What an entrance. You can't fake it; they took the stage, and they're the best live band there is, - at any juncture in their career.Life ,- and death, - has kept Homme on his toes, and he has not grown complacent, and doesn't take anything for granted.An optimal line up ,with the rhythm section and Dean in support.
These guys are so tight and focused, yet have such an amazing loose and cool style that is seriously so difficult to pull off during live performances - constant kudos to these guys
@@fallen6060 they're as good as ever. But not the same. LOL, if that makes sense. That band is better and tighter than ever. For sure. But those late 90s early 2000s were special... 🤘🔥
@@nateatchison161 Ah, I see the problem here. I didn't exactly mean that, I knew how QOTSA sounded back then. But more that kids these days don't have any good music taste. I thought Nate meant that kids today don't have any good musical taste, therefore, I showed up and disagreed with him. Have a great day, my friend.
This balcony reminded me of some gigs my former band had, and on a small and beautiful seaside town called Kotor. Thank the universe or whoever is in charge for having QOTSA around these fuckin' days.
Not been to Halifax for a loooong time, amazing to see probably the greatest band at the moment playing at The Piece Hall.. Knew they'd developed it a bit, but a gig like this being held there is awesome!
Yeah I’m roughly the same distance, living in Manchester. The tickets pretty much sold out immediately and I didn’t see many scalpers / “resellers” offloading extortionate tickets, which is a good thing as I’m hoping the fans who were there got to see QOTSA at face value.
Former sorta-neighbor of mine (JHomme & the rest of Kyuss, pre-Scott Reeder on bass). Saw them @ a house party in LA Quinta, CA; they were calling themselves SONS of Kyuss...after going by Katzenjammer before that. I was wearing a ripped up old Samhain t-shirt (I didn't know that much of their music, but the t-shirt was awesome). Out of nowhere, John Garcia (Kyuss vox) yells out: "HEY YOU! IN THE SAMHAIN SHIRT--THIS IS FOR YOU!" the combination of my relative ignorance of Samhain's catalog & the rough treatment the song got (these guys were like 17-19 @ that time) meant I had zero idea what song they played, but it was cool anyway. Scott Reeder ended up running an exotic pet store in Palm Springs for a few years, with his wife. I had about 100 reptiles, so I got all my supplies there, & occasionally Scott cut me a great deal if I took a truly ornery reptile off his hands. Really good people, Scott & his wife. I didn't know Josh like that...was just JHomme-adjacent. They never fail, QOTSA OR JH...never a single BAD album released, ever. This one starts off with the best QOTSA song since Like Clockwork: Obscenery is a frickin' BRILLIANT song with CRUSHING RIFFS @ 1:57 & 3:37-ish. The 1st one comes on the heels of a little string section break, then the riff grabs you by the throat & shoes the shite out of you during rhe entire bridge. I thought I'd end up having Negative Space or Carnavoyeur as my favorites in this album. Nope. I already like Obscenery, Straightjacket Fitting, & the sneaky-great What the People Say better than any of the 3 songs teased out before the official release (the 2 I mentioned as well as Emotion Sickness, of course, which has a crazy-great video). This is such a good album. Was worried that after 7 years they wouldn't have "it" anymore. So glad to be wrong. And all the David Bowie comparisons for JH?? Kinda warranted...JH is just a bit more forceful, sexy, & outstanding as a guitar player & writer of great riffs.
Thanks for the great insight, I enjoyed that. QOTSA are an absolute force, both on record and in a live setting, and they do it with authority and authenticity. Josh has got a great line-up with Troy, Dean, Mikey and Jon Theodore on drums. I enjoyed Joey Castillo’s input but Jon Theodore is also great, and brings an energy.
@@scowlerman THANK YOU--i happen to think that JT is a BEAST of a drummer, but with enough class and nuance that he doesn't do the whole Dave Grohl thing where he's bashing away full force almost at all times. i suspect DG demands that his drumming be placed forward in the mix. while i respect his drumming, he doesn't hold a technical candle to guys like JT, Thomas Pridgeon (took JT's place for The Mars Volta), Tomas Haake of Meshuggah, and especially the departed Sean Reinert of CYNIC & the band DEATH (for 1 all-time, genre-shattering, great album--Human). Reinert was at the forefront of technical death metal drumming & infusing lightning fast death metal with jazz time signatures & tempo/...and whose use of ghost notes on cymbals were unheard of in heavy music back then--early 90s). anyway, Jon Theodore absolutely can BLAST away with the heaviest-handed drummers in the world, but he knows when to pull back, use some subtlety so as to give a song real percussive dynamics. perfect for JHomme's writing style, since he loves to give us little easter eggs in his songs, going soft and pretty for awhile before blasting away, like in the opening song OBSCENERY, the riffs after the string section (around 1:38) and around 3:37 when he doubles down on the earlier bridge riffs--and JT accompanies those riffs explosively. gives so much power when he isn't ALWAYS being powerful, you know?
