', by Maxime Le Fores ...
security staff were complicit in the attack.
Hughes subsequently apologized for his comments following condemnation from French officials and the owners of the Bataclan.
The band were dropped from the lineup of the
Rock en Seine
Rock en Seine () is a three-day rock music festival, held at Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, the Château de Saint-Cloud's park, west of Paris, inside the garden designed by André Le Nôtre.
Name
The name is a pun, based on exactly the sam ...
festival for these and other comments. At the reopening of the Bataclan in November 2016, Hughes and another band member were reportedly denied entry by staff due to Hughes' comments. However, according to the band's manager, Hughes never attempted to enter the club, though he was in Paris at the time of the concert.
A documentary directed by
Colin Hanks
Colin Lewes Hanks (born November 24, 1977) is an American actor. He has starred in films including ''Orange County'', ''King Kong'', ''The House Bunny'', ''The Great Buck Howard'', and the ''Jumanji'' film series. His television credits include ' ...
, son of
Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...
, about the band and the aftermath of the
Bataclan
Bataclan may refer to:
*'' Ba-ta-clan'', a 1855 operetta by Jacques Offenbach
* Bataclan (theatre), a theatre in Paris named after the operetta
**Bataclan theatre massacre, November 2015 Paris attacks
Music
*''Bataclan 1989'', by Maxime Le Fores ...
attack, entitled ''
Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends)'', premiered in February 2017 on
HBO
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. The band was announced as a supporting act alongside
Russian Circles
Russian Circles is an American instrumental band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was originally formed by childhood friends Mike Sullivan and Dave Turncrantz after their previous musical projects dissolved. After parting ways with their ori ...
on
Mastodon
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's Spring 2017 tour in the United States. During the first show of the tour on April 14 in
Missoula, Montana
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, Hughes introduced Jennie Vee as the new bassist for Eagles of Death Metal. On March 28, 2017
Jay Chandrasekhar
Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard ...
announced on
Vimeo
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that Eagles of Death Metal was scoring the movie ''
Super Troopers 2
''Super Troopers 2'' is a 2018 American comedy film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. A sequel to the 2001 film '' Super Troopers'', the film was written by and stars the Broken Lizard comedy team, made up of Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, St ...
''.
On April 26, 2017, the Spanish police announced that one of the nine men arrested the previous day in connection with the
March 2016 terrorist attacks in Brussels was spotted and questioned outside the band's concert venue in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
on September 10, 2016. According to the police source, he was subsequently put under surveillance, as were his entourage, which eventually led to the arrest of the nine men on April 25, 2017, in and around Barcelona.
On December 31, 2018, the band played a New Year's Eve Show at
The Catalyst
"The Catalyst" is a song by the American rock band Linkin Park. Released on August 2, 2010, it is the first single from their fourth studio album, '' A Thousand Suns'', which was released on September 8, 2010. The music video for the song, direc ...
, a nightclub in
Santa Cruz, California
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. During the set the band played "Kiss the Devil" for the first time in three years. Singer Jesse Hughes announced to the crowd before playing the song that the band "was taking back a song taken from them", and after singing the song expressed his appreciation to the crowd for being a part of reclaiming his song.
Style and influences
Eagles of Death Metal's music has been described as
garage rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The sty ...
,
blues rock
Blues rock is a fusion music genre that combines elements of blues and rock music. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock (electric guitar, electric bass guitar, and drums, sometimes w ...
,
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
,
rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the Southern United States, South. As a genre it blends the sound of Western music (North America), Western music ...
,
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
,
boogie rock
Boogie rock is a style of blues rock music that developed in the late 1960s. Its key feature is a repetitive driving rhythm, which emphasizes the groove. Although inspired by earlier musical styles, boogie rock has been described as "heavier" or " ...
,
desert rock,
punkabilly
Psychobilly is a rock music fusion genre that fuses elements of rockabilly and punk rock. It's been defined as "loud frantic rockabilly music", it has also been said that it "takes the traditional countrified rock style known as rockabilly, ram ...
,
garage punk
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,
glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by musicians who wore outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter. Glam artists drew on diver ...
,
rock and roll
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,
swamp rock
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, and "
rockabilly-metal".
The sound has been noted for containing elements of
bluegrass and
funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...
,
and has also been described as "a mash-up of
punk
Punk or punks may refer to:
Genres, subculture, and related aspects
* Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres
* Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...
, rockabilly and
Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the album era, rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the g ...
