Many legends exist about the Desert Sessions. It started in 1997 as an initiative of Joshua Homme (then a member of ). He brought musician friends together in a studio in Joshua Tree to jam informally and develop spontaneous ideas under the influence of mushrooms. and , among others, visited the studio in the desert, while the Desert Sessions editions were ramping up. Volume 11 & 12 is the
… first album since 2003. Homme has grown into a rock star with his band Queens Of The Stone Age. This time, ( ) and , among otherstheir way into the sessions. The atmosphere is mainly cheerful, elated and sometimes even corny (Chic Tweetz). Nobody seems to attach ambitions to this collaboration and that is the power of this unpretentious gathering of top musicians. (MR)more