It’s arguably the best QOTSA record to date (this coming from someone who loves Rated R and Songs For the Deaf). It helps their case that, perhaps with the exception of 2007’s Era Vulgaris, QOTSA haven’t put out a bad album.īut it’s the Queens’ sixth LP …Like Clockwork-their first in six years, and their first for Matador-that plays a big part in this supposition of mine. Mostly, though, those records came out at a time when there really wasn’t a whole lot for rock fans to be excited about. They made their name with 2000’s Rated R, and a couple years later with the more ambitious Songs For the Deaf-records that are heavy, smart and tuneful (and also led to the band getting unfairly slapped with the goofy “stoner rock” tag). It may be premature to put Queens of the Stone Age in with those bands, but if I were a betting man I’d put my money on Josh Homme and company being well on their way. Without overthinking it, you might get Sabbath, Queen, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Nirvana-bands that are essential to the heavy-rock continuum, and whose appeal at some point transcended… well, everything. That is, unless, you count the Foo Fighters. When you think of Herculean bands in the post-Zeppelin age-rock bands that’ve not only satiated critics and conquered radio, but have in the process permanently etched their inimitable logos into rock and roll history books-you might have to go back a ways.
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