From The Archives: Eagles of Death Metal Part 2 – Jesse Hughes0

by Nicole Powers

“My job is to flirt.”
– Jesse Hughes

Jesse Hughes loves women. I mean, he really loves women. If you read the first of our Eagles of Death Metal interviews with Joshua Homme, you may have got the impression that the boys, who grew up together in Palm Desert, are shameless flirts. That’s doubly true with Hughes, the second half of this fun-loving act.

An old-school Southern charmer (Hughes’s family moved to California in 1979), when he’s not exercising his powers of seduction, he spends much of our interview impressing upon me how wild and wicked he truly is. However, the effect is ruined and redemption is found with an unexpected phone call from his mom.

While a polite, well brought-up boy, who wears clean underwear and socks (more on that later), lies not far beneath Hughes’ rock & roll veneer, he does have the odd bad habit his mom’s not yet managed to iron out – tardiness being the one that’s most pertinent to our interview. Having cancelled then rescheduled our little tête-à-tête, Hughes is running nearly an hour late by the time he finally calls in.

Read our exclusive interview with Jesse Hughes on SuicideGirls.com/.