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This article is about the band. For the band's self-titled debut album, see Them Crooked Vultures (album).
Them Crooked Vultures

Them Crooked Vultures is a rock supergroup, formed in Los Angeles, in 2009, by John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl and Josh Homme. The group also includes Alain Johannes during live performances. The band began recording in July 2009, and performed their first gig on August 9, 2009 in Chicago, followed by a European debut on August 19. On October 1 the group embarked on a worldwide tour titled Deserve the Future with dates going into 2010. The band's first single "New Fang" was released in October 2009, followed by the group's self-titled debut album the following month, debuting at number 12 on the Billboard 200.

History

Formation and early shows

A collaboration between John Paul Jones, Homme and Grohl was first publicly mentioned by Grohl in a 2005 interview with Mojo, in which he declared "The next project that I'm trying to initiate involves me on drums, Josh Homme on guitar, and John Paul Jones playing bass. That’s the next album. That wouldn’t suck."

Of the nascent project, Homme's wife Brody Dalle commented in July 2009 that "I'm not at liberty to talk about it [...] but I think [the project] is pretty amazing. Just beats and sounds like you've never heard before."[1] After finding that the name Caligula was already taken, the members arbitrarily chose "Them Crooked Vultures" as a name with no significance.[2] British music magazine NME reported in July 2009 that the trio had begun recording in Los Angeles.[3] The band performed its first show at the Metro, Chicago on August 9, 2009 at midnight.[4][5] The band played all original material during its 80-minute set, debuting such songs as opener "Elephants", "Scumbag Blues", "Caligulove" and closing song "Nobody Loves Me and Neither Do I".[6] TCV made its European debut on August 19 with a performance at Melkweg in the Netherlands, the same day on which a short video clip of studio footage was uploaded by the band, featuring the song "Nobody Loves Me and Neither Do I".[7]

With subsequent festival performances in Europe at Pukkelpop and Lowlands, the band first performed in the United Kingdom at London's Brixton Academy supporting English alternative rock band Arctic Monkeys on August 26.[8] The trio subsequently performed at the Reading and Leeds Festivals on August 28 and 29. Playing the Leeds Festival first then moving onto Reading the next day.[9]

Self titled debut album

Them Crooked Vultures was released by Interscope Records in North America, and Sony Music internationally.[10] On the 21st of October radio personality Alan Cross announced the lead single for Them Crooked Vultures debut album to be "New Fang" which premiered on October 26. The single was released on November 2 worldwide as a free download.[11] Icon vs. icon subsequently announced that the album would be released on the 17th of November, 2009.[12] On November 3, the band gave a free copy of "Mind Eraser (No Chaser)" to fans that had bought tickets to a live performance and offered it on iTunes as a free download. On November 9, Them Crooked Vultures started streaming their full album on their website, and also through a link to their mailing list with the title "Fuck Patience, Let's Dance."

On September 1, the band announced two 2009 tours of North America and the United Kingdom, in October and December respectively.[13] The 2009 Tour was titled Deserve the Future Tour and the UK leg sold out in just under 12 minutes, making it one of the quickest sold tours in the UK — without the band even officially releasing a song to date. On September 21, the band also announced three Germany dates for December 2009.

On January 25, 2010, it was confirmed that the band will be performing at the Download Festival 2010.

On February 6, 2010, the band performed the songs "Mind Eraser, No Chaser" and "New Fang" as musical guests on Saturday Night Live. Dave Grohl also appeared in a sketch near the end of the show. A week later, the band appeared on the long running PBS show Austin City Limits broadcast February 13, 2010.

The band has also confirmed a series of festival appearances for 2010, including Roskilde Festival[14], the Peace & Love Festival in Borlange, Sweden on July 1, 2010,[15] and Hove Festival in Arendal, Norway on June 30 2010,[16]

In March, it was announced that the group were to play at the The Royal Albert Hall in aid of The Teenage Cancer Trust[17] with support coming from Little Fish.[18][19]

Second studio album

Grohl said in a recent interview that they are already working on a second album that will be "more powerful than the first one".[20] John Paul Jones also stated in an interview while touring in New Zealand that they will be recording a new album, with a likely release date towards the end of 2010. When asked about the futures of Grohl and Homme's bands Jones said that they will get their frontmen back "eventually".[21] As of March, 2010, the status of the second album is unknown what with announcements of the return of both Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters.[22][23] Despite this a video was uploaded to the band's official YouTube channel entitled 'Fresh Pots' which NME claim was filmed during recording for their follow-up album.[24] Grohl clarified after the video's release that it was filmed a year prior, during the self-titled album's recording sessions.[25]

