Queens of the Stone Age - Where to start?

Eraserhead

Mexicola from their debut - give it a listen!

reesdog

Eraserhead said:

Mexicola from their debut - give it a listen!

Great song! Top 5 of theirs for me definitely..

Loujoe

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tempo_n_groove

They are Touring!!!!!

Will be at Forrest Hills!!!!!

Gern Blansten

reesdog said:

Mexicola from their debut - give it a listen!

Great song! Top 5 of theirs for me definitely..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oz3BLU3O3Y

Gern Blansten

That first album is kickass

Merkin Baller

I would say start w/ the self titled and go chronologically. 

They don't have a bad album IMO. 

mfc2006

Merkin Baller said:

I would say start w/ the self titled and go chronologically. 

They don't have a bad album IMO. 

Agreed!

mrussel1

Sucks, nothing even close to me.  That's a strange tour.  Looks like just US festivals and a few in Europe. We need a proper tour.  

GlowGirl

I’m seeing them at Boston Calling. Last time I saw them was years and years ago at Webster Hall. I would love to see them at a venue that small now. 

2-feign-reluctance

I saw them at PJ20!! 

pjl44

mrussel1 said:

Sucks, nothing even close to me.  That's a strange tour.  Looks like just US festivals and a few in Europe. We need a proper tour.  

That New York show is the first headliner to pop up so I'm hoping like hell it means more to come

PJ_Soul

Josh has had a crazy time with his wife and the child custody issues, plus the fallout from the face kick... maybe he's just not up for a proper tour?? Especially now that he's been granted sole custody of his children.

mrussel1

PJ_Soul said:

Josh has had a crazy time with his wife and the child custody issues, plus the fallout from the face kick... maybe he's just not up for a proper tour?? Especially now that he's been granted sole custody of his children.

Oh I didn't know that.  I'm sure that has some impact on him.  

mrussel1

pjl44 said:

mrussel1 said:

Sucks, nothing even close to me.  That's a strange tour.  Looks like just US festivals and a few in Europe. We need a proper tour.  

That New York show is the first headliner to pop up so I'm hoping like hell it means more to come

Back on the Clockwork tour, they were hitting big venues.  One night they were at the Barclays Center, and then the next night, inexplicably, they played the Richmond National, which is my local club.  It holds less than 1500 people but they brought in their arena speakers anyway.  Holy crap, what a show.  I'll never forget that night.  The whole place was a pit when they played Sick, Song for the Dead, etc.  It was so awesome.  I still have no idea how the National landed that gig.  

Merkin Baller

mrussel1 said:

pjl44 said:

mrussel1 said:

Sucks, nothing even close to me.  That's a strange tour.  Looks like just US festivals and a few in Europe. We need a proper tour.  

That New York show is the first headliner to pop up so I'm hoping like hell it means more to come

Back on the Clockwork tour, they were hitting big venues.  One night they were at the Barclays Center, and then the next night, inexplicably, they played the Richmond National, which is my local club.  It holds less than 1500 people but they brought in their arena speakers anyway.  Holy crap, what a show.  I'll never forget that night.  The whole place was a pit when they played Sick, Song for the Dead, etc.  It was so awesome.  I still have no idea how the National landed that gig.  

2017 for the Villains tour, they played a 7k+ capacity arena in Boston, and a 1700 or so capacity theater the next night in Portland. 

That Portland show was one of the greatest I've ever seen any band perform. 

1. If I Had a Tail
2. Monsters in the Parasol
3. My God Is the Sun
4. Feet Don't Fail Me
5. The Way You Used to Do
6. You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire
7. No One Knows
8. First It Giveth
9. The Evil Has Landed
10. I Sat by the Ocean
11. Smooth Sailing
12. Domesticated Animals
13. Make It Wit Chu
14. I Appear Missing
15. Villains of Circumstance
16. Little Sister
17. Sick, Sick, Sick
18. Go With the Flow

mrussel1

Merkin Baller said:

mrussel1 said:

pjl44 said:

mrussel1 said:

Sucks, nothing even close to me.  That's a strange tour.  Looks like just US festivals and a few in Europe. We need a proper tour.  

That New York show is the first headliner to pop up so I'm hoping like hell it means more to come

Back on the Clockwork tour, they were hitting big venues.  One night they were at the Barclays Center, and then the next night, inexplicably, they played the Richmond National, which is my local club.  It holds less than 1500 people but they brought in their arena speakers anyway.  Holy crap, what a show.  I'll never forget that night.  The whole place was a pit when they played Sick, Song for the Dead, etc.  It was so awesome.  I still have no idea how the National landed that gig.  

2017 for the Villains tour, they played a 7k+ capacity arena in Boston, and a 1700 or so capacity theater the next night in Portland. 

That Portland show was one of the greatest I've ever seen any band perform. 

