Album Review: Them Crooked Vultures, "Them Crooked Vultures" (Interscope)
The worst thing about supergroups is that they're never as much fun on record as they are on paper. Putting Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme, Nirvana and Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones together in the studio and on the road seems like a no-brainer, a lineup of all-star--if not Hall of Fame--caliber, but does it work in practice? Them Crooked Vultures [ tickets ] ' self-titled debut answers that question with a resounding: mostly! The album gets off to an...

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At a time when it's widely assumed that Jack White and a handful of unknown indie chums merits the accolade, Them Crooked Vultures is a supergroup worthy of the term, in the classic rock tradition of Blind Faith and ELP. Not only have its members – Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones and Josh Homme – garnered millions of album sales, but two of their earlier groups, Led Zeppelin and Nirvana, were the most important bands of their respective eras. In this case, though, it's Queens of the...

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Rating: 3.5 stars (out of 4) Hot-shot resumes aside, the three heavy hitters in Them Crooked Vultures have a taste for the strange. Guitarist Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) indulges his weirder impulses in his long-running “Desert Sessions” ensembles. Drummer Dave Grohl ( Foo Fighters , Nirvana) instigated the excellent heavy-metal detour Probot. And bassist John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) has collaborated with genuine subversives from Diamanda Galas to the Butthole Surfers....

Foo Zeppelin Of The Nirvana Age Is Hard To Say :: Them Crooked Vultures @ The Wiltern: PHOTO
Newly minted rock supergroup, Them Crooked Vultures , annihilated the Wiltern Theatre on Tuesday night in Los Angeles (11/17/09). The Vultures are Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters fame, Frontman Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age, and one of the greatest bass guitarists, from one of the greatest bands ever, Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones . The music -- a blend of dirty, bluesy rock -- never let up during the course of the 14 song set, and the ghost of Zeppelin past was in full view...

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This should have been the best album of the year. Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme plus Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones plus Dave Grohl should equal a wicked potent Queens/Zep/Nirvana cocktail. But Grohl is too Foo Fighters, not enough Nirvana. Still, there’s sufficient real rock...

Daily Brew :: 11/17/09 :: Them Crooked Vultures, Style Wars, A Fine Frenzy
Tuesday Trouble BY JOSSELLE SISON Posted: 11/17/2009 09:36:31 AM PST ROCK BREW Them Crooked Vultures @ The Wiltern What: Performing songs off their self-titled record, this rock super group features the Foo Fighters' frontman Dave Grohl on drums, Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones. When: Tuesday, November 17th @ 7 pm Where: The Wiltern [ Get Directions ] Fashion BREW House of Diehl: Style Wars 2009 @ Cinespace What: Think Project Runway as eight...

Them Crooked Vultures In Stores Now
Dave Grohl is back on drums in his new side project Them Crooked Vultures and he's playing alongside Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age and John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin. Buy the album now online http://bit.ly/buy_tcv or at your local record store.

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Dave Grohl and Josh Homme discuss their latest project, Them Crooked Vultures. But difficult things first: What do you say to your hero Bob Dylan? Dave Grohl IT was a mean question for the Nicest Bloke In Rock. But Dave Grohl had it coming considering he has now played with three of his heroes -- Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. So The Beatles or Led Zeppelin, Mr Grohl? "You bastard! OK, you know both of those bands represent something very special to me. The Beatles were my...

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Pop has its own answer to Swine Flu right now, and it’s the seemingly unstoppable proliferation of supergroups. In rapid succession we’ve seen The Raconteurs, Monsters of Folk, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Dead Weather and the as-yet unnamedThom Yorke/Flea project. And Them Crooked Vultures – Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones – are the biggest of them all. It’s time for an official UN embargo, backed up by the threat of Military force. These self-indulgent...

Live: Them Crooked Vultures at the Roxy: PHOTO
On Monday night, the new hard-rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures played the coziest room of its very young career, charging through a semi-surprising 90-minute set at West Hollywood's Roxy, roughly 24 hours before the band was set to appear at the much larger Wiltern for a sold-out performance. Yet if a 500-capacity club seems like a strange domain for these A-list heavy hitters

Them Crooked Vultures Are (a) Super (Group): PHOTO
We've been hearing about Them Crooked Vultures —the rock 'n' roll wet dream project featuring Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and John Paul Jones—for months. Well, it's finally here, and it sounds like what you'd expect—lots of dirty blues riffs and Grohl beating his drum kit like it was a critic who reviewed the last four Foo Fighters records. It's actually better than I thought it would be... of course, I went into it with zero expectations. So there ya go. The song "Scumbag Blues"...

