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At Morning Edition, we've been finishing 2009 by catching up on great music we didn't get a chance to tell you about this year. On the last day of the year, it's Them Crooked Vultures.
The story starts with a birthday party for Dave Grohl, who first became famous as the drummer for Nirvana, and later as the frontman for Foo Fighters. His party guests included John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age.
The trio sat down in a castle at a Medieval Times restaurant in Southern California. It featured knights in armor and live jousting.
"We began to talk over dragon's-breath soup, which is what they were serving," Homme says.
The idea looked good on paper.
"It read well," Homme says. "And so, after that initial meeting, we decided to test that paper chemistry, and we decided we had real chemistry."
They tested it in a secret jam session.
"The first one was sort of exploring the edges of our musicality together and trying to stump each other and realizing that wasn't very easy," Homme says.
So they came back for a second day and, in time, wrote an album. It was a chance for two younger musicians to play with one of the biggest stars of the '70s.
"You got this age thing — they're not that young," Jones says, laughing.
For Grohl, it was also a chance to return to his old instrument: the drums. For 15 years, he's been singing and playing guitar with Foo Fighters.
"Playing drums is like dancing," Grohl says. "People who think about their dancing aren't the greatest dancers in the world. And people who don't have to think about their drumming — they're some of the best drummers in the world. I don't really have to worry about it. I just do it."
As they play, the members of Them Crooked Vultures say they learn from each other.
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Now, this dance started up in Seattle...
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Them Crooked Vultures played a secret show at the Leeds Festival on Friday (August 28), then one at the Reading Festival on Saturday (29).
Them Crooked Vultures will play:
Plymouth Pavilions (December 10)
Portsmouth Guildhall (11)
Blackpool Empress Ballroom (13)
Birmingham O2 Academy (14)
Edinburgh Corn Exchange (15)
London HMV Hammersmith Apollo (17)
Tickets for the December tour go on sale at 10am (BST) on Friday (September 4).
To check the availability of Them Crooked Vultures tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/TICKETS now, or call 0871 230 1094.
The band have also announced the following north American dates:
Austin Stubb's (October 1)
Nashville War Memorial (5)
Columbus LC Pavilion (6)
Detroit The Fillmore (8)
Toronto Sound Academy (9)
Boston House of Blues (11)
Philadelphia Electric Factory (12)
Washington DC 930 Club (14)
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I was one of the very, very lucky 1,000 souls who was able to see the world debut performance of supergroup "Them Crooked Vulchers," in Chicago this past weekend. The band includes Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. It was a miracle that we got tickets, they sold out in 2 minutes. And it wasn't cheap. And we waited in line for 4 1/2 hours to see them play. But every dollar and minute was worth it once these 3 music wizards walked onto stage and the crowd exploding in applause. I knew I was witnessing music history.
None of their album had been leaked onto the internet so no one in the crowd knew what to expect. The crowd whispered while waiting, "Are they going to play Zeppelin covers?" and "Will Grohl be on drums?" Everyone was clueless. But we knew it would be great either way.
And it was. The group put on an astonishing 80 minute performance of their entire album that was so hard and rocking, most of the time I stood there in awe. Dave Grohl was in his zone. He is such an incredible performer to watch. John Paul Jones seemed to revert back to his days with Zeppelin, pulling out bass instruments I never even knew existed. And Homme was busy on lead guitar and vocals, seducing the audience. Think loud, heavy, and bringing back a sound I thought rock n' roll had lost for some time. It was truly a night to remember and one to go down in the books. Definitely look out for their album coming out sometime later this year.
I'm sitting here typing this with my wrist band still on, and I'm thinking of keeping it on for a few more days...I was one of the very, very lucky 1,000 souls who was able to see the world debut... more
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Slideshow of cellphone pictures taken while painting Led Zeppelin with white acrylic on vinyl records. See an interview of me, Daniel Edlen, at http://www.vinylart.info along with lots of examples.
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Legendary rock group Led Zeppelin is finished! While there was talk of a 2009 tour, that has all gone by the wayside because singer Robert Plant had no interest in joining band mates Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones for a reunion.
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Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones rock out with the Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium.Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones rock out with the Foo Fighters at... more
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"The great thing about this band, unlike almost any other band that you could think of, is that every single day there is a new 13-year-old kid who's just starting to get into music" and will discover the group, said David Dorn, senior vice president of e-commerce at Rhino Entertainment, which is marketing the band's catalogue. "That's a customer that's coming along for the future."
Word."The great thing about this band, unlike almost any other band that you could... more
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