Queens of the Stone Age became the first-ever band to play the Catacombs of Paris in 2024, and now they’re releasing that whole experience as a live album and film called Alive in the Catacombs on June 5!
For those unaware, the Catacombs of Paris were opened in 1810 and currently hold the remains of more than six million people. The need for the catacombs arose in 1774, when the basement wall around the Holy Innocents’ Cemetery collapsed due to the weight of the mass graves. So a prety metal reason.
“The Catacombs of Paris are a fertile ground for the imagination,” said Hélène Furminieux of the catacombs. “It is important to us that artists take hold of this universe and offer a sensitive interpretation of it. Going underground and confronting reflections on death can be a deeply intense experience. Josh seems to have felt in his body and soul the full potential of this place. The recordings resonate perfectly with the mystery, history, and a certain introspection, notably perceptible in the subtle use of the silence within the Catacombs.”
Queens Of The Stone Age mastermind John Homme added: “We’re so stripped down because that place is so stripped down, which makes the music so stripped down, which makes the words so stripped down… It would be ridiculous to try to rock there. All those decisions were made by that space. That space dictates everything, it’s in charge. You do what you’re told when you’re in there.”
Queens of the Stone Age: Alive in the Catacombs was produced by La Blogothèque and directed by Thomas Rames, and is being released by Queens of the Stone Age and Matador Records. Pre-orders are available here.
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