The Desert Sessions
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| The Desert Sessions | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Palm Desert, California, USA |
| Genre(s) | "cannot be defined" |
| Years active | 1997 - present |
| Label(s) | Rekords Rekords Man's Ruin Records Southern Lord Records Ipecac Recordings |
| Associated acts | Kyuss Queens of the Stone Age earthlings? Masters of Reality Eagles of Death Metal Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator |
| Website | www.desertsessions.com |
The Desert Sessions are a musical collective series "that cannot be defined", founded by Josh Homme in 1997. Artists such as Brant Bjork, PJ Harvey, Jeordie White (Twiggy Ramirez), Dave Catching, Nick Oliveri, Mark Lanegan, John McBain, Josh Freese, Chris Goss, Alain Johannes, Dean Ween and many others from the Palm Desert scene have contributed as songwriters and musicians.
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[edit] History
The Desert Sessions began in August 1997 at the Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree when Homme brought together musicians from the bands Monster Magnet, Goatsnake, earthlings?, Kyuss (his own band) and Soundgarden.[citation needed] The ranch is an old house filled to the brim with rare and unique recording equipment and instruments and was owned by Dave Catching and the late Fred Drake. Songs are written "on the spot", and in matters of hours. Many stories have grown around the Sessions. For example, the song "Creosote" from Volumes 9 & 10 was written by Dean Ween and Alain Johannes on the ranch's front porch within four minutes of meeting each other.[citation needed]
The first Desert Session was not actually a "session" per se, but Homme and his band at the time (The Acquitted Felons) playing for three days straight on psychedelic mushrooms.[citation needed] Since then, the ranch has grown legendary and the Desert Sessions have grown in intensity and artistic merit.
| “ | At Desert Sessions, you play for the sake of music. That’s why it’s good for musicians. If someday that’s not enough anymore, or that’s not the reason behind you doing it--that’s not your raison d’etre--then a quick reminder like Desert Sessions can do so much for you, it’s amazing. It’s easy to forget that this all starts from playing in your garage and loving it. - Josh Homme | ” |
[edit] Current status
| “ | "There's nothing going on [now]. I wish, but I've run out of time. I'm talking to this one guy about adding four more hours to each day, but he's not real positive about it. Those are never going to end, because there's no reason for them to end. But I'd like to make them more regular." --Josh Homme interview with Billboard.com, April 13 2007[1] | ” |
| “ | The Desert Sessions are gonna go on forever. There's no reason to stop them. No, it wasn't me that said there would be only 12 volumes — I'm gonna do 112! It's just a mix tape — the longest-running mix tape in existence. It's awesome: doing them is just a matter of making the time frame come together. I was really wanting to do one before the new album "Era Vulgaris" came out, but we didn't put a time frame on it and it consumed what would have been that time. I didn't want it to take away from what we were doing. --Josh Homme in May 2007 as recorded by Blabbermouth.net.[2] | ” |
In a recent interview with Rockline, Josh stated that he is going to be working on a new Desert Sessions album in December, and the first ten will be re-released as a box set.[3]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Original 10" vinyl releases
[edit] Compact disc compilations
| Title | Year | Label |
| Volumes 1 & 2 | 1998 | Man's Ruin |
| Volumes 3 & 4 | 1998 | Man's Ruin |
| Volumes 5 & 6 | 1999 | Man's Ruin |
| Volumes 7 & 8 | 2001 | Southern Lord/Rekords Rekords |
| Volumes 9 & 10 | 2003 | Ipecac/Rekords Rekords |
In November 2005, RekordsRekords announced that Desert Sessions Volume 1 through to 6 would be reprinted and available by 2006 on both vinyl and CD, though this never came to fruition. Instead, the remaining original copies of the Man Ruin's releases were put on sale in the official RekordsRekords shop in April 2006.[citation needed]
[edit] Collaborating artists
| Member | Associated Acts | 1 & 2 | 3 & 4 | 5 & 6 | 7 & 8 | 9 & 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Homme | Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Eagles of Death Metal, Screaming Trees | X | X | X | X | X |
| Alfredo Hernández | Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Orquesta del Desierto, Yawning Man | X | X | |||
| Dave Catching | Queens of the Stone Age, earthlings?, Mondo Generator, Eagles of Death Metal, Yellow #5, Goon Moon, Peaches | X | X | X | X | |
| Fred Drake | earthlings?, Ministry of Fools | X | X | X | X | |
| Brant Bjork | Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Brant Bjork & The Bros, Mondo Generator, Yellow #5 | X | X | |||
| Ben Shepherd | Soundgarden, Hater, Wellwater Conspiracy | X | X | |||
| Pete Stahl | Scream, Wool, Goatsnake, earthlings?, Orquesta del Desierto | X | X | |||
| John McBain | Monster Magnet, Hater, Wellwater Conspiracy | X | X | |||
| Jesse Hughes | Eagles of Death Metal | X | ||||
| Craig Armstrong | X | |||||
| Nick Oliveri | Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, The Dwarves, Mondo Generator, Masters of Reality | X | X | |||
| Mario Lalli | Fatso Jetson, Yawning Man | X | X | |||
| Larry Lalli | Fatso Jetson | X | ||||
| T. Fresh | X | |||||
| Blag Dahlia | The Dwarves | X | ||||
| Gene Trautmann | Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal | X | ||||
| Adam Maples | earthlings? | X | ||||
| Teddy Quinn | Dig Your Own Cactus, Ministry of Fools | X | ||||
| Tony Mason | Dig Your Own Cactus | X | ||||
| Barrett Martin | Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Queens of the Stone Age | X | ||||
| Alain Johannes | Eleven, Chris Cornell, Queens of the Stone Age | X | X | |||
| Natasha Shneider | Eleven, Chris Cornell, Queens of the Stone Age | X | ||||
| Mark Lanegan | Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Queens of the Stone Age, The Twilight Singers, The Gutter Twins, Isobel Campbell | X | ||||
| Brendon McNichol | Rattlebone, Masters of Reality, Queens of the Stone Age | X | ||||
| Samantha Maloney | Hole, Mötley Crüe, Eagles of Death Metal, Peaches | X | ||||
| Nick Eldorado | Like Hell | X | ||||
| Chris Goss | Masters of Reality, Goon Moon | X | X | |||
| Dean Ween | Ween, Moistboyz | X | ||||
| Josh Freese | The Vandals, Devo, A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails | X | ||||
| Jeordie White | Nine Inch Nails, Goon Moon, A Perfect Circle, Marilyn Manson | X | ||||
| Joey Castillo | Zilch, Wasted Youth, Danzig, Goatsnake, Sugartooth, Queens of the Stone Age | X | ||||
| Brian O'Connor | Eagles of Death Metal | X | ||||
| Troy Van Leeuwen | Failure, A Perfect Circle, Enemy, Queens of the Stone Age | X | ||||
| PJ Harvey | X |
[edit] References
- ^ Reznor Guest Spot Adds Mystery To QOTSA Album, Billboard.com, April 13, 2007
- ^ QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's JOSH HOMME Rules Out KYUSS Reunion. Blabbermouth.net (2007-05-08). Retrieved on 2007-05-08.
- ^ Coburn, Bob; Josh Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen (2007-07-30). Queens new material (radio interview). Rockline radio. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
[edit] External links
- Desert Sessions Official site
- Desert Sessions at Allmusic
- Rekords Rekords Official site