-style
boogie
Boogie is a repetitive, swung note or shuffle rhythm,Burrows, Terry (1995). ''Play Country Guitar'', p.42. Dorling Kindersley Limited, London. . "groove" or pattern used in blues which was originally played on the piano in boogie-woogie mus ...
".
Members
Members
*
Jesse Hughes a.k.a. The Devil/Boots Electric – lead vocals, guitar, bass, various other instruments
(1998–present)
*
Josh Homme
Joshua Michael Homme ( ; born May 17, 1973) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the founder, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the rock band Queens of the Stone Age, which he form ...
a.k.a. Carlo Von Sexron/DP Pete/Baby Duck/Zombie Zebra – drums, bass, backing vocals, guitar, various other instruments
(1998–present)
Current live members
*
Jennie Vee
Jennie Vee is a songwriter, guitarist and bassist from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. She has played bass with Courtney Love, supported Echo and The Bunnymen and the Manic Street Preachers and played with Tamaryn.
Vee grew up listening to Hole, Th ...
– bass, vocals
*Josh Jové – guitar
*Eden Galindo – guitar, vocals
*Jorma Vik – drums, percussion
Past contributors
*
Tim Vanhamel
Tim Wessel Vanhamel (born 11 December 1977 in Zonhoven, Belgium) is a Belgium, Belgian Rock music, rock musician who has been a member of and performed with a number of bands including Evil Superstars, Deus (band), Deus and Eagles of Death Metal. ...
a.k.a. Timmy/Tipover – guitar (2003–2004)
*
Claude Coleman a.k.a. Sugardick – drums (2004, 2012)
*
Brian O'Connor a.k.a. Big Hands/BOC – bass, vocals (2005–2014)
*
Samantha Maloney
Samantha Maloney (born December 11, 1975) is an American musician best known for playing in the bands Hole and Mötley Crüe. She has also performed live with Eagles of Death Metal and Peaches.
Early career
Maloney received her first drum-kit a ...
a.k.a. Hot Damn Sweet Sam – drums (2005)
*
Gene Trautmann
Gene Trautmann (born 1966) is a former drummer for Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Dig, and the Miracle Workers.
Biography
Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Trautmann started playing along to records when he was 11 or 12. ...
a.k.a. Teen Dream – drums (2006–2008)
*
Joey Castillo
Joseph William Castillo (born March 30, 1966) is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known for being the drummer of the hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a member of Circle Jerks, The Bronx an ...
a.k.a. The Sexy-Mexy – drums (2005, 2008–2012)
*Jeff Friedl a.k.a. The White
Don Cheadle
Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (; born November 29, 1964) is an American actor. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including two Grammy Awards, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also earned ...
– drums, keys (2015)
*
Julian Dorio
Julian Dorio (born November 26, 1981) is an American drummer. He is a founding member of the rock band The Whigs.
Biography
Julian started drumming at the age of 6, as an original member of the Flying Dorios. The band included his father an ...
– drums (2015–2016)
*
Matt McJunkins
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– bass guitar (2015–2017)
*
Stefan Olsdal
Bo Stefan Alexander Olsdal (born 31 March 1974) is a Swedish-Luxembourgish bassist/guitarist of the alternative rock band Placebo, he is part of the electronic band Digital 21 + Stefan Olsdal and launched the electronic/dance remix at Hotel Perso ...
– of
Placebo
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In general ...
, bass when the two bands toured together in 2003
*
Abby Travis – Covered bass for O'Connor (2010)
*
Dean Fertita
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– Also covered for O'Connor. Played keys on ''
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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''
*Jon Russo – keyboard on the ''Zipper Down'' tour.
*
Jack Black
Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his acting roles in the films '' High Fidelity'' (2000), ''Shallow Hal'' (2001), ''Orange County'' (2002), '' School of Rock'' (2003), ''E ...
a.k.a. Blackjack/Jeff Boyles
– vocals
*
Dave Grohl
David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He is the founder of the rock band Foo Fighters, in which he is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter. Prior to forming Foo Fighters, he was the drummer of gru ...
a.k.a. Diablo – guitar
*Wendy Rae Fowler a.k.a. Wendy Ramone/Wendy Ray Moan – backing vocals on ''
Death by Sexy
''Death by Sexy'' is the second album by the American rock group Eagles of Death Metal. It was rumoured to be released in summer 2005 but was pushed back to April 11, 2006.
The album cover of ''Death by Sexy'' has elements similar to the covers o ...
