That wouldnt have been hard as Kurt Cobain wrote all the drum parts for Nevermind, i'm sure Grohl was only involved in 1 or 2 songs from In Utero. (but yeah not including his Foo Fighters stuff, which maybe Hawkins wrote a lot too 'drum parts')
@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 I completely agree! Especially nowadays and I believe I’m paraphrasing something I heard Mustaine say in an interview, most guitarists focus too much on technique and flashy playing and ignore the song writing element to the whole thing. I prefer Homme’s more simple yet chaotic approach at guitar. And he’s a fantastic song writer, singer and player.
@@jofall91 the physical difficulty of playing something is irrelevant. its the sound that matters. that neither excludes complexity nor favors it. i enjoy the ramones and johnny thunders as much as i enjoy jimi hendrix and pantera, or bach.
@@CatcherOfBass I might just do that actually, if I ever either sell the car OR pass it along to another family member or something. It's the only CD of mine that has never left the changer over the years, and we're talking over a decade now. Masterpiece of an album.
Absolutely. The production approach is fucking _perfect_ for the material. As an album, it is definitely the band's high water mark, and unmatched by other rock acts of the period.
For me, this carries the same magic as watching footage of The Beatles in the studio; pure genius. Songs for the deaf definitely 1 of the top 5 hard rock albums ever recorded.
Very little Lanegan, very much chainsmoking. I love this lo-fi camcorder era, shortly before phones could film in HD and good sound. Everything looks so raw.
@@CirclingtheFringes Just because it'd be the same lineup doesn't mean they could only make one type of record. There's plenty of bands that make a lot of different types of albums with its original members.
i guess i never realized how fucking hard it would've been to teach and nail all the different fills and stops in song for the dead... i'm lucky and blessed to have hung out and worked with a lot of these desert dudes and trust me when i tell you they are as talented as they are fucking crazy. god bless them all, stay rad.
Amazing how it shows them working out all those stops and starts on Song for the Dead! Best hard rock album ever hands down in my opinion. Great to see Lanegan doing his thing, a huge loss to music. Was obsessed with this when it came out and 19 at the time so really influenced me musically. Thankyou to Homme, Oliveri, Grohl, Lanegan and all the other great people on this landmark recording.
Really cool that Josh is so able to explain exactly what he wants so clearly when orchestrating Song for the Dead- it ended up being exactly what he was asking for. That’s a great band leader. I also love watching Nick and Dave interact musically. Lanegan’s is a legend / and how cool would it be to have Troy in your band and hang with him / he looks so cool in the shades lol .
eternal thanks for being able to witness dave track the drums for song for the dead, my favourite rock drums track ever ... i feel like i just witnessed the big bang haha!
I was lost in the early aughts and didn't have my bearings until this album showed up. It spoke in basic terms, to every facet of my messed up life. It was the soundtrack to not growing up and growing up at the same time.
The largest interview takes place at Slims in SF. The part showing the band on the staircase and the concert filmed from the side is also Slims. I was at that concert and managed to get Dave Grohl drumsticks ❤
Bought this album the first day it came out… Popped it in the car and cranked it! A couple tracks in I wasn't paying attention to how fast I was going and ended up getting a speeding ticket... thankfully didn't lose my license... 115mph ... worth it
I remember going to the shops when they opened at 9am to buy it the day it came out. It became my driving album. I would get through nearly all of it on the way to my girlfriend's house. The album is a masterpiece
This is definitely one of my favorite records of all time. The greatness of Songs for the Deaf lies in making old and abandoned sounds appear in another light, synthetic and extravagant, combined with the genius of Homme, a perverse soul full of the slow flavor of the desert. The secret to this success was the perception of the melody in the penetrating territory of stoner/rock. What is most striking about Songs for the Deaf is the simple beauty of the songs, psychedelic but also rich in melody.
I don't think QOTSA will ever be able to come close to the masterpiece that this album is, but nonetheless I still love every single album. Maybe this one just holds more regard as it was the first album I got by them shortly after coming out and I had no idea what a ride I was in for as a young boy.
i think like clockwork comes pretty close, it’s a lot more moody and introspective but i think the production, musicianship, and songwriting matches songs for the deaf pound for pound.
