Eagles of Death Metal: A Primer on the Tragedy-Stricken Rock Group

Eagles of Death Metal: A Primer on the Tragedy-Stricken Rock Group, They say any publicity is acceptable publicity, but Eagles of Afterlife Metal would absolutely beg to differ. The Southern California arid rockers, ahead accepted for their aweless amusement and party-hardy attitude, accidentally and tragically fabricated account over the weekend, if their Nov. 13 appearance at Paris, France’s Le Bataclan became the deadliest concert cutting of all time. All 5 associates of the band, who were onstage if shots aboriginal rang out, able to assurance during the alarming agitator advance – but their commodity manager, Nick Alexander, was a part of the added than 100 victims who were atrociously killed.

Now EoDM acquisition themselves at the centermost of an all-embracing tragedy. Although the band’s aboriginal anthology came out in 2004, and their alternating ranks accept included some above names, abounding humans are now audition about them for the aboriginal time, beneath the affliction accessible affairs and for all the amiss reasons.

Here’s a anthology on the accumulation for those analytical to apprentice more.

They’re not a afterlife metal band.

Over the accomplished few days, abounding boilerplate account outlets accept taken Eagles of Afterlife Metal’s name far too literally; worse yet, some online trolls accept even dared to advance that the bandage brought this tragedy aloft themselves by arena allegedly morbid, cadaverous music. But EoDM – formed in 1998 by Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme and his adolescence best friend, Jesse Hughes – in fact cartage in feelgood, bluesy boogie-rock evocative of bands like Thin Lizzy and Canned Heat. Their moniker is meant to be bold and ironic, aggressive by what Homme already jokingly absurd an Eagles/death metal amalgam ability complete like.

It’s the ultimate irony that an act ahead accepted for celebratory sexygoodtimes and abandoned wit (note frontman Hughes’s antic ‘70s-porn-star mustache and anthology titles like Afterlife by Sexy, Heart On, and this year’s Zipper Down) is now accordingly affiliated with tragedy. Their admission anthology was in fact blue-blooded Peace, Love, Afterlife Metal.

They accept abounding acclaimed friends, fans, and part-time members.

EoDM’s a lot of acclaimed approved affiliate is of advance Homme (who rarely tours with the band, and was not with them in Paris this accomplished Friday). But over the years, they’ve awash with anybody from Jack Black to Dave Grohl (both of whom appeared in their “I Want You So Hard” music video, the closing in a bad wig). Other EoDM collaborators accept included Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees), Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Homme’s wife Brody Dalle (the Distillers, Spinnerette), Samantha Maloney (Hole, Motley Crue), Dean Fertita (the Dead Weather), Stefan Olsdal (Placebo), Alain Johannes (Eleven), Abby Travis (Beck, Elastica), and Liam Lynch (Sifl & Olly).

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