Album Review: Them Crooked Vultures, "Them Crooked Vultures" (Interscope)

The worst thing about supergroups is that they're never as much fun on record as they are on paper. Putting Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme, Nirvana and Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones together in the studio and on the road seems like a no-brainer, a lineup of all-star--if not Hall of Fame--caliber, but does it work in practice? Them Crooked Vultures [ tickets ]' self-titled debut answers that question with a resounding: mostly! The album gets off to an unfor...

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