(ot) Queens of the Stome age
Stifford
check this out ( I figured there were a few kyuss/qotsa fans here...)
http://www.sonicnet.com/news/story.jhtml?id=1443869
Mark Lanegan Returns To The Stone
Age
Former Screaming Trees leader
joins former
bandmate Josh Homme on upcoming
album, tour.
Former Screaming Trees leader
Mark Lanegan has gone
back to the Stone Age, where he
plans to stay awhile.
The singer/songwriter, who lent
Queens of the Stone
Age a hand on their most recent
album, Rated R, has
been co-writing songs for the
band's next effort, some
of which feature him on lead
vocals. He also plans to
accompany Queens on their
European tour next month.
"It's a little bit more than what
I did with them last
time," Lanegan said Friday (May
18). "I'm definitely not
the singer in the band. I'm just
sorta gonna be one of
the guys, part of the circus."
Lanegan sang lead on
Rated R's "In the Fade," which he
co-wrote with Queens
singer/guitarist Josh Homme, and
contributed
background vocals to a few other
tracks.
Lanegan and Queens will warm up
for the European
tour with shows Wednesday and
Thursday at the El Rey
Theater in Los Angeles. Lanegan
said he'd join the band
to perform a few songs, including
a couple of new ones.
The shows are billed "Queens of
the Stone Age
featuring Mark Lanegan."
"Basically, I was rehearsing with
them for these shows
and they asked if I'd do the next
record with them,"
Lanegan said.
"I just like the music," he
explained. "They're a great
band. It suits me."
Lanegan's friendship with Homme
goes back to the
mid-'90s, when Homme moved to
Seattle to play in the
Screaming Trees.
Lanegan's work with Queens of the
Stone Age has
delayed his plans to tour behind
his new solo record,
Field Songs, until the fall at
least, he said.
Released May 8, Field Songs is a
lonesome, mainly
acoustic collection anchored in
blues and folk. Using his
weathered voice, Lanegan evokes
vivid, often dreamlike
imagery to create a haunting
immediacy even as he
conjures feelings of dislocation
and lost hopes.
In the opener, "One Way Street,"
which Lanegan began
writing while driving through
Venice, California, at night,
he sings, "The stars and the moon
aren't where they're
supposed to be/ But the strange
electric light falls so
close to me." Later, in "Kimiko's
Dream House," he
sings, "To make matters worse/
The trains are on time/
But we're lost at the station/
Still lost in our minds."
Lanegan worked with long-time
collaborator Mike
Johnson (former bassist with
Dinosaur Jr) and one-time
Soundgarden guitarist Ben
Shepherd on the effort,
much of which was recorded in
original Guns N' Roses
bassist Duff McKagan's home
studio. McKagan plays
drums on the final track, "Fix."
Lanegan has also been working on
material with former
Afghan Whigs leader Greg Dulli.
The pair plans to put
out an album at some point but
hasn't decided on a
time frame, he said.
— Teri vanHorn
[ Fri., May 18, 2001 8:09 PM EDT
]
Stifford
wow, typo in the subject, and the message type all fucked up to. way to go
me!!