by Blogbot
…well he didn’t exactly do it, but some wag has remixed moves Tom Yorke busted out in the “Lotus Flower” video and mashed them with Beyonce’s “Single Ladies.”
Oh, and we hear his band might have a new record out or something (Zzzz).
“I’m becoming the artist that I’ve always wanted to be.”
– wiL Francis
Best known as the lead singer of Seattle’s enormously popular bandz Aiden, wiL Francis has embarked on his first-ever solo project under the pseudonym William Control. After several years of success with Aiden, he found himself on the precipice of personal disaster. But instead of succumbing to drink (he’s sober), suicide, or worse, shitty emo ballads, he has unleashed his inner drum machine and transferred his anguish into a record filled with deliciously dark, undeniably ’80s, four-on-the-floor dance hits.
The 2011 Coachella lineup has just been announced. Headliners, though somewhat predictable, will doubtless please many: Kings of Leon (Friday), Arcade Fire (Saturday), and the Strokes and Kanye “Foot in Mouth” West (Sunday).
Delving further down the bill is where the true gems can be found. Cee Lo Green leading a Coachella-sized crowd through choruses of “Fuck You” will likely be a highlight of Friday’s schedule. Conversely, waiting for Ms. Lauryn Hill to hit the stage will probably have folks cursing for a whole other reason.
“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.
“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.
This Sunday (Jan 16th) our very special in-studio guest will be award-winning music video director Doug Freel, who is the filmmaker behind the Al Jourgenson / Ministry documentary Fix. He’ll be talking about his new rock doc, and sharing stories of life (and death) on the road with the band that defined the industrial genre.
“This need for expression, and large gestures, and connection…”
– Gavin Rossdale
For a man capable of making so much noise, Gavin Rossdale is very soft-spoken, his somewhat guarded reticence being understandable given all that he’s been through.
The singer, songwriter and musician is currently enjoying his first Billboard Top 40 hit since the heady days when he fronted the post-grunge band Bush. For a while in the mid-nineties their singles (“Comedown” and “Glycerine”) ruled the airwaves, and the band toured virtually non-stop – with a quaint little Orange County band called No Doubt supporting them.
