| Eagles of Death Metal | |
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Eagles of Death Metal playing the Commodore Ballroom on July 20, 2009. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Palm Desert, California, US |
| Genres | Garage rock, alternative rock |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Rekords, Downtown, GUN |
| Associated acts | Queens of the Stone Age, Desert Sessions, Millionaire, Them Crooked Vultures, Jack Black, Kyuss |
| Website | www.eaglesofdeathmetal.com |
| Members | |
| Jesse Hughes Josh Homme |
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| Past members | |
| Past contributors | |
Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite their band name, Eagles of Death Metal are not a death metal band. Hughes stated that a friend was introducing Josh Homme to the death metal genre. When he played a song by the Polish band Vader and made a claim that the song was within the death metal genre, Homme then referred to Vader as "The Eagles of Death Metal". After hearing this phrase, he wondered what a cross between the Eagles and a death metal band would sound like.[1] In a 2003 interview Homme described the sound of the band as a combination of "bluegrass slide guitar mixed with stripper drum beats and Canned Heat vocals." Jesse Hughes is known by fans for his enthusiastic interaction with audiences at live performances.[2][3]
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Eagles of Death Metal formed in Palm Desert, California in 1998 and first appeared on Josh Homme's The Desert Sessions Volumes 3 & 4, released that year. Over the next few years, Homme became distracted from the band due to the success of Queens of the Stone Age. However, in an October 2008 interview, he reaffirmed his commitment to the band saying, "This isn't a side project for me. I'm in two bands. I have musical schizophrenia, and this is one of those personalities. In brief they are amazing[4]
The band finally released their debut album in the March 2004: Peace, Love, Death Metal. It appeared to be a favorite of advertisers, as several songs from it were used in American television commercials including those for Ask.com, Comcast, Payless ShoeSource, Nissan Motors, Budweiser, Pontiac Motors, Wendys, as well as in the trailer for the film Thank You for Smoking and for a promotional disc for the film Grindhouse which was available prior to the film's release at Hot Topic stores.
The first song on the album, "I Only Want You," was also used on the soundtrack for the PS2 game Gran Turismo 4. Globe Shoes, a manufacturer of skateboard shoes, has featured the song in the montage section of episode 1 in their new series of skate films entitled, United By Fate. Recently, the track "Chase the Devil" from the album Death by Sexy was included in the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Project 8. Not only that, the track "Don't Speak (I Came to Make a Bang!)" was part of the soundtrack for Electronic Arts' Need for Speed: Carbon. Recently, "Cherry Cola" was used in a Microsoft Zune commercial, and "Don't Speak" was featured in Epic Movie, where the band is seen playing it live; in addition, the song was used in a Guy Ritchie-directed Nike ad ahead of UEFA Euro 2008.
Eagles of Death Metal returned on April 11, 2006 with their second effort Death by Sexy. During the first half of 2006 they toured in support of The Strokes and headlined their own U.S. tour with openers The Giraffes followed by dates opening for Peaches and performed with Joan Jett. In the fall of 2006 the band had an opening support slot with Guns N' Roses, but this lasted for only one show.
On October 21, 2008, ahead of their third album release, the Eagles of Death Metal performed a live concert at the Hollywood & Highland Virgin Megastore in Los Angeles for the launch of the video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles. The new single from the third album "Wannabe in L.A." is also in the game Midnight Club: Los Angeles.[5] The song "Wannabe in L.A" is also featured in the music rhythm game Guitar Hero 5.
Their third album titled Heart On was released on October 28, 2008 (November 4, 2008 in Canada) and was accompanied by a North American tour. On February 4, 2009, Eagles of Death Metal performed on a live webcast for Fuel.tv as part of their Heart On tour.
In 2009 the Eagles of Death Metal performed as a warm up act on tour with Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys.
In 2010, touring bassist Brian O'Connor was diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo chemotherapy. Josh Homme, along with Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones, announced a concert at the Brixton Academy in London to raise money for O'Connor's treatment. Abby Travis is currently filling in on the bass while O'Connor recovers.[6]
The track "High Voltage" from Heart On was featured in a online campaign for Head & Shoulders in 2010
In September 2011, Jesse Hughes (guitar/vocals) released his debut solo album Honkey Kong under the sobriquet Boots Electric.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| US | US Ind. |
AUS | BEL | FRA | GER | UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Peace, Love, Death Metal
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— | 34 | 50 | 37 | — | 60 | 124 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Death by Sexy
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113 | 11 | — | 98 | 169 | 89 | 108 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Heart On
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57 | 3 | 40 | 59 | 100 | — | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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| US Alt. |
UK | ||||||||||
| 2004 | "I Only Want You" | — | — | Peace, Love, Death Metal | |||||||
| "Speaking in Tongues" | — | — | |||||||||
| 2006 | "Shasta Beast" | — | — | Death by Sexy | |||||||
| "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)" | — | 73 | |||||||||
| "I Gotta Feelin' (Just Nineteen)" | — | 180 | |||||||||
| "Cherry Cola" | — | — | |||||||||
| 2008 | "Wannabe in L.A." | 38 | — | Heart On | |||||||
| "Secret Plans" | — | — | |||||||||
| "High Voltage" | — | — | |||||||||
| 2009 | "Anything 'Cept the Truth" | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||||
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