Rock drumming (and drummers), by nature, are borderline nonsensical. So that made perfect sense. When the singer says- "Do that thing....with the cymbal...." not so much.
YES! I used to own this back in the day! So glad to see it again after all these years! This footage is the reason we know why "fucked up" is yelled before the second chorus on Song for the Dead- I just can't quite figure whether that was Mark or Nick.
I know that's Alain, I meant the fact it's Natasha and then Mark right after. Hanging Tree is one of their best compositions and seeing some of the important players in it are no longer with us, it's sad. I do get the confusion though, this was before Alain went full egg mode and still had his Cornell-do
@@kodykindhart8230 well with the pole in front of him on that stage you couldn't really see him. And now that hes been kicked out of the band you cant see him at all.
@@aneurysm341 He seems like that because he's at that age where he kind of started to act like Dean Martin and other idols of his. Nevertheless, i've never seen him being condescending or anything like that. I think the guy is just passionate about what he does, and with a huge portfolio like his i think he's entitled to act however he wants... We can only dream to do what he did and does. The man lives in another world. We have no idea what it's like.
3:33 I remember this documentary from a special edition of SFTD that I got from Best Buy back when it came out. "Clapping in this ass" is a phrase that's stuck in my brain for 20 years because of this
@@Not_Andrew_Huberman Kicks in camerawomen faces aside, Josh Homme is actually one of the greatest musicians ands composers of the last 20-something years. He's been making epic music that no one else was all along and anyone who denies this is just straight hating and I'll always tell them to clean out the earwax and go back and have a better second listen. Matter of fact, only musician I might love more than Josh Homme is Prince. There's a reason for that.
@@callumferguson1834 Josh Homme didn't even listen to Black Sabbath though. He gets that style of playing from starting out in Kyuss, a band full of guys influenced by Black Sabbath. Josh Homme himself though was a punk rocker, he knew nothing about Black Sabbath in his formative years. So no, you can't say he's ever blatantly ripping off Black Sabbath, and as far as The Stooges, that's just one of many bands Josh Homme is influenced by. Last time I checked it's quite okay in music to be influenced by your favorite music when learning from the greats and then doing your own thing with it.
I think Jon was completely wasted on the last album but he's a killer drummer. I don't like his sound near as much, his drums and cymbals are too small
I presume that were I to read up on the history of the band, I'd learn more about why Lanegan was almost non-existent in this video? Best lineup the band ever had ... and so brief.
It's reported that Lanegan has been clean for almost 20 years which is around the time of this album or a little after. So he probably wasn't feeling 100%.
I recently just listened to the audiobook of Sing Backwards and Weep, Mark Lanegan's memoir which he narrates himself. . . It pretty much entirely focuses on his life before Queens and his struggles with addiction. Really, really intense. Well worth checking out for any fans of his.
I was already somewhat familiar with the band when this came out, the summer before my senior year in highschool. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago....fuck I'm getting old.....
No, they wanted the record mixed by a different mix engineer lol, they didnt fire him or not like him. All but 2 tracks were his original tracking. Dont make shit up @@APAL880
Holdma' Beer To Be Kind (Swans) is one of the rock albums of the decade easily, they have this trilogy of albums The Seer, The aforementioned To Be Kind and The Glowing man which is in my opinion their artistic peak. It’s all pretty recent too dropping in the 2010s
12:49 the combination of the blacked out faces and I think I lost my headache playing makes these videos look like some kind of found footage edit: the terrifying stilt people too.
I had the pleasure of seeing nick play a gig here a few years ago. Someday ill be fortunate enough to see quotsa live, but now mega sad I never got to see the uncomparable Mark Lanegan
Homme, Oliveri, Grohl, Lanegan. One of the best rock line ups ever existed
Don't forget Alain Johannes!
and troy gets no love?
John Paul Jones, Josh Homme, Dave Grohl, Alain Johannes
How DARE you leave out Troy Van Leeuwen. Best dressed man in rock.
@@IncompleteStrangersTrue
Grohl wrote his best drumming ever for this
The intro and chorus from song for the dead is just killer
A part of the beginning is taken directly from a black flag song
The entirety of song for the deads drumming is incredible
@@gabrielbrown805 "Slip It In".
