![]() ![]() It’s a bit surprising it took him a fortnight to be honest, but there you go. Polkas are what Robin Williams’ nemesis in “Good Morning Vietnam” used to play to the troops in what appeared to be a precursor to later military forms of torture such as water boarding.Īfter two weeks Homme had had his fill of polkas. He learned how to play polkas on the acoustic instrument for two weeks. Josh Homme grew up in Palm Springs and was given his first guitar when he was 10 years old. ![]() ![]() The band he went to see called themselves Sons of Kyuss (rhymes with “pious”) and featured a teenage Josh Homme. ![]() It was like stumbling on the Plains Indians doing a war dance.” He later mused “the sound of it, like you’re listening to them in a tornado, and you could only see this cacophony of bodies… slamming into each other. As he approached, Goss was surrounded by a couple of hundred kids jumping around, dancing, creating a whirlwind of sand around them. He got out of the car and walked towards the bonfires and the band. Then a glow – a single light on a tall pole. Then he saw someone stumble out of the darkness. Bands played miles out of town around a raging bonfire in the open air, the hot desert wind blowing sand everywhere, with just a keg of beer, a barbecue, some possibly illicit substances and an audience for company, all thirsty for music and fun – with a diesel-powered generator providing the electricity.ĭespite being the middle of the night, it was over a hundred degrees outside and Goss drove through the desert, feeling totally lost, until he saw a car parked by the side of the road, like it had been abandoned by a drunk driver. Generator parties were a way for Palm Desert kids to meet, drink, and hear bands play, all out of sight of parents, police and general interference. He was on his way to a generator party in the middle of the desert, to see a band he had thus far only heard on a demo cassette. Goss was the producer and band leader of Masters of Reality. Chris Goss was driving through the Palm Desert in 1988, a couple of hours drive from LA, on his way to launching the career of one of rock’s most important figures of the next century. ![]()
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