It’s a time-honored tradition, one shared by everyone from Living Colour to Metallica: Get on the bill with Guns N’ Roses, and get treated like crap. And as Product Shop NYC reports today, Eagles Of Death Metal were on the receiving end of some Axl roasting during a Friday-night gig in Cleveland:
The night started off, as every night on the current Guns N Roses tour, with an half-hour set from Sebastian Bach. Then Eagles of Death Metal took the main opening act slot, where they replaced Papa Roach, and they got booed and jeered and completely bombed for a complete hour. Then the Suicide Girls did their burlesque thing. Then the crowd waiting another two hours for Axl and company.
A few songs into Guns N Roses’ set, Axl gave a shout out to the opening bands, saying, “So how’d you like The Pigeons of Shit Metal? Don’t worry, that’s the last show they’re playing with us.” And that was that. They’re off the tour. Gone. Good-bye. Suicide Girls and Sebastian Bach will stay on. Don’t worry Eagles, you’ll always have North Six in Williamsburg…….
Even though he probably spent three hours coming up with it, “Pigeons of Shit Metal” is a pretty good zinger–possibly the best thing Axl’s written in 10 years. We await its inclusion on a new, 24-minute-long remake of “Get In The Ring,” due some time in mid-2009.
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL Kicked Off GNR Tour [Product Shop NYC]
If this doesn’t result in the next Queens’ album being titled “Chinese Democracy”, I will be severely disappointed.
I was pretty disappointed in the EoDM show when they were opening for Joan Jett.
Maybe they’re trying to film a special called “I Opened For the 80s.”
I can’t imagine the EoDM’s jokey, campy brand of “death metal” going over too well with an audience who paid for the Axl W. Rose GnR Karaoke Extravaganza.
But Josh Homme could kick Axl’s ass any day of the week.
Well EoDM must have really sucked, becaue at the GnR show I saw in Toronto the opening act was Lurch running around stage in a fright wig and some atonal screeching. He kept insisting he was Sebastian Bach from Skid Row. Bizarre.
Papa Roach, really?
I’d love to see Josh kick Axl’s ass. I’m patiently awaiting the release of Chinese Democracy-QOTSA.
correction: Josh Homme WILL kick Axl’s ass any day of THIS week.
Josh Homme pussified Kyuss, destroyed QotSA, and continues to evolve into a neutered cross between Dave Grohl and Moby…emphasis on the Moby. The EoDM straight-up stink and the fact that their no-talent frontman got to share the stage with Axl is an insult to every capable musician everywhere and, undoubtedly, the high point of his “career”.
Josh Homme is QotSA, so I think we can give him a pass for making his own awesome creation start to suck.
The vocalist ruined Kyuss for being so shitty.
The Suicide Girls Burlesque is playing dates on the GN’R tour? Two things I love that I wouldn’t have thought to go well together.
But, let’s be honest, those indie-rockin’, skate-boardin’, Pahluniak-readin’, backpacker-hip-hop head girls are really only there to try to get with Tommy Stinson (so as to bring them a little closer to the the indie gods).
The Suicide Girls Burlesque is playing dates on the GN’R tour? Two things I love that I wouldn’t have thought to go well together.
But, let’s be honest, those indie-rockin’, skate-boardin’, Pahluniak-readin’, backpacker-hip-hop head girls are really only there to try to get with Tommy Stinson (so as to bring them a little closer to the the indie gods).