Long-standing talk of a supergroup comprised of Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, and Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme got some serious traction yesterday when Homme’s wife confirmed the project is indeed in the works in an interview with the Web site Antiquiet.com.
“I’m not at liberty to talk about it …,” said Brody Dalle, of the band Spinnerette. “But I think [the project] is pretty fucking amazing. Just beats and sounds like you’ve never heard before.”
Word of the collaboration dates back to 2005, when Grohl told Mojo Magazine, “The next project that I’m trying to initiate involves me on drums, Josh Homme on guitar, and John Paul Jones playing bass. That’s the next album. That wouldn’t suck.”
Jones further fueled speculation in April of this year, when he told Women’s Wear Daily, “I’m working on some other music, which is more rock based, with a couple of other people. We hope to be everywhere this summer.”
Pressed for more information, Jones told the magazine, “It’s a secret, actually. I shouldn’t have even said that, you know? There are some exciting projects coming up, let’s put it that way.”
The trio is said to be currently at work in a L.A. recording studio.
Meanwhile, the Foo Fighters are reportedly is interrupting their extended hiatus to perform at a Fourth of July party this Saturday at, of all places, the White House. According to Rollingstone.com, the band will perform a brief set on the South Lawn as part of the locale’s annual Independence Day festivities.
The appearance, which a Foo Fighters’ representative would not confirm, will be something of a homecoming for Grohl, who honed his music skills while living as a teenager in nearby Alexandria, Virginia.