And making loud noise is right up our alley, so how would you feel about going out and checking out a new recording studio?” And I said, “Gee whiz!

Whaddaya got in mind?” And he said, “Oh, there's a place out near Joshua Tree.” And I initially suspected that he was referring to Rancho De La Luna, where I had worked with Josh Homme and his Queens of the Stone Age project.

And the first crack outta the box was the single that was released in the last couple of weeks, “West Coast Junkie.”[3]Gibbons said “We found an old Fender Jazz – '64 or '65 – in the studio and everyone had a go...The unusual one was watching Matt step out from behind the drums and slamming down on a bass guitar.

"[4] “The desert settings, replete with shifting sands, cacti and rattlesnakes makes for the kind of backdrop that lends an element of intrigue reflected in the sounds created out there.

[7] All songs written by Billy Gibbons, Matt Sorum, Mike Fiorentino and Chad Shlosser except where noted.