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| Queens of the Stone Age/Groop Dogdrill,
The Garage, London |
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| Live,
Dan Wolff,
20 January 1999 |
Rating: F5
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It seems unfair on Groop Dogdrill that they take to the stage for a gig that sold out instantly only to play in front of a handful of people. This doesn't seem to deter them as they play an exhilarating 40 minute 10 song set playing new songs from this years' overlooked Every Six Seconds album. Simian Kind, Head Of Safety and Best Sex In Texas are all played as if you a watching a video on fast forward. Songs from their first album such as Jackie O and Lovely Skin still suggest they should be headlining bigger venues by now. Perhaps the fact that they lack the misogyny of brainless twats such as Bloodhound Gang and Blink 182 is actually holding them back from the hordes.
Talking of twats, did anyone see Slipknot at Reading Festival? This band have just sold their 100,000th album in this country. This is not worrying because they wear scary masks and upset parents but the fact they are so very, very awful. Before Reading there were stories of how amazing they were live, contantly threatening to kill each other on stage while vomitting, pissing and other such. These yarns are obviously made up in a vain effort to detract from the 'music.'
Welcome our saviours QOTSA. At the Garage they showed pretty much every other band how it is done. Formed from the ashes of cult US band Kyuss, guitarist Josh Homme and bassist Nick Oliveri have formed a sound somewhere between the heaviness of Monster Magnet and the songwriting brilliance of Screaming Trees. Opening with Millionare they follow up with Feel Good Hit Of The Summer with the lyrics"Nicotine, Valium, Vicodan, Marijuana, Ecstasy and alcohol: C-c-c-c-cocaine." This is followed by a number of tracks from Rated R which is likely to be high up in the albums of the year come December. The psychedelic Better Living Through Chemistry and Auto Pilot sound even better live than on record. Quick And To The Pointless sounds bizarrely like The Sweet speeded up and spat out. Regular John from their first self titled album, along with recent b-side Ode To Clarissa keep the temperature at boiling point as the crowd contnually lap it up.
They finish the main set on the recent Top 40 hit The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret only to return for a brief two song encore, finishing on a fierce version of Mexicola. After an hour and fifteen minutes of total brilliance they leave for the last time. They are returning in November for a few dates, ending at the Astoria. See them while you can in small surroundings because next time the venues will be a lot bigger.
MON 28 AUG 2000
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