Band members

Them Crooked Vultures members
Dave Grohl; drums
Josh Homme; guitars, vocals
John Paul Jones; bass, keyboards
Official members
Live members
  • Alain Johannes – guitar, bass, keyboards, backing vocals (2009–present)

Discography

Albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[26] 		AUS
[27] 		CAN[28] GER
[29] 		IRE
 FR
[30] 		NZ
[27] 		NOR
[31] 		BEL
[27] 		UK
[32]
2009 Them Crooked Vultures 12 4 5 13 16 38 2 5 5 13
  • TBA

Singles

Year Title U.S. U.S.
Main.
Rock 		U.S.
Alt. 		U.S.
Rock 		CAN AUS UK Album
2009 "New Fang" 124 13 10 14 39 70 156 Them Crooked Vultures
2010 "Mind Eraser, No Chaser" — — — — — — —

References

  1. ^ Firecloud, Johnny (July 3, 2009). "24 Minutes With Brody Dalle Of Spinnerette". Antiquiet. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  2. ^ John Jurgensen (2010-02-17). "From ABBA to ZZ Top, All the Good Band Names Are Taken". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2010-02-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin man recording together". NME.com. July 2, 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  4. ^ Catchpole, Chris (2009). ""Heavy! Heavy! Heavy!"". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Kot, Greg (August 11, 2009). "Them Crooked Vultures: Grohl, Homme and Jones debut supergroup at Metro". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 2, 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Led Zeppelin, Foo Fighters, Queens Of The Stone Age supergroup make live debut". NME. August 10, 2009. Retrieved September 2, 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "Nobody Loves Me And Neither Do I (Studio)". Them Crooked Vultures (MySpace). August 19, 2009. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  8. ^ Dewey, Richard L.; Marrinan, Tim (August 27, 2009). "Them Crooked Vultures Join Arctic Monkeys for Surprise London Show". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 2, 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "Them Crooked Vultures play second secret Reading And Leeds Festivals gig". NME. August 29, 2009. Retrieved September 2, 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Them Crooked Vultures Interview @ Antiquiet". Antiquiet. October 2, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "Alan Cross Twitter Page". October 21, 2009. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  12. ^ "Them Crooked Vultures To Release Album On November 17th".
  13. ^ "Them Crooked Vultures announce tour and ticket details". NME. September 1, 2009. Retrieved September 2, 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ "Them Crooked Vultures to Roskilde". Roskilde Festival. February 16, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ http://www.peaceandlove.nu/festival/artister/them-crooked-vultures--us-/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ http://www.hovefestival.com/Default.aspx?articleID=1979. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ^ "Them Crooked Vultures Royal Albert Hall Show Confirmed". Metal Hammer. March 2, 2010.
  18. ^ "We'll be supporting Them Crooked Vultures..." Twitter. March 2, 2010.
  19. ^ "Teenage Cancer Trust: Them Crooked Vultures". Last.fm. March 2, 2010.
  20. ^ Nick Neyland (November 20, 2009). "Them Crooked Vultures Plotting Quick Second Album". Prefix.
  21. ^ Chris Schulz (2009-02-02). "Vultures promise second album". stuff.
  22. ^ "Queens of the Stone Age official website". 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  23. ^ "Foo Fighters Promise Heavier New Album". idiomag. 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
  24. ^ "Dave Grohl 'rushed to doctor' during Them Crooked Vultures album session". NME. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
  25. ^ "Interview at the 2010 Teenage Cancer Trust concerts". YouTube. 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
  26. ^ http://acharts.us/album/51934
  27. ^ a b c "ThemCrooked Vultures (album)". Australian-charts.com. HungMedien. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  28. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/them-crooked-vultures/them-crooked-vultures/1311741
  29. ^ http://www.media-control.de/gute-reise-von-ich-ich-startet-auf-platz-eins-der-album-charts.html
  30. ^ http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Them+Crooked+Vultures&titel=Them+Crooked+Vultures&cat=a
  31. ^ http://lista.vg.no/album_info.php?AlbumOp=show&albumId=11365&albumtype=album&albumtype_id=1
  32. ^ UK Rock Chart
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