Queens of the Stone Age (bass, cds, album, quote)

littleknowitall · 12-09-2006, 12:41 PM

I like the stuff they've released, but some of the stuff on the album, between the droning repetition and the never ending sound clips at the start of the songs i got bored ****less.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 12-09-2006, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mamagarmr

^ I don't get what you are saying mate, they don't sound a thing like them, and the songs are about totally different subjects.(somewhat)

Yeah but to be fair by next week you would have totally changed your mind again.

tdoc210 · 12-09-2006, 04:53 PM

ok because ive defiantley not had kyuss for over a year

MoonlitSunshine · 12-11-2006, 12:48 PM

I prefer Qotsa myself. Their sound is cleaner, and better thought out, I think. Kyuss are great too, but none of their stuff really stands up to the pure genius that Qotsa have brought out, like Better Living Through Chemistry, or Song for the Deaf (the song, not the entire album)

Merkaba · 12-11-2006, 02:09 PM

This makes me slightly agitated!

I like Queens, but having heard all Kyuss material I know of, I can't say there is any way Queens stacks up against them.

I guess it depends on how clean you like your music, and the lyrics weren't anything special from Kyuss but the overall product tends to blow QOTSA out of the water imo.

Kyuss went through their time starting off dead sleazy and finishing up artistically awesome, but whatever stage they were at, it was brilliant. (1990) Deadly Kiss -> 50 Million Year Trip -> Demon Cleaner -> Spaceship Landing (1995).

QOTSA have gone through making Mexicola -> Tension Head (Apart from a couple the rest of the album was pretty average) -> You Think I Aint Worth a Dollar -> I'm not sure what to put here from the Lullabies album, it was all mediocre. You know, some good songs, but other than S/T and maybe SFTD, none of the QOTSA albums, as a whole, stacked up against Kyuss.

MoonlitSunshine · 12-11-2006, 02:47 PM

Well, what would you view as kyuss' best album? I haven't heard enough of their stuff in all honesty

Merkaba · 12-11-2006, 02:57 PM

It's hard to say, they're all different and great in their own ways. Wretch is their sleaziest, it's just a pure rock album kind of like ACDC's Back in Black or something like that. Blues For the Red Sun is mainly their desert sound, it's a bit more experimental, as is Welcome to the Sky Valley. While ...And the Circus Leaves Town is probably their most artistic and psychedelic, fairly different to anything before it, some of the songs are much more mellow.

http://www.albumbase.com/list_albums...uss&cat=artist

Theres no Wretch there but i'm sure you could hunt it down somewhere.

MoonlitSunshine · 12-11-2006, 03:00 PM

I think I have everything there... that may be because I already raided there for their albums. I probably have them all, I just forgot to listen to them. I'm getting so much music these days it's hard to keep track of what I haven't listened to!

cardboard adolescent · 12-11-2006, 03:09 PM

Kyuss may have been somewhat derivative of Black Sabbath, but I fail to see Queens of the Stone Age as very original. To me, they sound more generic and uninteresting than Kyuss, just a watered down version with more "alternative rock" influences.

adidasss · 05-16-2007, 06:12 PM

I've just downloaded 3s and 7s. Anyone else hear it? Thoughts? And what about the upcoming album...I tried searching and managed to download a fake off of Soulseek (such people should be killed, seriously)...can't wait to hear it. Judging by 3s and 7s it's gonna be sweet as fuck!

12-09-2006, 04:53 PM	#103 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	ok because ive defiantley not had kyuss for over a year __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

12-11-2006, 12:48 PM	#104 (permalink)
MoonlitSunshine Dat's Der Bunny! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,088	I prefer Qotsa myself. Their sound is cleaner, and better thought out, I think. Kyuss are great too, but none of their stuff really stands up to the pure genius that Qotsa have brought out, like Better Living Through Chemistry, or Song for the Deaf (the song, not the entire album) __________________ "I found it eventually, at the bottom of a locker in a disused laboratory, with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard". Ever thought of going into Advertising?" - Arthur Dent

12-11-2006, 02:09 PM	#105 (permalink)
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	This makes me slightly agitated! I like Queens, but having heard all Kyuss material I know of, I can't say there is any way Queens stacks up against them. I guess it depends on how clean you like your music, and the lyrics weren't anything special from Kyuss but the overall product tends to blow QOTSA out of the water imo. Kyuss went through their time starting off dead sleazy and finishing up artistically awesome, but whatever stage they were at, it was brilliant. (1990) Deadly Kiss -> 50 Million Year Trip -> Demon Cleaner -> Spaceship Landing (1995). QOTSA have gone through making Mexicola -> Tension Head (Apart from a couple the rest of the album was pretty average) -> You Think I Aint Worth a Dollar -> I'm not sure what to put here from the Lullabies album, it was all mediocre. You know, some good songs, but other than S/T and maybe SFTD, none of the QOTSA albums, as a whole, stacked up against Kyuss. __________________ She thinks I'm a reclusive genius, she's going to be very disappointed when she finds out i'm a reclusive wanker

12-11-2006, 02:47 PM	#106 (permalink)
MoonlitSunshine Dat's Der Bunny! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,088	Well, what would you view as kyuss' best album? I haven't heard enough of their stuff in all honesty __________________ "I found it eventually, at the bottom of a locker in a disused laboratory, with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard". Ever thought of going into Advertising?" - Arthur Dent

12-11-2006, 02:57 PM	#107 (permalink)
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	It's hard to say, they're all different and great in their own ways. Wretch is their sleaziest, it's just a pure rock album kind of like ACDC's Back in Black or something like that. Blues For the Red Sun is mainly their desert sound, it's a bit more experimental, as is Welcome to the Sky Valley. While ...And the Circus Leaves Town is probably their most artistic and psychedelic, fairly different to anything before it, some of the songs are much more mellow. http://www.albumbase.com/list_albums...uss&cat=artist Theres no Wretch there but i'm sure you could hunt it down somewhere. __________________ She thinks I'm a reclusive genius, she's going to be very disappointed when she finds out i'm a reclusive wanker

12-09-2006, 12:41 PM	#101 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	I like the stuff they've released, but some of the stuff on the album, between the droning repetition and the never ending sound clips at the start of the songs i got bored ****less.

12-11-2006, 03:00 PM	#108 (permalink)
MoonlitSunshine Dat's Der Bunny! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,088	I think I have everything there... that may be because I already raided there for their albums. I probably have them all, I just forgot to listen to them. I'm getting so much music these days it's hard to keep track of what I haven't listened to! __________________ "I found it eventually, at the bottom of a locker in a disused laboratory, with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard". Ever thought of going into Advertising?" - Arthur Dent

12-11-2006, 03:09 PM	#109 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Kyuss may have been somewhat derivative of Black Sabbath, but I fail to see Queens of the Stone Age as very original. To me, they sound more generic and uninteresting than Kyuss, just a watered down version with more "alternative rock" influences.

05-16-2007, 06:12 PM	#110 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	I've just downloaded 3s and 7s. Anyone else hear it? Thoughts? And what about the upcoming album...I tried searching and managed to download a fake off of Soulseek (such people should be killed, seriously)...can't wait to hear it. Judging by 3s and 7s it's gonna be sweet as fuck! __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm