From The Archives: Eagles of Death Metal Part 1: Joshua Homme0

by Nicole Powers

“I think music is a pleasure device, and it should be used as such.”
– Joshua Homme

If music be the food of love, then Eagles of Death Metal are a super-sized serving. Though their music has little to do with The Eagles or death metal, core members and BFFs Jesse Hughes (a.k.a. The Devil) and Joshua Homme (a.k.a. Carlo Von Sexron) have embraced the hard rockin’, easy lovin’ ethos of such bands. The pair went from kicking a football around together during their formative years in Palm Desert, to kicking musical ideas around as adults on the road.

Homme was the first to commit his life to music, forming cult desert generator party band Kyuss at the age of 14. After Kyuss’ demise in ’95, Homme regrouped, fulfilling many of his rock & roll dreams with his next band, Queens of the Stone Age.

Hughes’ journey to rock was less direct, he got waylaid by university, a career (as a journalist), and a wife. As his relationship turned sour, the guitar seduced Hughes, who reunited with Homme to make sweet, rootsy rock & roll under the moniker Eagles of Death Metal.

At first, Eagles of Death Metal was perceived as a side project by Queens of the Stone Age fans, but the deafening buzz surrounding their 2004 debut album, Peace Love Death Metal, soon changed that. Homme found himself torn between two very viable bands, and was forced to choose between his two loves when both hit the road simultaneously.

As Eagles of Death Metal prepare to release their third album, Heart On, Homme talks to Suicide Girls about his passion for his bands, and how he spreads the love in the musical ménage à trios that is his life.

Read our exclusive interview with Joshua Homme on SuicideGirls.com/.