#41 Queens of the Stone Age - Radio rawk that doesn't suxor

The band's current configuration includes ex-members of Kyuss, Mark Lanegan of the Screaming Trees and Dave Grohl of you-know-what returning to his position behind the drum kit. Queens of the the Stone Age's third album, Songs for the Deaf, is a slap to the faces of preemptive classic rock recorders (Bush, Temple Pilots, et al) and soft-on-the-inside nu-metalers (Limp Bizkit, Korn, etc) that have been plaguing us lately. Between the songs the album takes digs at generic, corporate radio with dead-on parodies of radio dial crap, but it's the records thirteen tracks that deliver the powerful killing blow. First The Hives, The Strokes and The White Stripes came along to show crap rockers how not to be stupid and boring. Now, Queens of the Stone Age remind us exactly what should be blaring out of our nation's Camaros. Rock isn't dead, it's being resuscitated before our very eyes.