Eagles Of Death Metal Dislike Obama

12/09/08 12:53pm

by Shehzaad Jiwani (CHARTattack)

Jesse "The Devil" Hughes is an understandably busy man. Between writing solid gold hits and romancing the majority of the female population, the Eagles Of Death Metal frontman has to deal with all the journalists and media outlets who want a piece of him, which ultimately led to him falling ill when he was recently in Toronto.

With very little time allotted to us, CHARTattack spoke with Hughes in quite a hurried manner, managing to condense all the important questions — including pressing issues like Axl Rose, the Jonas Brothers and American president-elect Barack Obama — into a brief word-association game.

CHARTattack: Name.
Jesse Hughes: Boots Electric.

Moustache.
Jesse Hughes.

Tight pants.
Jesse Hughes.

Josh Homme.
Jesse Hughes. No, best friend.

Keith Richards, past.
"Jumpin' Jack Flash."

Keith Richards, now.
The guy who did the artwork for Peace Love Death Metal. His name is Keith Richards.

Axl Rose.
Cocksucker.

Rock 'N' Roll.
Boots Electric.

Riff.
Randall.

Sex.
Yes. Please.

Drugs.
Totally.

Education.
At least undergraduate.

Metal.
Steel.

Punk.
L.A.'s Wasted Youth.

Canada.
Beautiful.

America.
Amazing.

Los Angeles.
[groans]

That isn't really a word.
OK. Harumpf!

Batman.
Robin.

Dance.
Please.

You already used that one.
OK. James Brown!

High School Musical.
Lame.

The Jonas Brothers.
Actually, cool. Somewhat intriguing.

You compare yourself to musicians a lot, but which actors would you compare yourself to?
Sam Elliott, because he has a big-ass moustache.

Obama.
Communist. Or, bad idea.

Wow. Why?
You watch, baby. They said it wouldn't be the truth about Bill Clinton, and it turned out to be true.

Obama has no practical experience whatsoever in the executive [branch]. Not even from a philosophical point of view, just in terms of whether he's going to be prepared for this job. It is going to be a shithouse nightmare. Dealing with the office of presidency ain't no small walk in the park. You're managing the entire fucking nation with affairs in 50 independent countries.

Did you vote?
Of course I did.

Did you vote for [Republican presidential nominee John] McCain? Is that my business?
I voted for Alan Keyes. I felt like it was a wasted vote, and maybe I did my hand in getting Obama elected, but I still had to vote my conscience.

I couldn't vote for McCain, but I could vote for Alan Keyes. He's a black dude who wants to eliminate everything. That is rad.