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The Desert Sessions are a musical collective series, founded by Josh Homme in 1997. Artists such as Brant Bjork, PJ Harvey, Twiggy Ramirez, Dave Catching, Nick Oliveri, Mark Lanegan, John McBain, Ben Shepherd, Josh Freese, Chris Goss, Alain Johannes, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Ween, Les Claypool and many others from the Palm Desert Scene have contributed as songwriters and musicians.

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The Desert Sessions
Origin	Palm Desert, California, U.S.
Genres	Desert rock stoner rock psychedelic rock alternative rock experimental rock
Years active	1997–2004 2018–present
Labels	Matador Rekords Man's Ruin Southern Lord Ipecac
Website	www.desertsessions.com

History

The Desert Sessions began in August 1997 at the Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree when Josh Homme brought together musicians from the bands Monster Magnet, Goatsnake, earthlings?, Kyuss (his own band, which had split in 1995.) The ranch is an old house filled with rare and unique recording equipment and instruments and was owned by Dave Catching and the late Fred Drake. Songs are written "on the spot", often in a matter of hours. Many stories have grown around the Sessions. For example, the song "Creosote" from Volumes 9 & 10 was written by Dean Ween and Alain Johannes on the ranch's front porch within four minutes of meeting each other.^{[citation needed]} Similarly, Chris Goss and PJ Harvey wrote the song "There Will Never Be A Better Time" for I See You Hearin' Me after going out onto the porch of the ranch for four minutes with an acoustic guitar; they re-entered the house and recorded the song in one take, the only time the song was ever played by the collective.[1]

The first Desert Session was not actually a "session" per se, but Homme and his band at the time (The Acquitted Felons) playing for three days straight on psychedelic mushrooms.^{[citation needed]} Since then, the Desert Sessions have become legendary, growing in intensity and artistic merit.[1] Homme said:

At Desert Sessions, you play for the sake of music. That's why it's good for musicians. If someday that's not enough anymore, or that's not the reason behind you doing it—that's not your raison d'être—then a quick reminder like Desert Sessions can do so much for you, it's amazing. It's easy to forget that this all starts from playing in your garage and loving it.

The Desert Sessions have only performed live twice. The live incarnation, which included Joey Castillo, Troy Van Leeuwen, Brian O'Connor, and Homme, as well as a variety of musicians performing different songs, have performed on an episode of the British music television show Later... with Jools Holland as well as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2004.

After 11 years of inactivity, Homme revealed in October 2014 that he would start working on more Desert Sessions material the following year.[2] However, things remained silent until May 2019, when Homme posted an image on Instagram with the hashtags "#Desert, #Sessions, #11, #12". In August 2019, Matt Berry confirmed in an interview that he is involved with new Desert Sessions. In September 2019, Desert Sessions Volumes 11 & 12 were officially announced, along with a comedic promo video featuring Homme and Liam Lynch. The promo includes Homme running through some of the featured artists such as Billy Gibbons, Les Claypool, and Jake Shears.

Recording history

There's nothing going on [now]. I wish, but I've run out of time. I'm talking to this one guy about adding four more hours to each day, but he's not real positive about it. Those are never going to end, because there's no reason for them to end. But I'd like to make them more regular. – Josh Homme interview with Billboard.com, April 13, 2007[3]

The Desert Sessions are gonna go on forever. There's no reason to stop them. No, it wasn't me that said there would be only 12 volumes—I'm gonna do 112! It's just a mix tape—the longest-running mix tape in existence. It's awesome: doing them is just a matter of making the time frame come together. I was really wanting to do one before the new album "Era Vulgaris" came out, but we didn't put a time frame on it and it consumed what would have been that time. I didn't want it to take away from what we were doing. – Josh Homme in May 2007 as recorded by Blabbermouth.net.[4]

In a 2007 interview with Rockline, Homme stated that he was going to be working on a new Desert Sessions album in December 2007 and the first ten will be re-released as a box set,[5] however more years passed since any activity happened.

