Favorite Albums: 2000-200412. Eagles Of Death Metal, Peace Love Death MetalOriginal position on my Stylus ballot: n/a So I believe the story is that Jesse Hughes, a video store manager in a bad place after a bad divorce, was brought in the studio by childhood buddy Josh Homme because he had Star Charisma and a mustache. From that, Eagles Of Death Metal happened. It’s not all charity on Homme’s part, though - EoDM lets former wallflower/hard rock aesthete Homme think up neat drum parts and arrangements, svengali a cartoon cockstrutter and flex from behind the kit in videos and the occasional live TV appearance. So everybody’s happy! Especially people who wish more bands would make shameless, happy bar rock. Death By Sexy is the one I’d throw at a newbie, and Heart On is the one where these equal opportunity objectifiers straight-up announce “I want to be the showpiece of your nasty boy collection,” but the debut’s relative lo-fi clatter has real personality; EoDM sound like they’d be happy if just the local rollerderby league was listening (they cover Stealer’s Wheel!). “I Only Want You” and “Speaking In Tongues” would have been far bigger hits if the singer wasn’t an odd, effete/butch former video store manager, and beyond that movie trailer-bait you’ve got cute country strolls like “San Berdoo Sunburn” and naughty biz like “Whorehoppin’ (Shit, Goddamn),” all at least equal to “Camel Walk.” There are a lot of guys singing “Foxy Lady” in basements with their co-workers, but there’s only one Eagles Of Death Metal.

Favorite Albums: 2000-2004
12. Eagles Of Death Metal, Peace Love Death Metal
Original position on my Stylus ballot: n/a

So I believe the story is that Jesse Hughes, a video store manager in a bad place after a bad divorce, was brought in the studio by childhood buddy Josh Homme because he had Star Charisma and a mustache. From that, Eagles Of Death Metal happened. It’s not all charity on Homme’s part, though - EoDM lets former wallflower/hard rock aesthete Homme think up neat drum parts and arrangements, svengali a cartoon cockstrutter and flex from behind the kit in videos and the occasional live TV appearance. So everybody’s happy! Especially people who wish more bands would make shameless, happy bar rock.

Death By Sexy is the one I’d throw at a newbie, and Heart On is the one where these equal opportunity objectifiers straight-up announce “I want to be the showpiece of your nasty boy collection,” but the debut’s relative lo-fi clatter has real personality; EoDM sound like they’d be happy if just the local rollerderby league was listening (they cover Stealer’s Wheel!). “I Only Want You” and “Speaking In Tongues” would have been far bigger hits if the singer wasn’t an odd, effete/butch former video store manager, and beyond that movie trailer-bait you’ve got cute country strolls like “San Berdoo Sunburn” and naughty biz like “Whorehoppin’ (Shit, Goddamn),” all at least equal to “Camel Walk.” There are a lot of guys singing “Foxy Lady” in basements with their co-workers, but there’s only one Eagles Of Death Metal.