Them Crooked Vultures To Release Debut Album November 17

After much speculation, rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures has announced Nov. 17 as the release date for its debut album.

Bandmates Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) will put the self-produced and self-titled release out on DGC/Interscope Records.

It is rumored that the first single from "Them Crooked Vultures" will be "New Fang," a song slated to hit radio on Monday (Oct. 26). The band's rep would not confirm or deny that report, however.

Them Crooked Vultures emerged as one of the year's most anticipated acts after a debut gig at Chicago's Metro in August. Though details on any recorded output have been scant until now, the band has been releasing small snippets of its studio sessions.

Earlier this month, Them Crooked Vultures played a small series of gigs in the U.S., including the opening night of Austin City Limits. Nme has reported that the band will do a short in the U.K. Dec. 10-17, and January tour dates in Australia and New Zealand will be announced in the coming weeks.

Here is the tracklist for "Them Crooked Vultures":

01. No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
02. Mind Eraser, No Chaser
03. New Fang
04. Dead End Friends
05. Elephants
06. Scumbag Blues
07. Bandoliers
08. Reptiles
09. Interlude with Ludes
10. Warsaw or the first Breath You Take After You Give Up
11. Caligulove
12. Gunman
13. Spinning in Daffodils

Thanks for the report to Billboard.com.

Comments

[IRONMAN_304]

excellent, been waiting for this date for ages! should be good, although probably not too dissimilar to qotsa

[tenacioust04]

I already preordered the vinyl!

[vultures?OMG]

This can be good.

[smackjack29]

JOSH F***ing HOMME, Dave F***ing Grohl, and John Paul F***ing Jones. How could this not be mind-blowing?

[Kenbeek]

I'm so looking forward to this. I haven't seen any of their shows, but I can't imagine this to be bad.

[Lohnanmilitia]

from the live clips they're alright.

[Armagedn]

They sound pretty good. I think they sound a lot like a modern Cream.

[CJE]

I just hope this doesn't turn out like Chickenfoot... I hope each artist had equal contribution, and this isn't just a Queens of the Stone Age spinoff.

[flambe chicken]

Wow, that is way sooner than I was expecting... Awesome!

[Antoine-Øleg]

smackjack29 wrote:

JOSH F***ing HOMME, Dave F***ing Grohl, and John Paul F***ing Jones. How could this not be mind-blowing?

This explains it perfectly.

[shreducator]

I can't wait to buy this!

[Rænduz]

Awesome!

[Mr.Torrez]

Seems awesome, let's wait to see what comes from here..

Dave will play guitar and drums??

[.QOTSA.]

Swwwwweeeeet

[98Timberwolf]

Sounds promising.

[Tabassco]

Saw them play last summmer. Absolutely mindblowing.

[i_am_metalhead]

How can something coming from Homme, Grohl, and Jones not be amazing!?

I can't wait for this album!

[charles753df]

It will be amazing! The live show was the most epic thing I have ever seen!!!!!

[TBezza]

Im camping outside HMV...

[everjump]

greatest year ever!

[barden1069]

Bandmates Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) will put the self-produced and self-titled release out on DGC/Interscope Records.

lol who's this "paul jones?"

[godberry]

Mr.Torrez wrote:

Seems awesome, let's wait to see what comes from here..

Dave will play guitar and drums??

i believe mr. grohl will be playing drums, guitar, and possibly singing...at the same time.

[m0o]

Dave's on drums.. i think they have the rythm guitarist from qotsa for live performances on rythm guitar.

[Rænduz]

Dave on drums, Josh on lead/vox, Alain Johannes on rythm/occasional bass, JPJ on bass/occasional keys.

[mustainex2000]

Queens of the Foo Zeppelin FINALLY

[spiff389]

rad

[Gakbez]

How the shiz do they expect me to wait 'till november?

[Scourge441]

barden1069 wrote:

Bandmates Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) will put the self-produced and self-titled release out on DGC/Interscope Records.

lol who's this "paul jones?"