1. If I Had a Tail
2. Monsters in the Parasol
3. My God Is the Sun
4. Feet Don't Fail Me
5. The Way You Used to Do
6. You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire
7. No One Knows
8. First It Giveth
9. The Evil Has Landed
10. I Sat by the Ocean
11. Smooth Sailing
12. Domesticated Animals
13. Make It Wit Chu
14. I Appear Missing
15. Villains of Circumstance
16. Little Sister
17. Sick, Sick, Sick
18. Go With the Flow

Great set, but look at this sucker.  Lost Art and Better Living through Chemistry, Song for the Dead, Feel Good Hit... so cool. 

1. You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire
2. No One Knows
3. My God Is the Sun
4. Burn the Wit
5. Smooth Sailing
6. Monsters in the Parasol
7. I Sat by the Ocean
8. …Like Clockwork
9. Turnin' on the Screw
10. If I Had a Tail
11. Little Sister
12. Fairweather Friends
13. Make It Wit Chu
14. Sick, Sick, Sick
15. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
16. Better Living Through Chemistry
17. Go With the Flow
18. Encore:
19. The Vampyre of Time and Memory
20. Feel Good Hit of the Summer
21. A Song for the Dead

mfc2006

Those setlists are fucking awesome. Here's the setlist of one of my all time favorite shows...by any band. They flat our brought it to a small outdoor venue (2500) here in KC. Royal Blood opened and killed it as well.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/queens-of-the-stone-age/2017/crossroads-kc-kansas-city-mo-2be3dc02.html

Merkin Baller

mrussel1 said:

Merkin Baller said:

mrussel1 said:

pjl44 said:

mrussel1 said:

Sucks, nothing even close to me.  That's a strange tour.  Looks like just US festivals and a few in Europe. We need a proper tour.  

That New York show is the first headliner to pop up so I'm hoping like hell it means more to come

Back on the Clockwork tour, they were hitting big venues.  One night they were at the Barclays Center, and then the next night, inexplicably, they played the Richmond National, which is my local club.  It holds less than 1500 people but they brought in their arena speakers anyway.  Holy crap, what a show.  I'll never forget that night.  The whole place was a pit when they played Sick, Song for the Dead, etc.  It was so awesome.  I still have no idea how the National landed that gig.  

2017 for the Villains tour, they played a 7k+ capacity arena in Boston, and a 1700 or so capacity theater the next night in Portland. 

That Portland show was one of the greatest I've ever seen any band perform. 

1. If I Had a Tail
2. Monsters in the Parasol
3. My God Is the Sun
4. Feet Don't Fail Me
5. The Way You Used to Do
6. You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire
7. No One Knows
8. First It Giveth
9. The Evil Has Landed
10. I Sat by the Ocean
11. Smooth Sailing
12. Domesticated Animals
13. Make It Wit Chu
14. I Appear Missing
15. Villains of Circumstance
16. Little Sister
17. Sick, Sick, Sick
18. Go With the Flow

Great set, but look at this sucker.  Lost Art and Better Living through Chemistry, Song for the Dead, Feel Good Hit... so cool. 

1. You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire
2. No One Knows
3. My God Is the Sun
4. Burn the Wit
5. Smooth Sailing
6. Monsters in the Parasol
7. I Sat by the Ocean
8. …Like Clockwork
9. Turnin' on the Screw
10. If I Had a Tail
11. Little Sister
12. Fairweather Friends
13. Make It Wit Chu
14. Sick, Sick, Sick
15. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
16. Better Living Through Chemistry
17. Go With the Flow
18. Encore:
19. The Vampyre of Time and Memory
20. Feel Good Hit of the Summer
21. A Song for the Dead

More or less what I saw on the ...LC tour as well. 

Such a great f'ing show. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/queens-of-the-stone-age/2013/agganis-arena-boston-ma-33c47425.html

I'm pissed they're playing Boston Calling... it's too much $ and too much of a hassle for me to get in there for one band, but I'm hoping they swing back through in August around Forest Hills. If not, I'll have to catch them when they support the new album, which is in the works AFAIK. 

Seen them 8 times going back to 2002, and can't wait to make it double digits. 

mrussel1

mfc2006 said:

Those setlists are fucking awesome. Here's the setlist of one of my all time favorite shows...by any band. They flat our brought it to a small outdoor venue (2500) here in KC. Royal Blood opened and killed it as well.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/queens-of-the-stone-age/2017/crossroads-kc-kansas-city-mo-2be3dc02.html

Nice!  I've never seen them play Headache, that I can remember.  I saw that tour, with Royal Blood opening.  They were great too and fit the style of the show perfectly.  It was at the Anthem in DC.  

I've always wondered why they hardly ever play 3&7's anymore.  I looked and it's been played only 12 times in the last decade.