Them Crooked Vultures Planning Second Album
Them Crooked Vultures are already planning a second album, even though their first record only hit shelves this month. The collective, that boasts Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and John Paul Jones, have enjoyed great reviews of their eponymous debut so can't wait to get back in the studio. "I felt we've only just started to pick up steam." Said Homme. "Why would we want to stop now?" While bassist John Paul Jones added: "We all know we have so much more in us yet." Foo Fighters star Grohl, who plays...

Them Crooked Vultures In Stores Now
Maybe you've heard that Josh has been working on a new project with Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters and John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin called Them Crooked Vultures.

Foo Fighters: Them Crooked Vultures Plotting Quick Second Album
Today (Nov. 20) appears to be the day when bands prematurely discuss a forthcoming album. The Arctic Monkeys are already discussing their fourth record, and now Them Crooked Vultures, whose debut is not even a month old, have been talking about their second release.   "I felt we've only just started to pick up steam. Why would we want to stop now?" said Josh Homme in an interview with British tabloid the Sun. Bass player John Paul Jones agrees with the Queens of the Stone Age singer. "We...

Dave Grohl Reveals Tales Behind His Trio of Led Zeppelin Tattoos
Playing with Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones in the new supergroup Them Crooked Vultures is a dream come true for Foo Fighters’ frontman Dave Grohl, the singer/dummer tells Rolling Stone in an exclusive Q&A in our next issue. Check out photos of more supergroups, from Cream to Audioslave. Grohl's Zeppelin worship goes all the way back to his teenage years, when he got the first of three Zep-inspired tattoos — he’s got John Bonham’s three-circle ZoSo logo...

VIDEO: Them Crooked Vultures - -Elephants' (live @ Reading Festival HQ): PHOTO
I know this is a bit late, considering it’s been almost three months since the Reading and Leeds festivals took place, but this high quality footage of Them Crooked Vultures playing “Elephants” live is just too good not to share. Homme is ripping it all the way delivering perfectly balanced guitar work, while also singing, John Paul Jones proves he lives up to the legend tied to his name keeping the bass line afloat with ease (he looks and moves incredible for a 63 years old...

Them Crooked Vultures sell out: PHOTO
I haven't been to any big rock shows in years. Yet over the course of a week, I found myself in the photo pit for both KISS and Them Crooked Vultures. I rarely get star-struck these days, but I'm not going to lie—it was kind of intense seeing Gene and Paul and John Paul up close. Them Crooked Vultures are a machine. I want to know if Dave Grohl went on some sort of a regimen before embarking on this tour... because that guy went absolutely ape-shit on the drums for two hours. There were...

Them Crooked Vultures planning second album
Dave Grohl and co want it to be louder than their debut

Their way to -heaven': PHOTO
Cigarettes. You can blame them for stained teeth, black lungs and one other nuisance: the maddening ubiquity of Led Zeppelin’s classic-rock stalwart “Stairway to Heaven.” The song, which appeared on the band’s untitled fourth album, was hardly a hit at first. When Zeppelin first played it live in March of 1971, eight months before its release, lead singer Robert Plant recalled that the audience settled “in for 40 winks.” It wasn’t until a few years...

Hot-shot resumes and a taste for the strange: PHOTO
Rating: 3.5 stars (out of 4) Hot-shot resumes aside, the three heavy hitters in Them Crooked Vultures have a taste for the strange. Guitarist Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) indulges his weirder impulses in his long-running “Desert Sessions”...

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Arts & Leisure Preview: Kristen Stewart, Nicolas Cage, Dave Grohl and More: PHOTO
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Fergie's Axl Rose Obsession Leads Her To Cover -Paradise City': VIDEO
It’s been a minute since we first learned that Fergie had added her leather-clad booty to the treasure trove of artists contributing to Slash’s upcoming debut solo outing, Slash & Friends . She’s in a pool with guesting Slash pals that includes such rock luminaries as Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Dave Grohl and