gone is gone

The Mastodon/Queens of the Stone Age/At the Drive In supergroup’s debut LP is out in January.

At the Drive-In had to cancel last night’s DC show due to Cedric’s illness. Let’s hope he’s okay for this Friday’s NYC show. Also, ATDI/Mastodon/QOTSA offshoot Gone Is Gone had to cancel their NYC/DC shows, and they released a third song off their debut EP.

Yesterday, Mastodon/At the Drive-In/Queens of the Stone Age supergroup Gone Is Gone released a second song off their debut EP, “Starlight,” and today they put out a video for the song. They also announced tour dates.

While “Violescent” has a good dose of Mastodon’s sludge, “Starlight” is closer to atmospheric alternative rock.

The new track “Violescent” is a crunchy, groovy sludge metal piece with a melodic bent that actually sounds like a convincing hybrid of the three famous bands whose members constitute this thing. Hajjar’s drumming is somehow driving and stuttering at the same time, Van Leeuwen’s guitar playing has the sleazy edge of the later QOTSA albums that he contributed to, and Sanders’ meaty vocals lend the howling, seething quality of some of Mastodon’s better work…

In addition to sitting behind the throne for the At the Drive-In reunion, ATDI drummer Tony Hajjar is now manning the skins for a new band called Gone Is Gone with a very impressive lineup that includes Mastodon bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders and Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Troy Van Leeuwe. There’s also guitarist Mike Zarin, who worked with Van Leeuwen on the new Sweethead album…