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Josh Homme To Serve As Official Ambassador Of Record Store Day
posted March 29, 2010
Joshua Homme (lead singer/guitarist for Them Crooked Vultures and Queens of the Stone Age) has been named the official "Ambassador of Record Store Day." The Record Store Day Ambassador is an honorary, much-sought-after post awarded to those musicians who are open about their past and present love of record stores, and are not shy about encouraging others to join them in their celebration of Record Store Day. The post was previously held by Homme's partner in crime, lead singer Jesse "Boots Electric" Hughes of The Eagles of Death Metal.
To commemorate the day, Them Crooked Vultures will release a 10" picture disc on April 17th that contains one of the most popular tracks from their self-titled album, "Mind Eraser, No Chaser" with a live version of "Highway One," (live from Sydney) and "Vulture Speak" an interview with the band.
Queens of the Stone Age is also releasing a Record Store Day piece, Feel Good Hit of the Summer EP. This is a first time release in the US.
Them Crooked Vultures will be performing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 16, where Record Store Day will have a pop-up record store set up on site.
"I'm a vinyl collector and I just love to scour. I think it always reverts to the thing that's most rewarding and tangible. The size of the cover... and that feel of being connected to it, because you have to pay attention to vinyl, you have to change the sides and stuff. It can't just be background music while you're cooking or driving to the bank. It brings itself a little more to the foreground. Unless you want to hear shmmp, shmmp, shmmp..." Joshua Homme/Them Crooked Vultures
Record Store Day, organized by the Music Monitor Network, the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), and the Alliance of Independent Music Stores (AIMS) celebrates the culture of independent record stores by playing host to in-store events/performances, signings and special product releases on a global scale. It takes place on Saturday, April 17, 2010.