Tied with TCV
That wouldnt have been hard as Kurt Cobain wrote all the drum parts for Nevermind, i'm sure Grohl was only involved in 1 or 2 songs from In Utero. (but yeah not including his Foo Fighters stuff, which maybe Hawkins wrote a lot too 'drum parts')
“But play it with less finesse” words to live by
Especially with Queens and Kyuss! Best to have a good mix of fucking around/feel and playing with finesse.
@@jofall91 because music isnt a f en sport competition, its an art, and art goes beyond most peoples understanding especially guitarists
@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 I completely agree! Especially nowadays and I believe I’m paraphrasing something I heard Mustaine say in an interview, most guitarists focus too much on technique and flashy playing and ignore the song writing element to the whole thing. I prefer Homme’s more simple yet chaotic approach at guitar. And he’s a fantastic song writer, singer and player.
@@jofall91 the physical difficulty of playing something is irrelevant. its the sound that matters. that neither excludes complexity nor favors it. i enjoy the ramones and johnny thunders as much as i enjoy jimi hendrix and pantera, or bach.
@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369Yeah… Johnny’s great!
Seeing these guys as they make the songs is like magic to me.
I see you just got this recommended this too
you mean fake, and all smoke and mirrors?,.. ya.
MichaelD Walker Lol I’m interested to hear what you’d consider music that lacks smoke & mirrors.
Love your videos lie! There aren’t enough qotsa video essays out haha
@@7856841 ir hear his "great" recordings
Dave is definitely one of the best at providing a back beat to complete carnage
Dave is the best drummer of his generation. I’m not even that big of a fan of Nirvana but d***. His drumming…
this CD has never left my six disc car CD changer since I bought the car. And I bought that car a long ass time ago.
amen
Weird flex but ok
Leave the cd when you sell the car so you pass it down.
@@CatcherOfBass I might just do that actually, if I ever either sell the car OR pass it along to another family member or something. It's the only CD of mine that has never left the changer over the years, and we're talking over a decade now. Masterpiece of an album.
What car is it
easily one of the best records of the century so far
Absolutely. The production approach is fucking _perfect_ for the material. As an album, it is definitely the band's high water mark, and unmatched by other rock acts of the period.
I kind of prefer rated r but deaf at its best is extremely powerful
For me, this carries the same magic as watching footage of The Beatles in the studio; pure genius. Songs for the deaf definitely 1 of the top 5 hard rock albums ever recorded.
RIP Lanegan, the most expensive back up vocalist of the 00's. I'm so glad they got him not only in the album, but touring as well.
Probably saw them 20 times with him. They were once the greatest rock band in the world.
@@Kche_Mkede_Mkoand they still are
How expensive is he?!
WHO??
Expensive?
1:15 Natasha Shneider..she was a great musician and worked a lot with Chris Cornell...Rest In Peace
6:54 Grohl mapping out Songs For The Dead. Killer!
Historic document
That’s my favorite part of this vid
Alain and Natasha ♥️😭
It's amazing how a bunch of random noises can sound so good together and continue to tickle my soul 20+ years later.
It's so fascinating to see how it all comes together. One of my favourite albums of all time.
Same here. Been waiting for decades
7:11 honestly my fave drum sound on the planet
His tribute to Bill Stevenson
@@binxboi7156 to my knowledge the descendents never recorded drums like this (live no cymbals, then cymbals added later).
@@kevsnyder They're talking about the part.
that thumpy motherfuckin kick
Very little Lanegan, very much chainsmoking.
I love this lo-fi camcorder era, shortly before phones could film in HD and good sound. Everything looks so raw.
I wish this line up stayed together 😭
I think we all do.
Why? To make the same record again and again?
@@CirclingtheFringes Just because it'd be the same lineup doesn't mean they could only make one type of record. There's plenty of bands that make a lot of different types of albums with its original members.
We can't have nice things forever
dude even if the next album sounded better nick was in jail for beating his gf and dave has foo fighters
i guess i never realized how fucking hard it would've been to teach and nail all the different fills and stops in song for the dead... i'm lucky and blessed to have hung out and worked with a lot of these desert dudes and trust me when i tell you they are as talented as they are fucking crazy. god bless them all, stay rad.
