THEM CROOKED VULTURES Debuts In Chicago: The First Review

August 10, 2009

Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times reports: The best show by far of Lollapalooza 2009 really was part of Lollapalooza in name only: the after-show at Metro in the wee hours of Monday morning that marked the world premier of THEM CROOKED VULTURES, the new supergroup featuring Josh Homme of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, former NIRVANA drummer and current FOO FIGHTERS leader Dave Grohl and the legendary John Paul Jones of LED ZEPPELIN.

Sources said the band turned down the chance to replace the BEASTIE BOYS when they dropped off the Lollapalooza bill as Adam Yauch battled cancer; apparently, the new group preferred to make its debut in a much more intimate setting. (Instead of the potential crowd of 75,000 that would have seen the band in Grant Park, it played instead to 1,100 at Metro, mostly hardcore fans of Homme and Grohl lucky enough to get tickets after a fan club notification.)

Addressing the setting for this auspicious bow, Homme said, "We could have done this in L.A." As he pantomimed a well-endowed woman performing a rude sexual act, the crowd cheered wildly. "That's why came here!" he added. "We came to Chicago because we wanted to play Metro!"

Read the entire report from the Chicago Sun-Times.

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. Elephants
02. New Fang
03. Scumbag Blues
04. Dead End Friends
05. Bandoliers
06. Mind Eraser
07. Gunman
08. Daffodils
09. Interlude w/ Ludes
10. Caligulove
11. Warsaw
12. Nobodys Loves Me

Low-quality fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be viewed below.

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