''
*
Brody Dalle
Brody Dalle (born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson; 1 January 1979) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician. She began playing music in her adolescence and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18, where she founded the punk rock band The Di ...
a.k.a. Queen Bee – vocals
*
Alain Johannes
Alain Johannes Mociulski (born May 2, 1962) is a Chilean-American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, whose primary instruments are guitar and bass. He is a founding member of several bands, including the alternative rock group Eleven, and has ...
– piano, horns, vocals, engineering, mixing and mastering on several recordings and played mandolin on ''
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that first aired from May 25, 1992, to May 29, 2009. It resumed production on March 1, 2010 and ended on February 6, 2014.
The fourth incarnation of the ...
''
*
Troy Van Leeuwen
Troy Van Leeuwen (born January 5, 1970) is an American musician and record producer. He is best known as a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist in the rock band Queens of the Stone Age, with whom he has recorded four studio albums. Joining the b ...
a.k.a. Lefty Trizzle – piano and backing vocals on ''Death by Sexy'' and backing vocals on ''Heart On'' as well as guitar and backing vocals on several live performances
*
Liam Lynch – vocals, music videos
*
Nick Oliveri
Nick Steven Oliveri (born October 21, 1971) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. He is perhaps best known as a former bassist of Kyuss and later Queens of the Stone Age from 1998 to 2004. Oliveri is also a solo artist and ...
– bass on ''Peace, Love, Death Metal''.
*
Natasha Shneider
Natasha Shneider (May 22, 1956 – July 2, 2008), born Natalia Mikhailovna Schneiderman (russian: Наталья Михайловна Шнайдерман, ), was a Latvian-born Russian-American musician and actress. She was most notably the keyb ...
– vocals on ''Peace, Love, Death Metal''
*
Taylor Hawkins
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– drums
*
Mark Lanegan
Mark William Lanegan (November 25, 1964 – February 22, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and poet. First becoming prominent as the lead singer for the early grunge band Screaming Trees, he was also known as a member of Queens of the St ...
– vocals
*Tuesday Cross – additional vocals on ''Zipper Down'' and keyboard on the ''Zipper Down'' tour.
*
Juliette Lewis
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– additional vocals on ''Zipper Down''.
*
Matt Sweeney
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Early life and education
Sweeney was born in New Jersey. His father was John D. Sweeney, a professo ...
– additional guitar on ''Zipper Down''.
*
Tony Bevilacqua
Anthony Peter Bevilacqua (born July 23, 1976) is an American musician. He is currently guitarist with The Distillers
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– horns on ''Heart On''
*
Kat Von D – vocals on ''Heart On''
*Micah Hughes – drums on their cover of
"Addicted To Love", backing vocals.
*
Rat Scabies
Christopher John Millar (born 30 July 1955), known by his stage name Rat Scabies, is a musician best known as the drummer for English punk rock band the Damned.
Career
Millar was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. He played drums with Tor ...
– guest appearances with the band at their London shows in 2008, 2009 and 2015.
*
Brent Hinds
William Brent Hinds (born January 16, 1974) is an American musician best known as a member of the Atlanta, Georgia metal band Mastodon, in which he shares guitar duties with Bill Kelliher and vocal duties with Troy Sanders and Brann Dailor.
Hi ...
– guest guitar on tour in 2017
*
Dave Catching
David Catching (born June 7, 1961) is an American musician from Memphis, Tennessee. He is a founding member of the California stoner rock band earthlings?, a touring member of Eagles of Death Metal and the co-founder of the Rancho De La Luna re ...
a.k.a. Darlin' Dave/Davey Jo – guitar, vocals, slide bass
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Peace, Love, Death Metal'' (2004)
* ''
Death by Sexy
''Death by Sexy'' is the second album by the American rock group Eagles of Death Metal. It was rumoured to be released in summer 2005 but was pushed back to April 11, 2006.
The album cover of ''Death by Sexy'' has elements similar to the covers o ...
'' (2006)
* ''
Heart On
''Heart On'' is the third studio album from United States, American rock band Eagles of Death Metal, released on October 28, 2008.
When asked about the album, lead singer Jesse Hughes (musician), Jesse Hughes stated: "EODM's latest fabulous weap ...
'' (2008)
* ''
Zipper Down
''Zipper Down'' is the fourth studio album from American rock band Eagles of Death Metal. It was released on October 2, 2015. The first single, "Complexity", was made available for streaming on Pitchfork Media's website in June 2015. The entire a ...
'' (2015)
* ''EODM Presents Boots Electric Performing the Best Songs We Never Wrote'' (2019)
Notes
References
External links
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