“The best, most important rock album for years…No gimmicks, no postmodern guilt-trip bullshit, just punk rock space-cadet genius, Queens Of The Stone Age’s major label debut compromises nothing but still has mass appeal. The new rock royalty have come to claim their throne. Do not miss out on this.” – NME, September 2000
Yes it has already been ten years since the QOTSA blessed us with their acclaimed album”Rated R.” 10 years!? Really? Damn! “I grow old. I grow old. I shall wear the bottoms of my Jncos rolled.” To celebrate Homme and Co released a special two disc deluxe edition today. As I reflect on a lost decade’s worth of nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy, and alcohol I’ll use this as my soundtrack. You should do the same. If you haven’t heard this album before go and do yourself a favor and download it asap. The first disc includes the original album, and the second contains six B-sides, a few covers ( The Kinks!) and a recording of the band’s set at the 2000 Reading Festival. Homme is a bad-ass ginger who I would not want to fuck with at a festival. This Ginger? Not so much.
Highlights: “Feel Good Hit of the Summer,” “Better Living Through Chemistry,” “The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret”