Amazing how it shows them working out all those stops and starts on Song for the Dead! Best hard rock album ever hands down in my opinion. Great to see Lanegan doing his thing, a huge loss to music. Was obsessed with this when it came out and 19 at the time so really influenced me musically. Thankyou to Homme, Oliveri, Grohl, Lanegan and all the other great people on this landmark recording.
and in those studio sessions they created a true piece of art
Dave is just KILLING IT on this record, love that snare tone too
Really cool that Josh is so able to explain exactly what he wants so clearly when orchestrating Song for the Dead- it ended up being exactly what he was asking for. That’s a great band leader.
I also love watching Nick and Dave interact musically. Lanegan’s is a legend / and how cool would it be to have Troy in your band and hang with him / he looks so cool in the shades lol .
SONGS FOR THE DEAF!! How are all of you getting that wrong?
@@Humblemumble7The song is called A Song for the Dead.
@@Humblemumble7are you sure? lmao
Troy is the koolest guitar player on the planet… end of of discussion
I met Nick after a small solo gig in Dublin last summer. Hell of a nice chap but you can see there is chaos bubbling under there too....
Yeah, the kind of beating your girlfriend to a pulp while having a little showdown with the police while having guns locked and loaded kind of chaos.
@@knekt6874 thats what meth does to ya
@@knekt6874 still one of my heroes
@@knekt6874 yeah but apart from that he seems like a ok guy huh!
@@TheJohnGway Theeeere goes your hero! Watch out for his blows! Theeere goes your hero, on meth he's scary!
eternal thanks for being able to witness dave track the drums for song for the dead, my favourite rock drums track ever ... i feel like i just witnessed the big bang haha!
SONGS FOR THE DEAF! NOT DEAD
No he means Songs for the Dead. Best drumming. Ever.
Amazing to see how it was done. My favourite album ever.
I was lost in the early aughts and didn't have my bearings until this album showed up. It spoke in basic terms, to every facet of my messed up life. It was the soundtrack to not growing up and growing up at the same time.
The largest interview takes place at Slims in SF. The part showing the band on the staircase and the concert filmed from the side is also Slims. I was at that concert and managed to get Dave Grohl drumsticks ❤
Bought this album the first day it came out…
Popped it in the car and cranked it!
A couple tracks in I wasn't paying attention to how fast I was going and ended up getting a speeding ticket... thankfully didn't lose my license... 115mph ... worth it
Damn dude 😅 well i guess that's how u know it's a solid album
I too have only revived one speeding fine in my life and it's because I was playing millionaire
Thats not as cool as you think that sounds
I remember going to the shops when they opened at 9am to buy it the day it came out. It became my driving album. I would get through nearly all of it on the way to my girlfriend's house. The album is a masterpiece
Awesome! Rest in peace Natasha!
Only Josh Homme can actually tell Dave Freakin Grohl how to play drums lmao
That's because Dave isn't really a well trained musician and Josh is. He's admitted this numerous times.
I wouldn't say josh is well trained lol I think he only had some polka lessons and then learned the rest along the way
Josh and Kurt Cobain
@@DustinDollinsShinBonelol he’s literally just telling him to play it shittier
That's because Josh wrote the song, I guess he wanted it the way it sounds in his head.
But, yeah, still😅
This album is their monsterpiece
Grohl's drumming is absolutely fantastic.
Lanegan is so good with qotsa and homme is the coolest dude on the planet
This is definitely one of my favorite records of all time. The greatness of Songs for the Deaf lies in making old and abandoned sounds appear in another light, synthetic and extravagant, combined with the genius of Homme, a perverse soul full of the slow flavor of the desert. The secret to this success was the perception of the melody in the penetrating territory of stoner/rock. What is most striking about Songs for the Deaf is the simple beauty of the songs, psychedelic but also rich in melody.
I first heard this when I was in Australia and it was played by all the radio stations. When I got home to good ol Blighty, I bought the Album.
Never seen this before - this is super cool - love seeing the isolated parts become a whole! Thanks!
Thank you Chris Goss for understanding how to record the genius of this album and Kyuss.
Such a badass concept album and I throw that term around lightly when complimenting music. Such a dangerous album to drive to lol
I don't think QOTSA will ever be able to come close to the masterpiece that this album is, but nonetheless I still love every single album. Maybe this one just holds more regard as it was the first album I got by them shortly after coming out and I had no idea what a ride I was in for as a young boy.
