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The bassist, Paul Jones now playing in Them Crooked Vultures with Dave Grohl and Josh Homme, said that despite he and guitarist Jimmy Page auditioning potential frontmen, they couldn’t agree on a new band member.

“Jimmy and I rehearsed a bit with [drummer] Jason Bonham and we couldn’t really agree on singers and that fell by the wayside,” he told BBC 6 Music. “Then this [Them Crooked Vultures] came along and, to be honest, I’m really happy.”

Jones was keen to heap praise on Foo Fighters drummer Grohl, saying it was a pleasure to play with him in the new outfit. “I immediately recognised that this was a drummer that was a) really good, b) groovy and c) listened. All those nice things that bass players like in drummers,” he explained.