@@scowlerman and Mikey Shoes is a BADASS on the bass, even though he's a another multi-instrumentalist--check his work with Mini Mansions--plays everything BUT bass, and also sings really well. and Troy VL has been in lockstep with Josh for so long that it's becoming hard to tell their playing apart. check out the solo on track 2, the one that reminds you of the solo outro from Little Sister? that isn't JH, it's TVL. and Dean is the quiet member off to the side, doing all of JH's piano and other work live b/c JH sure can't play 2 or 3 instruments at once, right? this is just an all-time great band, and i love that even their harshest critics cannot say the words, "QOTSA made a bad record." the scale for rating their albums is different than that of most any other band i can think of. it's like they have to be graded on a curve, but reverse-style, handicapping them like a stud racehorse that has to take on extra weight to give the rest of the field a chance to compete.
It looks a brilliant venue! Roll on the 15the November and the O2, not quite the same though, I would have loved to have seen them in such an intimate setting like the Piece Hall. 😁
Didn't see this concert, but saw them at Louder than Life at Louisville Kentucky (9-24-2023), I was not disappointed. Wish I had smoked more weed tho, LoL!
What a great venue that looks; never heard of it before and I’ve been to a fair few up and down the country. What a great band ✨ and two top tracks to come on with. It’s fantastic footage - really clear filming - thanks for this.
Thanks for the comments, appreciate you taking the time! The Piece Hall is an 18th century cloth hall that was recently renovated and repurposed as a venue for live music. It’s an excellent space to see bands and it’s not all that big, so you don’t feel that you’re a mile away from the stage. Cheers!
I presume that it was the venue which hired the sign language interpreter, although I have seen recent footage in the States of Josh saying something similar to another interpreter beside the stage.
What an entrance.
You can't fake it; they took the stage, and they're the best live band there is, - at any juncture in their career.Life ,- and death, - has kept Homme on his toes, and he has not grown complacent, and doesn't take anything for granted.An optimal line up ,with the rhythm section and Dean in support.
These guys are so tight and focused, yet have such an amazing loose and cool style that is seriously so difficult to pull off during live performances - constant kudos to these guys
I’ll bet they’re rehearsed to bleeding.
Love them long time ❤❤❤❤
Exactly, well said. They balance that dynamic like no other rock band.
They are really good on this tour. Saw them 2 weeks ago. Best rock band I have seen (use to be Stone Temple Pilots).
You kids haven't a clue. Should've seen them 20+ years ago..
One of the last true great Rock 'n' Roll bands going - TOTAL 🔥
Totally agree!!
The last.
Dave Grohl recently said this was the best band he ever played with
Honestly the best rock band on the planet right now. Incredible performances throughout this entire tour.
Agreed! 👏🏻
The person saying heeeere we goooo just before Go with the flow is so good! what a band!
I wasn't always a Queens fan, but man this version of the band is incredible live. Unbelievably tight.
Josh has awesome company, this band is at it's BEST!
That bass sound 🥵 so powerful
And tight af!!
Yeah hes tight AF, been really appreciating his playing
26 years later, QOTSA look and sound incredible!!!
Kids today don't even know... 🤣🤘
Better than ever even!
@@nateatchison161 15 year old here. I'm gonna say, I strongly disagree 🤘.
@@fallen6060 they're as good as ever. But not the same. LOL, if that makes sense.
That band is better and tighter than ever. For sure. But those late 90s early 2000s were special... 🤘🔥
@@nateatchison161 Ah, I see the problem here.
I didn't exactly mean that, I knew how QOTSA sounded back then. But more that kids these days don't have any good music taste. I thought Nate meant that kids today don't have any good musical taste, therefore, I showed up and disagreed with him.
Have a great day, my friend.
What a superb opener! 🤘
This balcony reminded me of some gigs my former band had, and on a small and beautiful seaside town called Kotor. Thank the universe or whoever is in charge for having QOTSA around these fuckin' days.
Not been to Halifax for a loooong time, amazing to see probably the greatest band at the moment playing at The Piece Hall.. Knew they'd developed it a bit, but a gig like this being held there is awesome!
Walking on stage to a Peggy Lee song is so understated and cool. Best rock n roll band around 🦅
Thanks for the name
Great filming, Great venue. Great sound. Great crowd. Brilliant band.
Thanks for watching! 👌🏻
Boyyyyyy they came out the gate firing .. Epic
I saw them in cardiff castle, brilliant gig and brilliant band they can blow the cobwebs off round here whenever they want.
I attended that gig and then saw them at Birmingham a few months later. Cardiff was the better gig by far, such a cool crowd and venue.