I think they peaked with Lullabies.
i think like clockwork comes pretty close, it’s a lot more moody and introspective but i think the production, musicianship, and songwriting matches songs for the deaf pound for pound.
Like Clockwork gang
Like Clockwork... and In Times New Roman are the bands best overall albums.
@@LilBigBadwolf0 😂
Just discovered this and am most grateful.
6:07 when guitarists explain to the drummer what to play, it basically always sounds as nonsensical as this...
xD
.. but he's a drummer himself though
It’s also really hard to make something sound worse. Specially when music is so naturally gifted to him.
Rock drumming (and drummers), by nature, are borderline nonsensical. So that made perfect sense.
When the singer says- "Do that thing....with the cymbal...." not so much.
not as dumb as when drummers try to tell guitarists what to play tho
Yup I'm always talking to my drummer like that, but he always gets me.
This formation was just unbelievable.
YES! I used to own this back in the day! So glad to see it again after all these years! This footage is the reason we know why "fucked up" is yelled before the second chorus on Song for the Dead- I just can't quite figure whether that was Mark or Nick.
Mark probably
It’s mark saying “Fuck It!”
nick’s idea, mark’s role
I bought this album while I was stationed in kuwait before we went to baghdad.... this album and any desert just fuckin makes sense...
Easily one of my favourite albums of all time
Dave snuck “Slip It In” beat at 7:11 as a tribute to Bill Stevenson
I love that beat...I like to play it every time I’m behind some drums, it’s such a fun beat.😁
1:15 hurts a lot. Rest in Peace, the both of ya.
That’s Alain, not Mark
I know that's Alain, I meant the fact it's Natasha and then Mark right after. Hanging Tree is one of their best compositions and seeing some of the important players in it are no longer with us, it's sad.
I do get the confusion though, this was before Alain went full egg mode and still had his Cornell-do
The pole in front of Nick on that stage was kind of foreshadowing
Explain?
@@kodykindhart8230 well with the pole in front of him on that stage you couldn't really see him. And now that hes been kicked out of the band you cant see him at all.
I miss Nick in band so much.
What a great experience see these guys behind the scenes cool stuff and a good band 🤘
Very Last of the greatest true rock n roll bands
This was the best 15 mins of my life ❤❤❤❤❤
My favorite album of all time
Great piece of film! I haven’t seen this in years. Best band ever.
Damn Dave plays LOUD!
B Dulaney WHAT!??
Power drummer for sure
Josh looks like a rebellious rich kid
and seems like kind of a pompous douchebag... which is what rich kids grow up to be
@@aneurysm341 He seems like that because he's at that age where he kind of started to act like Dean Martin and other idols of his. Nevertheless, i've never seen him being condescending or anything like that. I think the guy is just passionate about what he does, and with a huge portfolio like his i think he's entitled to act however he wants... We can only dream to do what he did and does. The man lives in another world. We have no idea what it's like.
@@Abrahamhamham Hey, we don't use logic and common sense here in the yt comments. To the gulag with you!
He stole cars growing up and did hard labor to support himself. I think he looks like who he is, not some ignorant useless vain d-bag.
Mark Lanegan had a similar sentiment in his book
i don’t know what it is about dave playing bucket of fish but it’s just so magical
6:00 one of the best drum intro ever ...
3:33 I remember this documentary from a special edition of SFTD that I got from Best Buy back when it came out.
"Clapping in this ass" is a phrase that's stuck in my brain for 20 years because of this
I haven't seen Molly in, damn, well over a decade. Wow time flies
This is from their songs for the deaf DVD. Great insight.
Well... Get the right musicians around you and you're about to create a timeless masterpiece!
This is great thank you for uploading this.
Studied this album.....and I crammed before every test.
Wow Josh is a baby, but always has great musical intuition. Its so awesome seeing them work out that intro to Song For The Dead.
