As far as epiphanies go, "Man, I reeeally fucking love Queens of the Stone Age!" will probably not be the most profound declaration you hear this month...or probably today. But after listening to one of their albums everyday for almost a week, I came to this realization late last week. When I actually thought upon it, there's really no mystery why...I can't really think of any band around today that does such a great job toeing the line between the heavy and the melodic (especially their first three albums). I'm not saying anything earth-shattering...I know...and given that they regularly fill arenas these days, clearly there are tons of people out there that agree with me. So why bother with a blog post? Well, in my opinion their best work is on their self-titled first album. And the album art absolutely KILLS. And it's out of print. And guess what I hate. Collector culture in music. Fuck paying some nerd $40 (about the going rate for this album) for an album that he's (it's definitely a dude) probably never going to listen to simply because it'd "ruin the value" or some stupid shit like that. The artist doesn't make shit off of that sale anyway. So here's the entire album free of charge. Enjoy.
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
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