Have Queens Of The Stone Age Lost The Plot?

[dodgepot]

i think i've heard about two of their songs, which i both liked.

 

[The Groke]

Eponymous through to Songs for the Deaf are stone cold ace - Rated R being their strongest.

Lullabies is very good, but they do need Oliveri IMHO.

Oddly enough though, despite having been into them (well being into Kyuss really, before they even evolved into QOTSA) for ages, I just couldn't be bothered with Era Vulgaris and therefore have no opinion on it.

Still, great band; and the Desert Sessions albums - especially the most recent with PJ Harvey featuring - are also well worth checking out.

 

[John Quays]

Here's some opinions: the first eponymous QOTSA album is great and Rated R okay, Songs For The Deaf fun, pretty cool too. From the little I've heard of Era Vulgaris it seems all right, predictably throwing all the ingredients about into a new mixture.

John Garcia is in Hermano now but I don't much like their new one ...Into The Exam Room. It's a bit crappy, with kids singing on it and that.

I've been rediscovering Kyuss recently, including Sky Valley which I hadn't heard back when it came out. It's a funny thing but they play the music I constantly wish their various spin-off bands would.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I have always found them really MOR. Really rather boring.

 

[fuzzy felt]

i thought lullabies was a fucking great album, but era vulgaris is a turkey! the fact they shoe horned 'make it wit chu' - a song that's a good three or four years old shows just what little faith they had in the album themselves.

i'd still give the delectable mr homme a right-royal rodding though!

 

[Threshers_Flail]

I hate it when band's most recent stuff is bad, it puts me off there old classics. QOTSG were amazing, but i think they'll never be anywhere near as good as they once were.

 

[The Groke]

the fact they shoe horned 'make it wit chu' - a song that's a good three or four years old shows just what little faith they had in the album themselves.

To be fair, a few of the old tracks previously appearing on a Desert Sessions album have then subsequently appeared on a full QOTSA studio release.

 

[xenon]

Only heard Songs for the deaf... Actually the Iponamous / Queens of the New Stone Age album as well. Of that stable, still my favourite is Kyuss's Welcome to Sky Valley. Desert Sessions are fun. but don't get played as much round here.

Will look out for some later QotSA.

 

[The Groke]

Of that stable, still my favourite is Kyuss's Welcome to Sky Valley..

Blues for the Red Sun was always my favourite.

 

[El Jefe]

I've always wanted to like them - Homme seems cool as fuck and very smart, Oliveri was always good value, Kyuss were ace - but they're always been totally mediocre IMO. Rated R had a couple of decent pop hits, but that's it.

They're SO far from this kind of rock behemoth people seem to want them to be. I've seen them live twice and was really disappointed both times..

 

[The Groke]

I've always wanted to like them - Homme seems cool as fuck and very smart, Oliveri was always good value, Kyuss were ace - but they're always been totally mediocre IMO. Rated R had a couple of decent pop hits, but that's it.

They're SO far from this kind of rock behemoth people seem to want them to be. I've seen them live twice and was really disappointed both times..

Shame when a band ends up as less than the sum of it's parts eh?

Oh well - I like em, though I do wish they would ramp it up a little live; they tend to blast through the set at full tilt without really engaging with the crowd too much, so I can perhaps see where you are coming from there, but as a "fan" I was always happy enough to see them play.

Surprised actually, never had you pegged as a Kyuss fan.



ETA: What did you think of the slightly rawer Desert Sessions stuff - especially the tracks with Polly Jean on the last album?

 

[xenon]

Blues for the Red Sun was always my favourite.

I think Gardenia was the first Kyuss song I heard back in 94. Loved the thick rolling rumble of sound. Of the Kyuss albums I've got, it's the one I return to most.

Just Wiki'd QotSA's discography. There's a whole raft of bands I'm gonna have to track down now.

 

[The Groke]

Loved the thick rolling rumble of sound.

Usually attributed to Josh Homme playing his guitar through bass amps - nice and crunchy.

I got into Masters Of Reality via QOTSA/Kyuss - Down in the Hole is well worth checking out IMHO - perhaps a little lighter and more eclectic than the stuff that usually gets lumped into "Desert Rock".