[kj] OT - Last Shadow Puppets

[Brendan]

"Kyuss, however, still remain the benchmark for heavy rock as far as
I'm concerned"

Check this out, Kyuss's cover of Sabbath's Into the Void

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=4mji0khX4-s

Compare to Soundgarden's cover of same (except they transposed the lyrics
with a speech from an American Indian Chief)

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=py65Yr0YSA8

You'll now have to change that to "Kyuss are the second-best heavy rock
band ever..."


> I tend to veer the other way. I think Homme's guitar work with Kyuss is

> superb but he has got continually less interesting as QOTSA's career

> has progressed. Love the first album and Songs for the Deaf but the last

> two have left me rather cold.

> Kyuss, however, still remain the benchmark for heavy rock as far as

> I'm concerned - seeing them play is still one of the highpoints of my

> gig-going life.

> And yes, that last track on the last album was a hell of a way to

> close.

> N

> PS: Worth tracking down if you don't have it is Unida's 'lost album'

> (Kyuss singer John Garcia's band) - they were apparently on track to

> record it with Rick Rubin but then somehow someone dropped

> the ball, it never came out and the band split. However, you

> can get vinyl copies on eBay or download a torrent - both excellent

> studio quality. Album is called 'The Great Divide'. (And bizarrely it is

> on LastFM also)

>

>

>

> 2008/11/7 Geoffrey ODonoghue <go1845 at yahoo.com>

>

>> Love QOTSA - Homme is a genius. However - Kyuss does nothing for me.

>>

>> Geoff

>>

>> --- On *Thu, 11/6/08, Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>* wrote:

>>

>> From: Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

>> Subject: Re: [kj] OT - Last Shadow Puppets

>> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <

>> gathering at misera.net>

>> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 11:34 PM

>>

>> I'm gonna put it out there again, anyone else rate Josh Homme as a

>> guitarist? I think he's kickass, magnum opus being the duelling guitars

>> (or complementing guitars) soloing out as the last song on Kyuss's last

>> album fades out...that's totally when I want someone to throw the radio

>> in

>> the bath, JUST when it's peaking...

>>

>> ;p

>>

>>

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