Death By Sexy

Eagles of Death Metal | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Downtown
• ASIN: B000ERU6QC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,289 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

In some parallel, '70s-groove-askew universe it's Eagles of Death Metal who are the superstars, not merely the studiously dizzy spin-off of Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme and his Palm Desert school chum/lapsed journalist Jesse Hughes. Building forcefully on the charms of their '04 debut, their camaraderie foregoes ego (QOTSA mainstay Homme is EODM's drummer, pal Hughes its falsetto-voiced, ax-slinging rock star) for a retro, ambitiously naïve garage-rock-meets-boogie-down ethos that labors under the delightfully perverse misconception that the New York Dolls, Hot Chocolate and T Rex were all actually the same band - one that Muddy Waters and The Big Bopper occasionally sat in with. Less demented talents have pumped similar shtick full of self-conscious irony; here H&H simply grab it by the neck and shake furiously, yielding "I Gotta Feeling"'s Bolan boogie, the Stones-ish "I Like to Move.." and Dolls-swaggering "Keep Your Head Up," before moving onto such enticing genre demolition derby entries as "Ballad of Queen Bee and Baby Duck," "Chase the Devil" and the giddy "Shasta Beast." --Jerry McCulley

Product Description

The Dream Boys dynamic duo is back. This Joshua Homme produced album sounds exactly the way God intended live rock and roll to sound: raw, sleazy, and spiffy. It's more hook laden than your old job at the bait shop. Put your dancing shoes on.

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Similar to "Peace, Love..." but not as spontaneous, May 1, 2006

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T.A. "washingmachinemouth" (South Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Death By Sexy (Audio CD)

OK--I am giving it 4 stars, which is great, but as much as I love this CD, I can't give it 5...too much QOTSA, not enough chicks with moustaches.

This new version of Eagles of Death Metal (we'll call them EODM Mach 2) is vastly different from the group of musicians that put their first CD together. Jesse Hughes is still the main man, but Josh Homme has moved from drums to bass and part-time guitar. He also co-wrote quite a bit of the music this time around. Joining the duo are: Joey Castillo (Queens of the Stone Age, Desert Sessions), Alain Johannes (QOTSA, Desert Sessions), Troy Von Leuwan (QOTSA, Desert Sessions) and a slew of other QOTSA collaborators, including Jack Black, Dave Catching and Mark Lanegan. Queens of the Stone age are my favorite band in the whole world, but with "Desert Sessions 8&9" being released (which is QOTSA with PJ Harvey) along with "Lullabies to Paralyze," and now this...it seems like Josh Homme and his merry band of muses have taken over yet another studio, and more importantly, taken the Eagles of DM from Jesse Hughes, glitzed it up, and gave it new life. Well, I for one enjoyed the hell out of the first CD. This one is awesome, but it sounds more like Jesse collaborated with QOTSA to help make a CD for them, not vice versa.

What's missing from the first CD? Well, only one of the most important aspects of the band--THE HAIRY MOUSTACHE CHICKS! Where have they gone? Live, they are incredible...the "moustache riders" made the show!

Let's talk about the good things. The songs are catchy as ever. The drums are vastly improved, now that JC is in charge of the sticks and skins. Also, the addition of a bass guitar makes a world of difference.

It is a great CD, but there's too much of a "Queens of the Stone Age meets Presidents of the USA" feel to it, as each song tends to tug an influence form one of those bands or the other throughout the disc. The only diversion, "Eagles Goth," sounds like an old Bauhaus song. If you loved "Peace, Love, Death Metal" as much as me, and loved seeing Josh beat on the drums, you'll be happy you bought this one, but it won't hold a special place in your loins like the first one. It's pre-meditated fun, unlike its spontaneous predeceser.

Highlights include: "Cherry Cola" the best song on the CD, kinda like "Speak in Tongues" from the first CD; "I Got a Feelin" great tune which could have ended up on a QOTSA CD; "Dont Speak" which clearly draws influence from the Presidents; and "Chase the Devil" which sounds like the only song on the CD that Jesse came up with all by himself.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate Sleaze, April 30, 2006

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Black Ghost (The Underworld) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Death By Sexy (Audio CD)

This album, "Death By Sexy", is a vast improvement on the Eagles' debut album. The first album showed potential, but all but a few of the songs had no individual identity and sounded exactly like the track they followed. This album, however, many of the songs have catchy, discernible hooks and memorable guitar lines. Warm bass explodes whenever needed courtesy of QOTSA main man Josh Homme, and Jesse "Devil" Hughes proves that he's more than just a badass moustache both on the guitar and behind the mic. Standouts include first single "Boys Bad News", "Cherry Cola", "Solid Gold", "Don't Speak", "Chase the Devil", and "Eagles Goth", which all highlight the strengths of the Hughes/Homme partnership. Melodies that smack of Queens of the Stoneage, frenetic vocals and varied song structures reminiscent of the Pixies, and crushing, bouncy guitar riffs a-la Thin Lizzy. Essential listening for 2006 and for fans of "dance-rock".

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars j devil and j.ho strike again!, April 12, 2006

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Brian Koschak (springfield, mo United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death By Sexy (Audio CD)

more of the same stripper boogie rock, which makes this essential summertime bbq muzak. j devil is one of the great frontmen in music today, he's just so damn happy to be there bringing his rock to the world and you can ride the wave of his enthusiasm. it's not hard for a band to get hyped due to a nice afro or other hairdo but the devil is actually getting known for his goddamn MUSTACHE. ha! that's just ridiculous.

anyways, "death by sexy" keeps the vibe of "peace, love and death metal" alive, so if you liked that one, you will theoretically dig this one too. josh homme, though, does NOT play drums on this album. not at all. that job goes to queens dude joey castillo who kills in everything he does, whether its complicated drum lines or braindead retard beats. he keeps the asses shaking here, no doubt.

homme does play bass throughout the record, which adds some serious depth to the sound (since the first album had almost no bass at all). now, i'm not gonna say that josh should be on the cover of "bass player" magazine or anything, but this cat just can't do anything wrong... there's some really nice, odd melodic bass grooves here, specifically "solid gold" where josh sounds like paul mccartney or something. and looking back at homme's resume on bass... queens s/t (that was NOT oliveri on that album), various desert sessions tunes, and "lullubies to paralize"... this guy is a more than competant bass player. i have a bigtime, non-gay man crush on this guy. he's the DUDE. i'd buy a shrinkwrapped turd with his name on it. maybe. um, probably not now that i read it.

buy this, put it on and get yer girlfriend(s) drunk. you'll probably get laid.