*(on treadmill)*
_laughs maniacally_
Songs for the deaf é um álbum maravilhoso, e foi uma homenagem ao Dee Ramones e Joey Ramones falecidos pouco tempo depois
Bless mark lanegan man, just lost his best buddy couple months previous, looks done with the world
No other music sounds like this,truly originally. Proves josh is a beast,underrated
You need to know more music asap
Original to a degree... There's a LOT of black Sabbath and stooges riffs he is blatantly lifting in these songs
@@callumferguson1834 careful he may kick you in the face for that
@@Not_Andrew_Huberman Kicks in camerawomen faces aside, Josh Homme is actually one of the greatest musicians ands composers of the last 20-something years. He's been making epic music that no one else was all along and anyone who denies this is just straight hating and I'll always tell them to clean out the earwax and go back and have a better second listen. Matter of fact, only musician I might love more than Josh Homme is Prince. There's a reason for that.
@@callumferguson1834 Josh Homme didn't even listen to Black Sabbath though. He gets that style of playing from starting out in Kyuss, a band full of guys influenced by Black Sabbath. Josh Homme himself though was a punk rocker, he knew nothing about Black Sabbath in his formative years. So no, you can't say he's ever blatantly ripping off Black Sabbath, and as far as The Stooges, that's just one of many bands Josh Homme is influenced by. Last time I checked it's quite okay in music to be influenced by your favorite music when learning from the greats and then doing your own thing with it.
They've been so blessed with fantastic drummers. The question is Grohl or Jon Theodore?
It’s obvious 😉
Joey C
I prefer Grohl any day of the week. But that's just me.
I think Jon was completely wasted on the last album but he's a killer drummer. I don't like his sound near as much, his drums and cymbals are too small
@@messygamez5675 all time great
This album was recorded at the sight Nicasio CA. 6 miles away from my house🔥🔥🔥
1 of the best albums of all time imo
The best music to my knowledge ❤
I presume that were I to read up on the history of the band, I'd learn more about why Lanegan was almost non-existent in this video? Best lineup the band ever had ... and so brief.
It's reported that Lanegan has been clean for almost 20 years which is around the time of this album or a little after. So he probably wasn't feeling 100%.
I recently just listened to the audiobook of Sing Backwards and Weep, Mark Lanegan's memoir which he narrates himself. . . It pretty much entirely focuses on his life before Queens and his struggles with addiction. Really, really intense. Well worth checking out for any fans of his.
6:55 This has gotta be on the top 20 moments in music history. I'd even dare to say higher.
This album gives me so many visuals. Amazing album ♥
I was already somewhat familiar with the band when this came out, the summer before my senior year in highschool. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago....fuck I'm getting old.....
Dave playing Bleed at 9:17 lol
I luv how you can clearly see Eric Valentine in certain shots
I don't like him and I don't think the band liked him. Didn't they fire him and then rerecord some stuff?
No, they wanted the record mixed by a different mix engineer lol, they didnt fire him or not like him. All but 2 tracks were his original tracking. Dont make shit up @@APAL880
Awesome video, love this album 🔥🔥
Thank you for this video
Best album of the new century.
That record is pure magic imho.
R.I.P. Mark and Natasha
4:46 - Summing it up.
he beat his girl, respect
BEST ALBUM OF 2000s
14:00 heavier than planet earth itself
Listen to Swans ;)
@@jager9022 ...still in the womb then? :)
Holdma' Beer To Be Kind (Swans) is one of the rock albums of the decade easily, they have this trilogy of albums The Seer, The aforementioned To Be Kind and The Glowing man which is in my opinion their artistic peak. It’s all pretty recent too dropping in the 2010s
What's the name of the song?
@@renandimas5406 tension head, off the second record
12:49 the combination of the blacked out faces and I think I lost my headache playing makes these videos look like some kind of found footage
edit: the terrifying stilt people too.
‘Why is there a pole in front of me’
I haven’t seen it and I already like it
best video ever
I had the pleasure of seeing nick play a gig here a few years ago. Someday ill be fortunate enough to see quotsa live, but now mega sad I never got to see the uncomparable Mark Lanegan
Nick mocking josh's funky bends on the guitar was funny asf
RIP Mark
I love how one of the "Fucked up" 's made it into the final song.
5:56 Josh proceeds to tell Dave to be a worse drummer cuz he's just too good
Great album
Queens of the Stone Age, the Cramps, the Damned, old classic Turbonegro, Samhain, Deadbolt, Bowie, Iggy Pop, the Gun Club, Devo, YEAH
That hanging tree give me goosebump!
Love this vid. Thx for posting