"Them Crooked Vultures" - John Paul Jones, steel

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 15 Feb 2010 3:53 pm

I happened to catch the new supergroup Them Crooked Vultures (Josh Homme from Queen of the Stone Age, John Paul Jones on bass, Dave Grohl on drums) on Austin City Limits the other night. During one song John Paul Jones pulled out what appeared to be a modified eight string Melobar stand up steel guitar with a bass tuning.

The band is quite good if you like this sort of music. I look forward to hearing more of them.

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 15 Feb 2010 4:04 pm

Heard some popish stuff from these guys that really turned me off, but their regular fare is unsurprisingly interesting. However, it's hard to dance to.

Ben Elder · Post by **Ben Elder** » 15 Feb 2010 6:03 pm

I gave up three songs in.

AJ Azure · Post by **AJ Azure** » 15 Feb 2010 6:20 pm

Brad, congrats for keeping your ear and mind open to new sounds

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 15 Feb 2010 10:50 pm

Just caught the last few minutes of them on ACL. did'nt see or hear enough to pass judgement. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.

Chris Lackner · Post by **Chris Lackner** » 18 Feb 2010 4:45 pm

Here are 2 clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9D6hJCnwiQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dirg5cDIN8M

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 19 Feb 2010 4:47 am

You can hear his bass steel thing pretty "clearly" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj9DtVI0 ... re=related

I dunno, it doesn't sound either very interesting or very good to me. Rock and roll without danger or hunger is just elevator music for boomers.

Jason Hull · Post by **Jason Hull** » 19 Feb 2010 9:16 am

JPJ's guitar is a custom Manson, with a Kaoss pad. Bringin' the rock!

Chris Lackner · Post by **Chris Lackner** » 19 Feb 2010 3:54 pm

He definitely indulges in odd instruments.
I really admire what he's doing in this clip that Brad posted once in another thread:

http://www.johnpauljones.com/video_NOSUMI2000live.html