The band name is a lie, the energy is not.
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 is 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.
Acting
Jesse Hughes' performative swagger is the whole show
Direction
Captures festival crowd synergy without polish
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Josh Homme formed this as a joke side project while Queens of the Stone Age was imploding; it outlasted several 'serious' bands.
This 2006 German festival set predates the 2015 Bataclan attack that would tragically reframe the band's live legacy forever.
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