Eagles of Death Metal formed in Palm Desert, California in 1998 and first appeared on Josh Homme's The Desert Sessions Volumes 3 & 4, released that year. Over the next few years, Homme became distracted from the band due to the success of Queens of the Stone Age. However, in an October 2008 interview, he reaffirmed his commitment to the band saying, "This isn't a side project for me. I'm in two bands. I have musical schizophrenia, and this is one of those personalities[3].
The band finally released their debut album on March 2004: Peace, Love, Death Metal. It appeared to be a favorite of advertisers, as several songs from it were used in American television commercials including those for Ask.com, Comcast, Payless ShoeSource, Nissan Motors, Budweiser, Pontiac Motors, Wendys, as well as in the trailer for the film Thank You for Smoking and for a promotional disc for the film Grindhouse which was available prior to the film's release at Hot Topic stores.
The first song on the album, "I Only Want You," was also used on the soundtrack for the PS2 game Gran Turismo 4. Globe Shoes, a manufacturer of skateboard shoes, has featured the song in the montage section of episode 1 in their new series of skate films entitled, United By Fate. Recently, the track "Chase the Devil" from the album Death by Sexy was included in the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Project 8. Not only that, the track "Don't Speak (I Came to Make a Bang!)" was part of the soundtrack for Electronic Arts' Need for Speed: Carbon. Recently, "Cherry Cola" was used in a Microsoft Zune commercial, and "Don't Speak" was featured in Epic Movie, where the band is seen playing it live; in addition, the song was used in a Guy Ritchie-directed Nike ad ahead of UEFA Euro 2008.
The band returned on April 11, 2006 with their second effort Death by Sexy. During the first half of 2006 they toured in support of The Strokes and headlined their own U.S. tour with openers The Giraffes followed by dates opening for Peaches and performed with Joan Jett. In the fall of 2006 the band had an opening support slot with Guns N' Roses. During the first concert with Guns N' Roses, in Cleveland, Ohio on November 24, 2006, the band was not well received by the crowd at all. When Axl Rose came out to perform, he asked the crowd if they enjoyed "the Pigeons of Shit Metal," and announced that the show would be their last with Guns N' Roses. Shortly thereafter the band released a statement regarding the incident:“ At first, the audience refused to welcome us to the jungle, but by the time we took our final bow, it had become paradise city. Although Axl tried to November rain on our parade, no sweet child o' mine can derail the EODM night train. We say live and let die.[4] ”
They took further stabs at Guns N' Roses, claiming that there was aggravation between Axl Rose and Tommy Stinson (the bassist of GN'R). Later they also claimed that Rose had invited the band back for the rest of their scheduled dates as support act.[5] The band also received full payment for the entire tour despite playing only a single show with the band. At the band's November 18, 2008 show at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, Jesse Hughes unveiled to the audience a "Pigeons of Shit Metal" tattoo on his left forearm that he acquired earlier in the day by artist Dave Waugh at Jinx Proof Tattoos in the Georgetown area of DC.
On October 21, 2008, ahead of their third album release, the Eagles of Death Metal performed a live concert at the Hollywood & Highland Virgin Megastore in Los Angeles for the launch of the video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles. The new single from the third album "Wannabe in L.A." is also in the game Midnight Club: Los Angeles.[6]
Their third album titled Heart On was released on October 28, 2008 (November 4, 2008 in Canada) and was accompanied by a North American tour. On February 4, 2009, Eagles of Death Metal performed on a live webcast for Fuel.tv as part of their Heart On tour.
[edit] Members
[edit] Members Jesse Hughes AKA: The Devil / Boots Electric (vocals, guitar, percussion) Josh Homme AKA: Carlo Von Sexron / Baby Duck (drums, percussion, guitar, bass, keys, vocals)
[edit] Current Live members Jesse Hughes AKA: The Devil / Boots Electric (guitar, vocals) Dave Catching AKA: Darlin' Dave, Davey Jo (guitar) Brian O'Connor AKA: Big Hands, B.O.C. (bass, vocals) Joey Castillo AKA: The Sexy-Mexy (drums)
[edit] Other contributors on albums and/or on tour Gene Trautmann AKA: Teen Dream (drums) Jack Black AKA: Blackjack [7] Claude Coleman AKA: Sugardick Samantha Maloney AKA: Hot Damn Sweet Sam Dave Grohl AKA: Diablo Wendy Rae Fowler AKA: Wendy Ramone / Wendy Ray Moan (backing vocals on Death by Sexy)[7] Brody Dalle Kat VonD Taylor Hawkins Nick Oliveri Tim Vanhamel Mark Lanegan Dean Fertita Pete Canavan Matt McGrath Troy Van Leeuwen Liam Lynch Stefan Olsdal of Placebo played bass with them when the two bands toured together in 2003.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums Peace, Love, Death Metal (2004) AUS #50 Death by Sexy (2006) US #113, AUS #51 Heart On (2008) US #57, AUS #40, #91 UK
[edit] Singles "I Only Want You" (2004) US #198 UK #87 "Speaking In Tongues" (2004) US #232 "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)" (2006) UK #73 "I Gotta Feelin (Just Nineteen)" (2006) "Cherry Cola" (2006) "Wannabe in L.A." (2008) US Mod Rock #38 "Secret Plans" "High Voltage"
