I’ve been to several Queens of the Stone Age concerts. But my first, at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville in 2011 was the best concert I’d ever been to.
They were playing the reissue of their first album. So the first part of the concert was that album, from start to finish. Then they played other songs. And afterwards they did 2 or 3 encores. I think it was 3, but it was at least 2.
That venue is the old Grand Ole Opry. The seats are narrow wooden pews and it’s got gorgeous stained glass and lots of wood. So it sounds amazing in there.
Ya I’ve been to a few too. My fav was when there was sound issues and Josh stopped playing, the band went back stage, and he just sat there drinking a bottle of vodka. He’d update us on whatever info he was getting, slowly the bottle disappearing. 20 mins later he said a line I’ll never forget, aimed at the sound engineers, “Isn’t it funny how the people that say they’ll be there for you always hurt you the most?” Then just kept sipping vodka, sitting on a sound monitor.
Finally, with almost an entire bottle gone, the issue was fixed. They started playing again. Josh was stumbling around but didn’t miss a single note on the guitar or on vocals. It was like being awesome at his craft was just subconscious to him but the solos went longer, he did more insane shit. All perfect.
The only other band I’ve seen so tight like they may as well have recorded a one-take album right then and there was The Strokes.
I’ve been to several Queens of the Stone Age concerts. But my first, at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville in 2011 was the best concert I’d ever been to.
They were playing the reissue of their first album. So the first part of the concert was that album, from start to finish. Then they played other songs. And afterwards they did 2 or 3 encores. I think it was 3, but it was at least 2.
That venue is the old Grand Ole Opry. The seats are narrow wooden pews and it’s got gorgeous stained glass and lots of wood. So it sounds amazing in there.
Ya I’ve been to a few too. My fav was when there was sound issues and Josh stopped playing, the band went back stage, and he just sat there drinking a bottle of vodka. He’d update us on whatever info he was getting, slowly the bottle disappearing. 20 mins later he said a line I’ll never forget, aimed at the sound engineers, “Isn’t it funny how the people that say they’ll be there for you always hurt you the most?” Then just kept sipping vodka, sitting on a sound monitor.
Finally, with almost an entire bottle gone, the issue was fixed. They started playing again. Josh was stumbling around but didn’t miss a single note on the guitar or on vocals. It was like being awesome at his craft was just subconscious to him but the solos went longer, he did more insane shit. All perfect.
The only other band I’ve seen so tight like they may as well have recorded a one-take album right then and there was The Strokes.