Josh Homme

Josh Homme scared of 'dark' John Paul Jones

Music Gossip

3 Apr 2011

Josh Homme was "scared" of how "dark" John Paul Jones was when they first worked together. The musicians, along with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, formed Them Crooked Vultures in 2009 and the Queens of the Stone Age star admits he was initially…

Josh Homme's performance aided by alcohol

Music Gossip

31 Mar 2011

Josh Homme says alcohol makes him perform better onstage. The Queens of the Stone Age frontman enjoys a drink and believes it only enhances his guitar playing, adding one of his favourite drinking partners is Foo Fighters' singer Dave Grohl. He…

Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age

Reissued 1998 self-titled debut album is doused in swagger

1 Mar 2011

(Rekords Rekords) Josh Homme is the king of cool. He has the rockstar wife (Brody Dalle, formerly of The Distillers), he makes smoking less fatality and more finesse, and, of course, he is the ginger Elvis. This reissue of Queens of the Stone Age’s…

Josh Homme 'died' last year

Music Gossip

19 Jan 2011

Queens Of The Stone Age musician Josh Homme briefly "died" during surgery. The 'No One Knows' band's frontman was having a routine operation for a knee complaint last year when things went wrong and he had to be brought back to life after his heart…

Queens Of The Stone Age nearly history

Music Gossip

2 Sep 2010

Josh Homme almost split Queens Of The Stone Age when bassist Nick Oliveri left. The US rock band reunited to play the UK's Reading and Leeds festivals last weekend after a two year break, but Josh revealed the group nearly ended altogether in 2004…

Them Crooked Vultures

6 Jan 2010

There aren’t many musicians who can overshadow Queens of the Stone Age mainman Josh Homme. Teaming up with Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters/Nirvana) on drums and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) on bass, Them Crooked Vultures have an enviable back history and…

Them Crooked Vultures

19 Nov 2009

It’d be foolish to try and ignore the pedigree of Them Cooked Vultures – a suitably enticing line-up of Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) – but therein lies the crux of the problem…

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

14 Aug 2009

(Domino) Hanging out with Josh Homme in the Mojave Desert is bound to have strange effects on a band, but by golly it’s done the Arctic Monkeys good. When the four scamps first bounded into our lives with their gritty northern charm and infectious…