In 2019, the first time new Desert Sessions were released in sixteen years, Homme commented on the delay: "Because Desert Sessions works best at a certain time of the year, when everything slows and everyone takes a deep breath out. At the end of the year, in that December-January timeframe, everyone has exhaled. And post-exhale is the time to do something like that. So if I miss that window… I miss that window." .[6]

Discography

Collaborating artists

Member	Associated acts	1 & 2	3 & 4	5 & 6	7 & 8	9 & 10	11 & 12
Josh Homme[lower-alpha 1]	Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Eagles of Death Metal, Screaming Trees, Them Crooked Vultures, Masters of Reality	X	X	X	X	X	X
Fred Drake	earthlings?, Ministry of Fools	X	X	X	X
Dave Catching	Queens of the Stone Age, earthlings?, Mondo Generator, Eagles of Death Metal, Yellow#5, Goon Moon, Peaches	X	X	X		X	X
Brant Bjork	Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Brant Bjork & The Bros, Fatso Jetson, Mondo Generator, Yellow #5, Vista Chino, Stöner	X		X
Alfredo Hernández	Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Orquesta del Desierto, Yawning Man, Across the River	X	X
Pete Stahl	Scream, Wool, Goatsnake, earthlings?, Orquesta del Desierto	X	X
Ben Shepherd	Soundgarden, Hater, Wellwater Conspiracy	X	X
John McBain	Monster Magnet, Hater, Wellwater Conspiracy	X	X
Nick Oliveri	Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Dwarves, Mondo Generator, Vista Chino, Bl'ast, Stöner		X	X
Mario Lalli	Fatso Jetson, Yawning Man, Across The River		X	X
Larry Lalli	Fatso Jetson		X
Jesse Hughes	Eagles of Death Metal		X
Craig Armstrong			X
Loo Balls			X
T. Fresh			X
Blag Dahlia	Dwarves, Mondo Generator, Queens of the Stone Age			X
Gene Trautmann	The Miracle Workers, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal			X
Barrett Martin	Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Queens of the Stone Age			X
Adam Maples	earthlings?			X
Teddy Quinn	Dig Your Own Cactus, Ministry of Fools			X
Tony Mason	Dig Your Own Cactus			X
Chris Goss	Masters of Reality, Goon Moon				X	X
Alain Johannes	Eleven, What Is This?, Chris Cornell, Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures (live)				X	X
Natasha Shneider	Eleven, Black Russian, Chris Cornell, Queens of the Stone Age				X
Mark Lanegan	Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Queens of the Stone Age, The Twilight Singers, The Gutter Twins, Isobel Campbell, Soulsavers				X
Brendon McNichol	Rattlebone, Masters of Reality, Queens of the Stone Age				X
Samantha Maloney	Hole, Mötley Crüe, Eagles of Death Metal, Peaches				X
Nick Eldorado	LIKEHELL				X
PJ Harvey	PJ Harvey					X
Troy Van Leeuwen	Failure, A Perfect Circle, Enemy, Gone Is Gone, Queens of the Stone Age, Sweethead					X
Joey Castillo	Zilch, Wasted Youth, Danzig, Goatsnake, Sugartooth, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Bl'ast, California Breed					X
Dean Ween	Ween, Moistboyz					X
Josh Freese	The Vandals, Devo, A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails					X
Jeordie White	Nine Inch Nails, Goon Moon, A Perfect Circle, Marilyn Manson					X
Brian O'Connor	Eagles of Death Metal					X
Christian Grahn	The Hives					X
Sasha Vallely	Spindrift, Lords of Altamont, Mondo Generator, King Adora, Sash The Bash, Midnight Larks, The Mobsters, The Silver Chords					X
Matt Berry							X
Billy Gibbons	ZZ Top						X
Stella Mozgawa	Warpaint						X
Jake Shears	Scissor Sisters						X
Mike Kerr	Royal Blood						X
Carla Azar	Autolux, Jack White						X
Les Claypool	Primus, Blind Illusion, the Holy Mackerel, Buckethead, Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Oysterhead, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, The Claypool Lennon Delirium						X
Matt Sweeney	Chavez, Zwan, Skunk						X
Libby Grace							X

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References

External links

• Desert Sessions Official site
• The Desert Sessions discography at Discogs

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[es] The Desert Sessions

The Desert Sessions es un proyecto musical creado y liderado por Josh Homme en 1997, en los estudios Rancho De La Luna, en Joshua Tree, California. Aquí se dan cita multitud de músicos, componentes de otras bandas y amigos/as de Homme para grabar las distintas sesiones.

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[ru] The Desert Sessions

The Desert Sessions — серия американских коллективов, которые работали с основателем Джошем Хомме под этой вывеской. Начиная с 1997 года Омм сотрудничал с Брэнтом Бьорком, PJ Харви, Джорди Вайтом, Дэйвом Кэтчингом, Ником Оливери, Ланеганом, Джоном МакБейном, Беном Шефердом, Джошем Фризом, Крисом Госсом, Аланом Йоханнесом, Наташей Шнайдер, Троем Ван Левеном, Карлом Дойлом, Дином Вином и многими другими со сцены Палм Дезерт.

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