FOO FIGHTERS AND EAGLES OF DEATH METAL PLANE SCARE

Eagles of Death Metal recall a near death experience on a plane while touring with The Foo Fighers in Europe

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rnrnThe musical world has always had it’s share of plane flight tragedies, from Richie Valens and Buddy Holly to Otis Redding to Randy Rhoads to Stevie Ray Vaughan to Lynyrd Skynyrd to Ricky Nelson to John Denver and most recently R&B vocalist Aaliyah, but with this weeks lear jet crash which involved Travis Barker and DJ A.M., once again we are reminded just how fragile life can be. Luckily Travis Barker and DJ A.M. will reportedly be able to make full recoveries after months and perhaps years of rehab due to their extensive injuries and emotional trauma that comes along with surviving a plane crash. We are often reminded about the tragedies of plane crashes but what about the numerous near death experiences that happen and go unreported.

We caught up with Jesse Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal to get his thoughts on his near death experience he had during a flight through Europe while touring with Dave Grohl and The Foo Fighters.

“The plane stalled because of the mountains and you know the hills. Any mountain creates a wind draft and a little Sesna, it’s a bummer. I don’t even think, sometimes you crash before you get off the ground, I think is what we’re understanding now. But it died, the engine literally pft. What’s weird about an airplane is you think that it’s like a glider but it’s acutally not. It’s a big hunk of S*** in the air and it suddenly has no propulsion and we just went woosh.”

Jesse, who also goes by The Devil as well as Boots Electric, also talked about how dangerous planes can be.

“I s*** myself and I think I s*** in Dave’s (Grohl) pants. I mean I don’t even know what happened but the point is if you go up in the air dangerous s*** is going to happen. I think we all know that. But that being a fact, it has nothing to do with humanity and being people and we wish Mr. Barker all the best.”

Eagles of Death Metal are currently touring in support of their upcoming new release “Heart On” which is inspired by a recent run of tour dates through the heartland of America and will be released in October. “Heart On” was produced by permanent part time member Josh Homme who is known to play drums in the band at certain shows. The bands current tour extends until November 25th in Houston, Texas.