Queens of the Stone Age tribute act play Castlebar venue

ONE of Ireland's greatest cover groups, Songs For The Deaf, pay tribute to one of America’s best rock bands, Queens of the Stone Age, and you can see them at Castlebar venue Garbo's tomorrow (December 19).

Songs For The Deaf have played a number of well known venues around Ireland over the last few weeks and will put on a very special show at Garbo’s, getting Christmas off to a rocking great start.

Queens of the Stone Age (aka QOTSA) hail from Palm Desert, California, and formed in 1996. Josh Homme founded QOTSA after his former group, Kyuss, split up. Homme, who took on lead vocals, guitar and piano duties, has fronted QOTSA since the start.

The band really took off when Foo Fighters front man and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl joined in late 2001/early 2002 to help record their third album, Songs For The Deaf, which was released in August 2002.

The album gained major attention, although Grohl soon returned to his other projects. Regarded as a classic of its genre, Songs For The Deaf was arguably the high point of QOTSA's recorded output.

Tomorrow (Saturday), you can hear tribute act Songs For The Deaf interpret songs from QOTSA's Songs For The Deaf, and more besides, at Garbo's, Castlebar.

With local grunge act Still Alive playing support, it promises to be a great night for rock fans in Castlebar and surrounding areas. Admission is €5. The concert is brought to you by Finbar Hoban Presents.