I know! I read that and thought "Are you fucking serious?" Pretty much everyone and their mother on this website fellates Zeppelin cosntantly, and yet we can't get the name of their bassist right.

Checked.

[shaziezang]

The dates for the AUS/NZ shows have already been announced aaaaggeesss ago and have already gone on sale.

Playing in Syndey on Australia day

Also, it's being released in Australia on the 13th Nov.

[thedarkblues06]

mustainex2000 wrote:

Queens of the Foo Zeppelin FINALLY

Get it right. It's Led Fighters of the Stone Age. Lol.

On topic I can't wait for this album to come
out. I got it marked on the calendar lol

[gregshow]

Get it right. It's Led Fighters of the Stone Age. Lol.

yeah, thats actually what they are

cant wait to hear this album

[[x]Huffy[x]]

This is gonna be awesome.

[AdemaOnYourHead]

The First Breath You Take After You Give Up was what Josh was originally going to call Turnin' on the Screw, I've heard.

But yeah, I can't wait for this. I was getting worried we wouldn't see it until next year. I can make it til November.

[xthpsgodx]

I saw them a few weeks ago and they were pretty good live. The QotSA sound comes through the most because Josh is singing, which I thought was awesome.

[sysdown27]

****ing awesome

[panther62]

so ready for this

[Beelzeboss202]

there better not be any shipping delays on the preorder or im gonna lose it

[Jimbosandwich]

The tracklist sounds so angry. XD

[kurtshapedbox]

This is very exciting...

...and finally some music news this week that I actually give a crap about!

[soundgardner]

Yes.

[JoMamma24]

Mr.Torrez wrote:

Seems awesome, let's wait to see what comes from here..

Dave will play guitar and drums??

i think he's only a drummer and i think he sings backup on some songs.

[JAHellraiser]

this definately makes up for Rob Zombie being pushed back

[TSmitty6]

what band isn't dave grohl in?

[fynsta]

And not even a word about Alain Johannes :/ I saw them last summer and it was the best concert i've seen in my whole life, only downer was the french kids being constantly asking who the fat bald dude playing guitar was..Guess being one of the best producer of the last 30 years isn't enough :/

[Sonic240]

Åzum!

[guitarskater11]

November is a great month for music! Nirvana, The Doors, Them Crooked Vultures, John Mayer, Paul McCartney, and Blakroc!

[kslater22]

sounds like some pretty cool song names, im looking forward to this

[GnikNus]

I saw them live and it was perhaps the most fantastic night of my life. Blew all my expectations away.

[ZeGuitarist]

Checked.

[thedefrockednun]

Great! I love all three of them.

From what I've heard, they are pretty good

can't wait.

[Sid McCall]

happy birthday to me! John Mayer AND Them Crooked Vultures! Suh-weet!

[jambajews]

wooooo!

[floydpinkerton]

real music is coming back! pj, aic, muse, skynyrd last month, vultures next month. In the words of Duff Man, Oh Yeah!

[GezzyDiversion]

hellll yeahhh

[Clutch32192]

i wonder when that austin city limits will come on?

[Comeback Kiddd]

TSmitty6 wrote:

what band isn't dave grohl in?

all the bands jack white is in

[Baconfish]

Yeah, but if we could get Jack White and Dave Grohl together... well I think the world would implode, but it'd be worth it.!

[7thhell]

Can't wait!

[BassFishin]

Oh man. This is going to be so amazing. I'm anticpating this way more than i anticipated Back Gives Way to Blue.

[Philly080]

Armagedn wrote:

They sound pretty good. I think they sound a lot like a modern Cream.

Sounds good. I haven't heard anything yet but I expect it to be good. Hopefully a lot better than Chickenfoot which I couldn't really stand.

[superunknown]

SO PUMPED!

Honestly, I have never been more excited for an upcoming band.

[frigginjerk]

YES. this is going to be nothing but win. Chickenfoot sucked my balls, but what do you expect from the shitty half of van halen, and a passe guitar shredder?

[Firebreather01]

the 17th is my birthday!
that would be an AWESOME present

[MinterMan22]

Meh..

