Queens of the Stone Age "Over the Years and Through the Woods" Live DVD/CD
I saw the Queens at the last Lollapallooza when they were on tour for the "Songs for the Deaf" album. I was a huge fan and they rocked live. Hard. Full of energy. Fast. Intense. This new DVD captures the best of these guys. They fly through their hits with a balls-out momentum. Heavy metal fugues. Tight band interplay. When I saw them live they still had their original bassist Nick Oliveri who was an incredible punk and metal screamer. Literally screaming at the top of his lungs! They still have all that energy in this new live DVD but lack the primal screaming of the band's last lineup. Nonetheless, this performance captures them at their peak. As far as this DVD being a good show....it is one of their best. The current band lineup is: Joshua Homme (vocals, guitar); Alain Johannes, Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar, bass instrument); Natasha Shneider (keyboards); Joey Castillo (drums). Very tight session musicians from what I can tell. They "go off" quite a bit and it is usually fast and extremely head-bang-able. As a hard rock fan, this show kicked my ass (in a good way naturally). My favorite songs off of it so far are the crazy "You Can't Quit Me Baby" and " I Wanna Make It Wit Chu". Jams. The DVD also has phenomenal bonus materials. They include a few live songs from every album period they have done. Mostly badly recorded but still good cuts of them. The "Songs for the Deaf" era extras actual have Dave Grohl on drums live (something I regret seeing live). The "Lullabies" album extra has some good cuts with Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top and the always classy Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees). Well worth whatever they charge, this DVD is a must for Queen's fans for all of the extras and a full length show (which is recorded and taped very well). 5 out of 5 thumbs and eyes.