Supergroups are a rarity these days aren't they? The closest to them that we've come in the last decade is Audioslave and The Raconteurs. But when I first heard that Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters & Nirvana) Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) were coming together as a band my head nearly exploded. I'm a big fan of all 4 of those bands and I like the idea of supergroups. I had to wait about 3 months for the band to release anything and whatcame out of that was the self titled album, Them Crooked Vultures. I was eager to hear Dave Grohl back at the kit (he played drums for Nirvana) and I hadn't heard from Josh Homme or John Paul Jones in a long time. So, as you can imagine, I was pretty dang pumped for this album. The majority of the songs sound more like Queens of the Stone Age than anything, and Dave Grohl doesn't wield the mic that much. But on the 2nd track entitled "Mind Eraser, No Chaser" Grohl gets to sing in the chorus of the song. It's great to hear Homme and Grohl trading vocals. Most of the songs sound pretty much the same, but some kind of drag a little. Near the end it gets kinda repetitive but it's still fun to listen to. Bottom line, if you like Queens of the Stone Age or Foo Fighters this is the album for you. But if you wanna hear John Paul Jones revive the sound Zeppelin, this isn't what you're looking for.

7.5/10