As much respect I have for Grohl (awesome guy), and Jones, I proboably wont check this out because Homme is in it. I have 0 respect for him.

[ndschroede23]

Comeback Kiddd wrote:

TSmitty6 wrote:

what band isn't dave grohl in?

all the bands jack white is in

Haha I was totally thinking that. At the rate they're going, it's only a matter of time before they accidentally find themselves in the same band. There are only so many permutations of prominent musicians.

[therudycometh]

Baconfish wrote:

Yeah, but if we could get Jack White and Dave Grohl together... well I think the world would implode, but it'd be worth it.!

This would only be possible for like .02 seconds before they both decided to join different bands instead.

[crazy8rgood]

Comeback Kiddd wrote:

TSmitty6 wrote:

what band isn't dave grohl in?

all the bands jack white is in

:haha That's great

Anyways, looks pretty awesome, I might check it out.

[Guitarfreak777]

I am very excited about this, can't wait

[element4433]

Checked.

[trent_slatter]

MinterMan22 wrote:

Meh..

As much respect I have for Grohl (awesome guy), and Jones, I proboably wont check this out because Homme is in it. I have 0 respect for him.

Epic, epic fail.

And Dave is just playing drums because that's what he does best. Having him play guitar or sing anything more than the occassional back-up would be stupid because he's not particularly good at either.

[Stone Agean]

And Dave is just playing drums because that's what he does best. Having him play guitar or sing anything more than the occassional back-up would be stupid because he's not particularly good at either.

Dave's Vocals>Josh's. I wish Dave sang a little more with these guys, mainly his angry yelling vocals. Could have further distanced the bands sound from QotSA. Oh well, will be epic either way.

[queenslander47]

**** yeh Australia. i'll b there

[Td_Nights]

On my birthday? yay.

[misfit_lover]

yeaahh!!

[piet10000]

I saw them at Pukkelpop as a surprise act and they were awesome!

[MuddyBuddy]

Bloody awesome I've got my tickets to see them in Brisbane in January, can't wait!

[tsunami bomb]

caught them at Reading fest, got my wallet nicked during the show... so worth it.

goin to see 'em in london in december too, good times

[onjalladude]

Saw em at the Roseland in NYC. It was amazing.
and I ordered the cd-pack on their website within 2 minutes of it going on sale

[slash_015]

Can't fu--in' wait!!

I watch the live-recordings all day at the moment xD

[XxTopCatxX]

John Paul Jones? holy shit...

[Mahoru]

Already preordered the album; can't wait for it!

[Dankscarver]

You hear that? It's Joe Satriani weeping in the background.

[glowinghamster4]

ok i clicked on this article thinking who the f*** are them crooked vultures? but dave grohl? Josh Homme? John f***ing paul jones? why did no one tell me about this sooner?

[bluesman6885]

I can't wait for the album...it's nice to see John Paul Jones making rock music w/ guitarists that don't steal other people's riffs & such.

[Kadaj]

bluesman6885 wrote:

I can't wait for the album...it's nice to see John Paul Jones making rock music w/ guitarists that don't steal other people's riffs & such.

Much better he works with somebody who denies AIDS exists.

[WarwickFunk]

I dont know if i should buy it. I got screwed out of going to see them twice. I dont think its meant to be.

[InMyHead_x]

smackjack29 wrote:

JOSH F***ing HOMME, Dave F***ing Grohl, and John Paul F***ing Jones. How could this not be mind-blowing?

I friggin LOOOOOVE IT!!! XD

[nightraven]

checked

[wickbone73]

oh hell yeah!!!

Dear Ultimate Guitar: The teeth whitening ads are disgusting.

[jean_genie]

Stone Agean wrote:

And Dave is just playing drums because that's what he does best. Having him play guitar or sing anything more than the occassional back-up would be stupid because he's not particularly good at either.

Dave's Vocals>Josh's. I wish Dave sang a little more with these guys, mainly his angry yelling vocals. Could have further distanced the bands sound from QotSA. Oh well, will be epic either way.

