Jesse Hughes (musician)

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Jesse "The Devil" Hughes as seen in the music video for "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)"
Jesse "The Devil" Hughes as seen in the music video for "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)"

Jesse "The Devil" Hughes (b. September 24, 1972) is an American musician from Greenville, South Carolina. Hughes is known for his role as frontman of the California-based rock band, Eagles of Death Metal. He cites Little Richard as his biggest musical influence and inspiration.[citation needed]

Hughes graduated from the Greenville Technical College with a degree in Journalism and worked as manager of a Video Depot in the Palm Desert for several years. After playing with a few bands in the Palm Desert Scene and divorcing his wife, he started the band Eagles of Death Metal with his highschool friend Josh Homme (of Queens of the Stone Age). Hughes worked as a speechwriter for the Republican Party and claims his change of lifestyle came when he "found drugs". Hughes has a son named Micah.

He considers rocking out as the frontman of Eagles of Death Metal as "rock 'n' roll lottery fantasy stuff" and is known to have an extremely active stage-presence. While performing, he will often dance and interact with the crowd. He is also credited for being very gracious towards fans, often sending emails, photos, and even homemade shirts to very dedicated fans.

[edit] Pseudonyms

Hughes is known to go by many different nicknames, including "J. Devil" (or simply "The Devil") as well as "Boots Electric" ("Boots" for short) and "Fabulous Weapon" (both of which were band names used by Hughes' father).

[edit] Selected discography

  • Peace, Love, Death Metal (2004) - Eagles of Death Metal debut album, written by Hughes "in like a week".
  • Death by Sexy (2006) - Eagles of Death Metal sophomore album.
  • A Pair of Queens E.P. - a two-song ep called, "A Pair of Queens." The ep featured Hughes doing covers of the Queen of the Stone Age songs "Go with the Flow" and "Gonna Leave You." Release was available on vinyl.
  • Volumes 3 & 4 (1998) of The Desert Sessions - contributed the tracks "The Gosso King of Crater Lake", "Hogleg" and "You Keep Talkin'" with the first incarnation of Eagles of Death Metal.

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