Best band in the world right now hands down
Definitely - consistently great as a live act.
the best intro ever, love these guys and this song is amazing
I love Josh (warts and all), he's a truth seeker and a real rock n roller
Josh is at his finest, the band as well. Hell yeah! thx for post
Josh Homme...sexiest man on the face of planet. Definitely. Love you too ❤️
How tf did I miss this! Only 40 miles away...
Yeah I’m roughly the same distance, living in Manchester. The tickets pretty much sold out immediately and I didn’t see many scalpers / “resellers” offloading extortionate tickets, which is a good thing as I’m hoping the fans who were there got to see QOTSA at face value.
Wow they all look a lot older now sheesh.
Legends
They Still Look Awesome 💯🤘
Former sorta-neighbor of mine (JHomme & the rest of Kyuss, pre-Scott Reeder on bass).
Saw them @ a house party in LA Quinta, CA; they were calling themselves SONS of Kyuss...after going by Katzenjammer before that. I was wearing a ripped up old Samhain t-shirt (I didn't know that much of their music, but the t-shirt was awesome). Out of nowhere, John Garcia (Kyuss vox) yells out: "HEY YOU! IN THE SAMHAIN SHIRT--THIS IS FOR YOU!"
the combination of my relative ignorance of Samhain's catalog & the rough treatment the song got (these guys were like 17-19 @ that time) meant I had zero idea what song they played, but it was cool anyway.
Scott Reeder ended up running an exotic pet store in Palm Springs for a few years, with his wife. I had about 100 reptiles, so I got all my supplies there, & occasionally Scott cut me a great deal if I took a truly ornery reptile off his hands. Really good people, Scott & his wife. I didn't know Josh like that...was just JHomme-adjacent.
They never fail, QOTSA OR JH...never a single BAD album released, ever. This one starts off with the best QOTSA song since Like Clockwork: Obscenery is a frickin' BRILLIANT song with CRUSHING RIFFS @ 1:57 & 3:37-ish. The 1st one comes on the heels of a little string section break, then the riff grabs you by the throat & shoes the shite out of you during rhe entire bridge.
I thought I'd end up having Negative Space or Carnavoyeur as my favorites in this album. Nope. I already like Obscenery, Straightjacket Fitting, & the sneaky-great What the People Say better than any of the 3 songs teased out before the official release (the 2 I mentioned as well as Emotion Sickness, of course, which has a crazy-great video). This is such a good album. Was worried that after 7 years they wouldn't have "it" anymore. So glad to be wrong.
And all the David Bowie comparisons for JH?? Kinda warranted...JH is just a bit more forceful, sexy, & outstanding as a guitar player & writer of great riffs.
Thanks for the great insight, I enjoyed that. QOTSA are an absolute force, both on record and in a live setting, and they do it with authority and authenticity. Josh has got a great line-up with Troy, Dean, Mikey and Jon Theodore on drums. I enjoyed Joey Castillo’s input but Jon Theodore is also great, and brings an energy.
@@scowlerman THANK YOU--i happen to think that JT is a BEAST of a drummer, but with enough class and nuance that he doesn't do the whole Dave Grohl thing where he's bashing away full force almost at all times. i suspect DG demands that his drumming be placed forward in the mix. while i respect his drumming, he doesn't hold a technical candle to guys like JT, Thomas Pridgeon (took JT's place for The Mars Volta), Tomas Haake of Meshuggah, and especially the departed Sean Reinert of CYNIC & the band DEATH (for 1 all-time, genre-shattering, great album--Human). Reinert was at the forefront of technical death metal drumming & infusing lightning fast death metal with jazz time signatures & tempo/...and whose use of ghost notes on cymbals were unheard of in heavy music back then--early 90s).
anyway, Jon Theodore absolutely can BLAST away with the heaviest-handed drummers in the world, but he knows when to pull back, use some subtlety so as to give a song real percussive dynamics. perfect for JHomme's writing style, since he loves to give us little easter eggs in his songs, going soft and pretty for awhile before blasting away, like in the opening song OBSCENERY, the riffs after the string section (around 1:38) and around 3:37 when he doubles down on the earlier bridge riffs--and JT accompanies those riffs explosively. gives so much power when he isn't ALWAYS being powerful, you know?
@@scowlerman and Mikey Shoes is a BADASS on the bass, even though he's a another multi-instrumentalist--check his work with Mini Mansions--plays everything BUT bass, and also sings really well. and Troy VL has been in lockstep with Josh for so long that it's becoming hard to tell their playing apart. check out the solo on track 2, the one that reminds you of the solo outro from Little Sister? that isn't JH, it's TVL. and Dean is the quiet member off to the side, doing all of JH's piano and other work live b/c JH sure can't play 2 or 3 instruments at once, right?
this is just an all-time great band, and i love that even their harshest critics cannot say the words, "QOTSA made a bad record." the scale for rating their albums is different than that of most any other band i can think of. it's like they have to be graded on a curve, but reverse-style, handicapping them like a stud racehorse that has to take on extra weight to give the rest of the field a chance to compete.
