The Desert Sessions, volumes 3 & 4

Infobox Album |
Name = Desert Sessions, Volumes 3 & 4
Type = Album
Artist = The Desert Sessions


Released = 1998
Recorded = 1997-1998
Genre = Stoner rock
Length = 34:09
Label = Man's Ruin
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9dvsa9igi23g link] |
Last album = "Desert Sessions, Vols. 1 & 2" (1998)
This album = "Desert Sessions, Vols. 3 & 4" (1998)
Next album = "Desert Sessions, Vols. 5 & 6" (1999)

"Volumes 3 & 4" is the second compilation of Josh Homme's project The Desert Sessions. "Volume 3: Set Coordinates for the White Dwarf!!" and "Volume 4: Hard Walls and Little Trips" were released separately on 10-inch vinyl, and then compiled on CD with the extra track "You Keep on Talkin'".

Track listing

# "Nova"
# "At the Helm Of Hell's Ships"
# "Avon"
# "Sugar Rush"
# "The Gosso King of Crater Lake"
# "Monster in the Parasol"
# "Jr. High Love"
# "Eccentric Man"
# "Hogleg"
# "You Keep on Talkin'"

Trivia

* "Avon" was later featured on Queens of the Stone Age's self-titled debut album.
* "Monster In The Parasol" was re-recorded for Queens of the Stone Age's second studio album "Rated R", for which its title was changed to "Monsters in the Parasol".
* "Jr. High Love" was re-recorded for Mondo Generator's album "A Drug Problem That Never Existed"
* The man pictured on the cover is Peter Fonda from the theatrical poster for the movie Easy Rider
*"Eccentric Man is a cover version of 1960's blues band 'The Groundhogs'

Personnel

This Desert Sessions set featured several bands.

The earthlings? (Pete Stahl, Dave Catching, Fred Drake, and Musharitas) perform "At The Helm Of Hell's Ships" and "Sugar Rush"

The Eagles of Death Metal (consisting of Jesse 'The Devil' Hughes, Loo Balls, Carlo Von Sexron, Craig Armstrong (bass player) and T. Fresh) performed "The Gosso King Of Crater Lake", "Hogleg" and "You Keep On Talkin'". The Eagles of Death Metal has since become a real band centered around Jesse Hughes guitars and singing instead of Loo Balls vocals. Also, it should be noted that 'Carlo Von Sexron' is in fact, one of Joshua Homme's monikers. He is also known to record drums and/or bass guitar for EODM to this day, though he doesn't tour with them regularly.

The Green Monarchs (consisting of Alfredo Hernández, Larry Lalli, Mario Lalli, Joshua Homme, Chris Goss, Nick Oliveri, Tony Tornay) performed "Monster In The Parasol", "Jr. High Love" and "Eccentric Man".

An unnamed grouping consisting of Pete Stahl, John McBain, Joshua Homme, Ben Shepherd, and Alfredo Hernandez performed "Nova" and "Avon", which were likely leftovers from the original set of Desert Sessions. The music tracks of both of these songs are identical with different vocal tracks. Pete Stahl sings "Nova" and Homme sings "Avon". Homme has said that this was an experiment to show how two different vocalists would treat the same piece of music.