Eagles of Death Metal at The Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC.

Eagles of Death Metal (EoDM) is an American garage rock band formed by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite the name, Eagles of Death Metal is not a death metal band. Hughes said that a friend was trying to introduce Josh Homme to the death metal genre. When he played music by Polish death metal band Vader, Homme called them "The Eagles of death metal". Josh Homme was inspired to write music that would be a cross between The Eagles ans death metal; their debut album was the result.[citation needed] In a 2003 interview Homme described the sound of the band as a combination of "bluegrass slide guitar mixed with stripper drum beats and Canned Heat vocals." Jesse Hughes is known and somewhat loved by fans for his over-enthusiastic and charismatic interaction with audiences at live performances.