EODM Vs. GNR: It's On Again

02/03/09 4:49pm

The great Eagles Of Death Metal/Guns N' Roses feud of 2006 has been renewed.

EODM were booted from their opening slot for GNR's 2006 U.S. tour after they received a less-than-welcoming response from folks at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena, and Axl Rose called the group the "Pigeons Of Shit Metal."

Eagles frontman Jesse Hughes said Rose later reconsidered and asked EODM to rejoin the tour, but the band declined the alleged offer.

Hughes emphasizes in an interview with Britain's NME Radio (which will be broadcast in England at 4 p.m. on Thursday) that the headlining act were to blame for his group's removal from the tour, not fan hostility.

"When we showed up, it was a 25,000-seat arena with 5,000 kids there," Hughes says of GN'R's lack of audience drawing power. "Not a single one of 'em born [in 1989] when Appetite For Destruction came out.

"And I remember looking at my manager going, 'Dude, I think we made a mistake, man, apparently the rock went to [former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash's group] Velvet Revolver.' This band lost the 'uns' and the 'roses' and they're just 'G' and 'R,' you know what I mean?"

Hughes believes that animosity was also in the air because of his friendship with Foo Fighter Dave Grohl.

"I really do believe it has a lot to do with the fact that [Rose] hates Dave Grohl with a passion, and we're in the same gang. Because he blames Dave Grohl for ending [Guns N' Roses'] career, and that famous MTV Music Awards when they got into a fight and Dave was on stage going, 'Hi Axl' — taunting him from the pulpit, so to speak."

You can see Eagles Of Death Metal, but definitely not Guns N' Roses, at these shows:

Feb. 3 Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern w/The Living Things
Feb. 4 Hollywood, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater w/The Living Things
Feb. 5 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore w/The Living Things
Feb. 6 Reno, NV @ New Oasis w/The Living Things
Feb. 7 Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Hotel w/The Living Things
Feb. 9 Scottsdale, AZ @ The Martini Ranch w/The Living Things
Feb. 10 Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto w/The Living Things
Feb. 12 Oklahoma City, OK @ The Diamond Ballroom w/The Living Things
Feb. 13 Little Rock, AK @ Juanita's Cantina w/The Living Things
Feb. 14 Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note w/The Living Things
Feb. 15 Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club w/The Living Things
Feb. 17 Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century Theater w/The Living Things
Feb. 18 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater w/The Living Things
Feb. 19 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theater w/The Living Things
Feb. 20 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre w/The Living Things
Feb. 28 Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique w/Black Box Relevation
March 2 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso w/Black Box Relevation
March 3 Bochum, Germany @ Matrix w/Black Box Relevation
March 4 Cologne, Germany @ Essigfabrik w/Black Box Relevation
March 5 Hamburg, Germany @ Markthalle w/Black Box Relevation
March 7 Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser w/Black Box Relevation
March 8 Gothenburg, Sweden @ Tradgarn w/Black Box Relevation
March 9 Oslo, Norway @ Rockerfeller w/Black Box Relevation
March 10 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega w/Black Box Relevation
March 12 Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Club w/Black Box Relevation
March 13 Prague, Czech Repbulic @ Lucerna Music Bar w/Black Box Relevation
March 14 Warsaw, Poland @ Proxima w/Black Box Relevation
March 16 Budapest, Hungary @ Durer Kert w/Haunts
March 17 Vienna, Austria @ Arena w/Haunts
March 18 Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Media Park w/Haunts
March 19 Zagreb, Croatia @ Boogaloo w/Haunts
March 21 Florence, Italy @ Auditorium Flog w/Haunts
March 22 Zurich, Switzerland @ Rohstofflager w/Haunts
March 24 Barcelona, Spain @ Bikini w/Haunts
March 25 Madrid, Spain @ Caracol w/Haunts
March 27 Paris, France @ Bataclan w/Haunts
March 28 Portsmouth, England @ Pyramids w/Hot Melts
March 29 Leeds, England @ Academy w/Hot Melts
March 31 Glasgow, Scotland @ ABC w/Hot Melts
April 1 Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Spring & Airbrake w/Haunts
April 2 Dublin, Ireland @ Academy w/Haunts
April 4 Manchester, England @ Academy w/Hot Melts
April 5 Birmingham, England @ Academy w/Hot Melts
April 6 Bristol, England @ Academy w/Hot Melts
April 8 London, England @ Forum w/Hot Melts