Well said savage...great insight as well, thanks
All the goosebumps.
This gave me so much joy ❤
Glad you enjoyed it - It was a great night, best QOTSA gig I’ve been to!
Best live band in the world!!!!!
Love when the drummer breaks stick at 620
Saw them 2 weeks ago! Unbelievable! Tightest band in the world.
Correct. Saw QOTSA twice last year and they were on fire!
@@scowlerman one of the great gigs!
*Pure cool.*
thank you anyway, really enjoyed it
4 a change really good musicians
Can't wait...#Philly 8-8...
Superb, wish i had been there.
November in Dublin with my seventeen year old son is going to be something😝🤟
Have a great night, fellas! If it’s anything like the summer shows, it’ll be amazing.
Increible
Immaculate work of art these fella's!
Josh... King of Cool
QOTSA in my hometown and I couldn't get tickets. I was gutted. It's nice to see them on here though.
This is awesome 🙏👏❤️
Nice.
It looks a brilliant venue! Roll on the 15the November and the O2, not quite the same though, I would have loved to have seen them in such an intimate setting like the Piece Hall. 😁
It’s a really great live venue and I’ll be back to see other bands play here (I’m from Manchester) - definitely recommend it!
Un like desde ciudad de Mexico
Top tuuuunes !
I can't believe the fact I wasn't there!!😭
Didn't see this concert, but saw them at Louder than Life at Louisville Kentucky (9-24-2023), I was not disappointed. Wish I had smoked more weed tho, LoL!
T minus 4 hours and counting, so stoked for tonight!! Hope they shred in Saint Louis!
Just seen this! Hope they shredded in Saint Louis! 😁
What a great venue that looks; never heard of it before and I’ve been to a fair few up and down the country.
What a great band ✨ and two top tracks to come on with. It’s fantastic footage - really clear filming - thanks for this.
Thanks for the comments, appreciate you taking the time! The Piece Hall is an 18th century cloth hall that was recently renovated and repurposed as a venue for live music. It’s an excellent space to see bands and it’s not all that big, so you don’t feel that you’re a mile away from the stage. Cheers!
Blue balling us with the opening of Smooth Sailing feels like it should be a crime.
Hahahaha! Sorry about that! As Tom Hardy’s Bane says in The Dark Knight Rises, “You’ll just have to imagine the fire…” 🤔😂
I wonder what Josh and the band thought of the historic surroundings🥰
My first time in Halifax and I absolutely love this place - what a great venue for a gig. 👌🏻
What venue is this?
@@joef8085piece hall
fok yehhhh
the stickbreak at 6:24 hahahaha
On my bday in Antwerp
In fact wish I'd been on one of the balconies😕
¡Súper bandota, me encantan por siempre!
I didn’t know the joker played guitar too
6:23 Jon snaps his stick!
I use the older 60s Ludwig logo but yaknow. Nitpicking’s
Josh is the Dean Martin of rock.
Why didn’t I know about this
essential infrastructure
How are those cats on the balconies not even moved? No. That’s not even human. Dance.
Wonder what's up with Mikey Shoes @5:34 ?
Nah, he’s cool! He’s just giving the OK to Jon Theodore that he’s ready to go into Lost Art 😁
Sounds mental, although i was hoping Troy would play the keyboard parts on Secret as opposed to them being on a backing track
As far as I can tell, isn’t Dean Fertita covering the keyboard part?
@@scowlerman I couldn't even see him in the video at all lol
Sorry only just seen this message! Yeah, Dean was just off-camera to the left of Troy!
QOTSA is waaaaay too real and trucking awesome to ever use a backing track.
You can see Dean walk on with the others and then promptly disappear out of frame lol
End of a era....
Why was there a BSL interpreter there? A fan or did the band hire that lady?
I presume that it was the venue which hired the sign language interpreter, although I have seen recent footage in the States of Josh saying something similar to another interpreter beside the stage.
They need to bring Nick back.
Do they have a different drummer?
Depends on how long ago you were talking about! Jon Theodore has been QOTSAs drummer since 2013, when he replaced Joey Castillo. The guy’s brilliant.
testosterone overload
"LOTS OF F&%$ING SEX" ahahaha!
killer gig in my hometown?just killer?
Demoliciones homme S.L.
Where are they playing, in a fucking motel's parking lot??!
18th century cloth hall built in 1779. Great venue for live music.
Liked and disliked just so someone else gets to be 666 😈
Too much bass
No such thing as
Bass and drums sucks… Nick and dave
Ginger Elvis,
@JOSHEHOMME @Troyluuan we love y’all