Different sounds. They're both equally good (or equally bad, whatever) but I prefer the sound of Homme's voice. Grohl sounds more classic rock, Homme sounds more sludge metal.

[Stone Agean]

Different sounds. They're both equally good (or equally bad, whatever) but I prefer the sound of Homme's voice. Grohl sounds more classic rock, Homme sounds more sludge metal.

Agreed, but I still wish that Dave sung more with TCV to prevent them sounding like an alternate QotSA. Grohl's scream/yell, especially on older recordings, was pretty epic. Josh's sound is alot more laid back and stonerish, which suits QotSA perfectly...maybe its too laid back for the frantic tunes TCV have been playing so far.Better yet would have been recruiting another guitarist (and ditching Alain) who has a unique voice that would combine well with the other guys.

Then again, there are probably harmonies that I'm not hearing on the live recordings. Won't judge till the album drops...

[sidvicious_91]

Might be good, but dude, **** josh homme.

Tim Armstrong for the win!

[MrDawson]

Might be good, but dude, **** josh homme.

You people are crazy. Good news anyways, makes up for no desert session no new qotsa for undisclosed amount of time!

[ndschroede23]

sidvicious_91 wrote:

Might be good, but dude, **** josh homme.

Tim Armstrong for the win!

Sure his personal life may not be something to look up to, but as a musician, he's definitely still relevant. Tim Armstrong, maybe not so much.

[Mr. Chang]

MinterMan22 wrote:

Meh..

As much respect I have for Grohl (awesome guy), and Jones, I proboably wont check this out because Homme is in it. I have 0 respect for him.

I'm going to assume you've never listened to Kyuss

[svitaklovemusic]

for some reason im not into this band..yet, but im going to buy their cd just to listen.

[Quik Axe Player]

Good news is that all three wrote the songs, except for "Warsaw or the first Breath You Take After You Give Up" I can't find any info for it.

[Waltah]

F*cking nice!!! Great band saw them on Pukkelpop 2009 in Belgium and it was amazing!

[Chirp08]

Mr. Chang wrote:

MinterMan22 wrote:

Meh..

As much respect I have for Grohl (awesome guy), and Jones, I proboably wont check this out because Homme is in it. I have 0 respect for him.

I'm going to assume you've never listened to Kyuss

Homme is by far one of the most underrated guitarist out there.

[Slap-happy]

Kadaj wrote:

Much better he works with somebody who denies AIDS exists.

No he doesn't - it's the treatment of HIV that is believed to be wrong - get your facts in order.

[Arkenium12]

it'll be cool to hear a band with dave on drums again.

[rkbls111]

cant wait!

[Kadaj]

Slap-happy wrote:

Kadaj wrote:

Much better he works with somebody who denies AIDS exists.
No he doesn't - it's the treatment of HIV that is believed to be wrong - get your facts in order.

The difference between retarded and retarded is still retarded.

[BrixDK]

Chirp08 wrote:

Mr. Chang wrote:

MinterMan22 wrote:

Meh..

As much respect I have for Grohl (awesome guy), and Jones, I proboably wont check this out because Homme is in it. I have 0 respect for him.

I'm going to assume you've never listened to Kyuss

Homme is by far one of the most underrated guitarist out there.

I seriously doubt that him disliking Josh has anything to do with his guitar playing... It's probably caused by his several outbursts and slightly arrogant personality.

[BrixDK]

And i love the song titles btw

[music killer]

Comeback Kiddd wrote:

TSmitty6 wrote:

what band isn't dave grohl in?

all the bands jack white is in

good answer

[acid eaters]

bonerific

[Right-Wing Dick]

godberry wrote:

Mr.Torrez wrote:

Seems awesome, let's wait to see what comes from here..

Dave will play guitar and drums??

i believe mr. grohl will be playing drums, guitar, and possibly singing...at the same time.

.... while juggling live kittens and walking a tightrope.

[Freebird79]

PAUL JONES WTF? How about JOHN Paul Jones.