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May 3, 2007

Era Vulgaris Cover

Bulby, the star of Queens Of The Stone Age's "Sick, Sick, Sick" promo clip, cements his presence in the QOTSA constellation with a full-on mugshot plastered on the band's Era Vulgaris cover. Cute, right? Even though pirate lightbulbs are so '06.

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Badass cover. Their last two were two steps away from Satellite Party's.

Posted by: Shea at 05/03/07 4:02 PM | Reply
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I have three little words to say about this cover... SICK, SICK, SICK. You can take "sick" to mean either the old meaning or the new meaning, I don't care which.

Posted by: Rochelle Nikita at 05/03/07 4:04 PM | Reply
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pretty good... but, then again the the satellite party cover is still fresh in my mind.

*vomit*

Posted by: GiantPanda at 05/03/07 4:21 PM | Reply
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Yes, now THIS is an album cover worthy of mention. (That Spoon cover last week was lame.)

Posted by: Paul at 05/03/07 4:57 PM | Reply
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Awe-some.

Posted by: Jack at 05/03/07 5:19 PM | Reply
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Over-rated band, terrible cover.

Posted by: aa bottom at 05/03/07 5:27 PM | Reply
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So wait...the green lightbulb pirate stole the yellow guy's tooth? Mono? So many questions here...

Posted by: JR at 05/03/07 5:38 PM | Reply
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It says, "we're a serious band, but not too serious" and kinda reminds me of those old Kozik covers, like Melvins' Electroretard.

I'm for it.
DwD

Posted by: Dw Dunphy at 05/03/07 5:41 PM | Reply
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the fake record imprint around the outside is like the fake vintage t-shirts that are the talk of the town these days.

Posted by: T at 05/03/07 5:53 PM | Reply
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Am I alone in thinking that QOTSA's last and pretty much only note-worthy album was Rated R?

Posted by: Steve at 05/03/07 5:56 PM | Reply
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no steve, all the other 17 people who knew QOTSA before rated R probably agree with you, but who cares about them

Posted by: rgr_moore at 05/03/07 6:28 PM | Reply
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It actually says "You have Mono."
http://i11.tinypic.com/3zh15qe.jpg

Posted by: Quinn at 05/03/07 9:01 PM | Reply
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i back the first 3 QOTSA albums. Lullabies kinda had its moments but was hollow and weak, but Era Vulgaris is just terrible. Homme has picked up all these influences from his surroundings that just do not mesh. Dude has no direction anymore, Oliveri at least gave that direction with his stoner bass lines. Theres a huge shortage of riffs on the new album, before they used to jam out riffs for 4minutes and beat you into submission, here they just piss into the wind and hope for the best. Apart from the first 3-4 songs and the Lanegan number, which are average at best -- it is ALL downhill, even embarassing by their standards.

Posted by: Mo at 05/04/07 12:27 AM | Reply
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got meth?

Posted by: fatso at 05/04/07 9:01 AM | Reply
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Does the sticker say "Mental Advisory" instead of "Parental.."? I like it!

Posted by: Elk at 05/04/07 9:08 AM | Reply
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"no steve, all the other 17 people who knew QOTSA before rated R probably agree with you, but who cares about them."

Well I think more than 17 people were Kyuss fans and picked up the first QOTSA album. It's amazing and everything after it has been inferior. That said, their worst albums are still fantastic.

Posted by: Bryan at 05/04/07 12:17 PM | Reply
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The First QOTSA album is the best by far

Posted by: Kevin at 05/17/07 12:48 AM | Reply
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Co-sign on S/T being their BEST by far. without a doubt. one of the best Hard Rock records ever.

Posted by: Jack Spatafora at 05/23/07 4:12 PM | Reply
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Rated R is Supreme... just listening to see what new album is like. First song sounds goood

Posted by: brosef at 06/02/07 3:36 PM | Reply
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cool video. yeah, better than most.

Posted by: chris at 06/07/07 4:07 AM | Reply
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