Couldn't Pass This Up

"The Good, The Bad & The Queen isn't a band. It's more of a project, featuring Blur frontman Damon Albarn, The Clash bassist Paul Simonon, Afrobeat pioneer and drummer Tony Allen and former Verve guitarist Simon Tong. Together the quartet is making some of the smartest and catchiest — if moodiest — Britpop and rock to reach the U.S. in years."

--The above quote is from the NPR website, which is where all the links below lead to..

Take one of my all-time favorite bassists to play along with and put him in anything, and I would probably be excited (he hasn't been in a band since the Clash). Put him together with these guys, though, and the imagination runs wild. So why not see if they are as good as they should be? Listen to a concert performance here, songs from their album here, and a radio interview here.

Oh, and don't forget -- they are also being produced by Danger Mouse.