Eagles of Death Metal Still Sexy at Fine Line

It was a surprising sell-out crowd at Fine Line Saturday night, and Eagles of Death metal frontman Jesse ‘Boots Electric’ Hughes was as fired up as the first frat boy in the keg stand line.

With full locks, porn-stache and neckerchief, Jesse led his Eagles through the hits and then some – seemingly surprised at his relevance after his band seems to have soared to their greatest heights a few years ago.

In all fairness, it is hard to top Mischa Barton skanking through a strip tease to ‘Flames go Higher’ during the O.C.’s heyday.

Even with indy-dearests Blitzen Trapper playing in the sister city that night and Queens of the Stone Age stud muffin Josh Homme off hitting his gravity bong elsewhere, EODM owned the stage – Jesse even avoided falling of it, unlike a recent stop in Salt Lake City – cockblocking every dude in the joint.

Through classic jams and possible future ones from the latest release ‘Heart On’, the crowd stayed every bit as sexy as the swaggering band (save for the gray-mohawked guitarist). Jesse gushed all show about how he loved his job and those in attendance, stopping short of offering mustache rides to all as his shirt advertised -- later vowing to “burn this MFer down.”

EODM can still handily compete with the latest Left of Center sweethearts, and still has enough oats to sew any stage on the indy rock circuit. Even after those days are gone, they can play my basement beer bust any damn time – just don’t steal my girlfriend, Boots.