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Them Crooked Vultures consists of a power trio

GRAHAM ROCKINGHAM
FOR METRO CANADA
November 19, 2009 4:26 a.m.
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Them Crooked Vultures
Album: Them Crooked Vultures
Label: Universal
Rating: ****

David Grohl, Josh Homme and John Paul Jones must have been listening to a stack of old Cream records when they decided to put together their own supergroup. The comparisons between Cream and Them Crooked Vultures are too tantalizing to ignore. We’ve got three giants of their genres — Grohl, frontman of  the Foo Fighters and and drummer of Nirvana,  Homme, guitarist and singer for Queens of the Stone Age; and Jones, bassist and keyboard player for Led Zeppelin  — coming together to form a power trio. Dreamy high-pitched vocals ala Jack Bruce, distorted guitar riffs ala Eric Clapton and crazed discordant drumming ala Ginger Baker. Tracks like Scumbag Blues, Bandolier and Elephant could easily have fit onto Disraeli Gears.  But who could ever fault three master musicians putting aside egos, to come up with what they used to call, back in the day, a very “heavy” record. Thank goodness, there’s no 16-minute drum solos.

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