Let's just talk about how underrated Alain Johannes is as a virtuoso and artist. He's the bomb. So is Eleven. Shame on you people if you haven't heard their debut, "Awake in a Dream".
Josh Homme voice is unusual because despite being American he sings like a British pop Star in the 1980-90s. Its almost like he is faking a British accent.
That's true too. With the general technical abilities of Alain and the off the wall and completely out of nowhere approach that Josh likes, they make a perfect combo. I think Lullabies to Paralyze is a perfect example of the Homme + Johannes connection works. On almost any song on the album (with the exception of course, of the songs that he's not on)
This is one of the greatest live performances of all time. The energy in the room is so immense they’re all getting high off of it. Each one of them had a moment where they shocked one another with something especially fun, surprising and skilled. Mindblowing. True rockers. What I would do to meet even one of these guys…
Homme has always had an interesting guitar style in the first place and this is outside his normal style too, and he's doing it so perfectly. Dave Grohl is nothing but perfection to be honest (and at the time in this video, he was playing with an injured rib. If you watch his more tensed positioning and his facial expressions. It'll tell you) and yeah, John Paul Jones, I mean come on, the dudes been doing this for more than 50 years of his 66 year old life. That's more than 75% of his life.
And I agree. There was some great work between the two on Lullabies and even Era Vulgaris. Alain remains my favorite on stage bassist Queens have had so far. Alain has some great work with Chris Cornell as well.
@RubeenBonham *edited* I agree that rock isn't quite what it used to be, but that's a pretty ignorant statement. There are plenty of rockers left if you just look around for them. Try Rival Sons ("Memphis Sun" is a good place to start), anything from Jack White (of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather), The Black Keys ("Tighten Up" is a good one), Audioslave (or pretty much any of Chris Cornell's projects). And those are the better-known ones. Look; you'll find something nice.
@RubeenBonham Kid? I'm older than you. And I'm not trying to insult you or anything, so biting my head off was unnecessary. I don't know what you have or haven't done research on; I was just making a few recommendations. I listen to "raw rock & roll" as well -- in fact, most of what I listen to is from the '50s to the '70s -- but to say there's nobody left making rock is just absurd. And yes, Allain Johannes is pretty much the man.
