Jim DeRogatis of the
Chicago Sun-Times reports: The best show by far of
Lollapalooza 2009 really was part of
Lollapalooza in name only: the after-show at Metro in the wee hours of Monday morning that marked the world premier of
THEM CROOKED VULTURES, the new supergroup featuring
Josh Homme of
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, former
NIRVANA drummer and current
FOO FIGHTERS leader
Dave Grohl and the legendary
John Paul Jones of
LED ZEPPELIN.
Sources said the band turned down the chance to replace the
BEASTIE BOYS when they dropped off the Lollapalooza bill as
Adam Yauch battled cancer; apparently, the new group preferred to make its debut in a much more intimate setting. (Instead of the potential crowd of 75,000 that would have seen the band in Grant Park, it played instead to 1,100 at Metro, mostly hardcore fans of
Homme and
Grohl lucky enough to get tickets after a fan club notification.)
Addressing the setting for this auspicious bow,
Homme said, "We could have done this in L.A." As he pantomimed a well-endowed woman performing a rude sexual act, the crowd cheered wildly. "That's why came here!" he added. "We came to Chicago because we wanted to play Metro!"
Read the entire report from the
Chicago Sun-Times.
The band's setlist was as follows:
01.
Elephants02.
New Fang03.
Scumbag Blues04.
Dead End Friends05.
Bandoliers06.
Mind Eraser07.
Gunman08.
Daffodils09.
Interlude w/ Ludes10.
Caligulove11.
Warsaw12.
Nobodys Loves MeLow-quality fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be viewed below.
