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Foo Fighters Team With Butch Vig for “Heaviest Album Yet”

Photo: Merritt/Getty (Grohl), Mayer/WireImage(Vig) Forget all that talk of a hiatus. The Foo Fighters are getting ready to head back into the studio, Dave Grohl revealed at the Independent Spirit Awards on Friday night. Swigging from a bottle of Jameson Irish Whiskey, the Foos frontman and Them Crooked Vultures drummer, who had just introduced a performance by Best Documentary subjects Anvil, said his band will work with Butch Vig on their seventh album, in part to mark the 20th anniversary of N

Published: 2010-03-08 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Weekend Rock List: Best Drummers

Photo: Mayer/WireImage Dave Grohl will be back behind the skins this weekend when Them Crooked Vultures serve as musical guests on Saturday Night Live. The next night, the Who will perform a handful of songs that originally featured the rapid-fire beats of Keith Moon, another drumming legend. So this weekend’s Rock List is dedicated to drummers. Tell us your picks for the best drummers of all time, and on Monday we’ll reveal the Readers’ List. Until then, here’s are a couple of greats (and a rem

Published: 2010-02-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page Plans Return to Stage in 2010

Photo: Neal/AFP/GettyJimmy Page plans to return to the stage in 2010, but it won’t be alongside the rest of Led Zeppelin. With Robert Plant and Alison Krauss working on the follow-up to the Grammy-winning Raising Sand and John Paul Jones now playing with Josh Homme and Dave Grohl in Them Crooked Vultures, Page is tired of waiting to rock and will take whatever new material he’s cultivated to the stage next year. “We’re running up to Christmas now and next year I have every intention of playing m

Published: 2009-12-18 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Led Zeppelin, Rock News

Vultures interrupted by Homme arrest

Recording of the new Them Crooked Vultures album was put on hold after just three days - when frontman Josh Homme found himself in jail.

Published: 2009-12-03 Provider: Canoe

The Dead Weather Muse on the Future of Music, Supergroup Wars

Rolling Stone recently had a kind of stream-of-consciousness backstage chat with the Dead Weather where Jack White and Co. tackled topics ranging from time travel and geography to the art of picking band names and avoiding being sued (for instance, White insists, the Arctic Monkeys added the “Arctic” to sidestep the legal wrath of the Monkees). We also quizzed the band on who would win in a supergroup slugfest, the Dead Weather or Them Crooked Vultures. Watch White’s response in the video above.

Published: 2009-11-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, The Dead Weather, Videos

Supergroup Them Crooked Vultures land at the Paramount

Music & nightlifeThem Crooked Vultures — lead singer/guitarist Josh Homme (of Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal), drummer Dave Grohl (of Foo Fighters and formerly Nirvana), and bassist John Paul Jones (formerly of Led Zeppelin) — played a strong set at The Paramount Nov. 21.

Published: 2009-11-23 Provider: Seattle Times

Dave Grohl is part of the trans-generational supergroup Them Crooked Vultures

Music & nightlifeThem Crooked Vultures, playing Seattle's Paramount Theatre on Saturday, is a trans-generational supergroup with singer-guitarist Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age); drummer Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters and Nirvana); and bassist John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin).

Published: 2009-11-19 Provider: Seattle Times

CD Review: Them Crooked Vultures

Not all supergroups are created equal. For every Traveling Wilburys, there's an Asia; for every Highwaymen a Zwan. And the less said about Chickenfoot, the better.

Published: 2009-11-15 Provider: Canoe

Them Crooked Vultures Streaming Entire New LP; Read Rolling Stone’s Album Review

Them Crooked Vultures’ self-titled debut album won’t be released until next Tuesday, November 17th, but you can listen to it right now. The supergroup of Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones are streaming the hard-rocking, Zeppelin-inspired album in its entirety now over at TCV’s official site. This gift comes just a week after the Vultures offered up their song “Mind Eraser, No Chaser” to fans as a free download. Inspired by the Vultures’ generosity, for your reading pleasure we’re postin

Published: 2009-11-10 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Them Crooked Vultures

The playlist: Vultures' 'New Fang,' Lambert's new single

Listen up, or just read up: Them Crooked Vultures get sleazy with rock 'n' roll, while Adam Lambert flirts with sexual roles ...

Published: 2009-11-03 Provider: USA Today

Them Crooked Vultures Blast Through Jams at New York Debut

Photo: Ken Grand-Pierre“It’s a lot of new music,” said Them Crooked Vultures frontman Josh Homme onstage at the Roseland Ballroom for the New York debut of his supergroup with Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones last night. “It’s not often you get to hear a bunch of music that you have no idea what’s gonna happen.” Supergroups supergallery: Cream, Audioslave and more. Debuting in public seems like a coup in the age of instant leaks and message board spoilers. And Them Crooked Vultures got nothing sho

Published: 2009-10-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Live Shows, Rock News, Them Crooked Vultures

Them Crooked Vultures Jolt Austin City Limits, Plus Phoenix, Avett Brothers Rock Day One

Photograph by Brian Birzer The Austin City Limits Festival, held in Austin’s Zilker Park and currently in its seventh year, boasts a bill that roams the stylistic spectrum, but its first day proved a fine opportunity to get a good, long look at the changing face of country. See Day One of Austin City Limits in photos Cool breezes won out against the blazing sun on Friday, which was the perfect complement to the afternoon’s more tranquil music, like fiddler Sara Watkins, late of Nickel Creek, who

Published: 2009-10-03 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Austin City Limits, Festivals, Rock News