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The Afghan Whigs will be playing a special show at Terminal 5

The Afghan Whigs will be playing a special show at Terminal 5

The cheeky pseudonym Boots Electric allows Eagles of Death Metal's Jesse Hughes to put out a solo album in the same vein as musical shape-shifter Beck.

Eagles of Death Metal play an all-ages show with openers The Living Things at 9 p.m. Friday at the The New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks. Tickets are $16 in advance, $18 at the door, available at Recycled Records, Mad About Music, Out of Bounds and www.ticketweb.com . Details: 826-4119.

Jesse Hughes is finally venturing out of the cover of Eagles of Death Metal and discovering that his alter ego, Boots Electric, has a lot to say.

Palm Desert resident Jesse Hughes (above) of Eagles of Death Metal released the album “Honkey Kong” in September under the moniker Boots Electric. Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun

When Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes decided to take his Boots Electric solo project on the road he realized he had a problem. "I only wrote 10 songs for the Boots Electric album ['Honkey Kong'] and I've got to play longer sets," Hughes tells Spinner. "So I'm covering Amy Winehouse and Olivia Newton-John . I just sort of made them my style." "I love Amy Winehouse," he adds. "And I ...

Boots Electric (a.k.a. Eagles of Death Metal front man Jesse Hughes) is getting ready to kick off a US tour in support of his new album Honkey Kong this weekend

Boots Electric (a.k.a. Eagles of Death Metal front man Jesse Hughes) is getting ready to kick off a US tour in support of his new album Honkey Kong this weekend

Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse "Boots Electric" Hughes takes you behind the scenes at a Queens of the Stone Age show

Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes has assumed numerous aliases depending on what project he's working on at the moment. There's "Fabulous Weapon," "J. Devil" and now Boots Electric, the latter having just released his latest album Honkey Kong and the strip-tastic video "Complexity." With leggy, booty short-clad women, dark lighting and Hughes' greasy hair, [...]