If you like your beer cheap, your mustache handlebarred, and your guitar rock snarling, then better secure your tickets for Eagles of Death Metal in '09. EoDM filters out all the stoner-metal vibes from guitarist Josh "Babyduck" Homme's other band, Queens of the Stone Age, and replaces it with 70's hard rock influences reminiscent of Thin Lizzy and Cheap Trick. Eagles of Death Metal play the Fillmore Feb. 5. Tickets go on sale Sunday, Dec. at 10 a.m. --Oscar Pascual
Eagles of Death Metal The FillmoreThursday, Feb. 5 Review and Photos by Brian MossBetter Than: A night of cappuccinos and obscure French literature at the local cafe.While I tend to prefer a bit of thought provocation in my music, I also appreciate the value of dumbed-down simplicity laced with melodic charm. After all, when you simply want to turn off their brain and party the night into oblivion, it's nice to have a soundtrack to back the debauchery. Overwrought with sass, bad facial hair, an