Queens of the Stone Age

Crate Digging: Before he lays waste to the Slam tent techno titan Dave Clarke takes us though his favourite albums

22 Jul 2011

I’m going to go completely vinyl, as you are probably aware I haven’t actually played professionally with vinyl for at least nine years so I’m going to go ‘back in the box’. I’ve had Devo Freedom of Choice (Warner Brothers) since it came out, I…

Kyuss Lives! - O2 ABC, Glasgow, Mon 4 Apr

7 Apr 2011

Kyuss where the primordial soup from whence stoner rock sprang. Jamming the heavy riffs of Sabbath and the psych blues of Blue Cheer in California’s Palm Desert they spearheaded a loose but intense sound. Kyuss begat Queens of the Stone Age, Mondo…

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…

Queens Of The Stone Age's bluesy album

Music Gossip

18 Jan 2011

Queens Of The Stone Age's new album is inspired by the blues. The 'No One Knows' band's guitarist, Troy Van Leeuwen, is presently in the studio with the group and says the new sound the band have come up with will make fans want to "boogie". He…

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…

Queens of the Stone Age's explosive LP

Music Gossip

24 Jul 2010

Queens of the Stone Age's next album will sound like "fireworks". The rockers - who haven't released an LP since 2007's 'Era Vulgaris' - have reunited after a hiatus and frontman Josh Homme already has ideas of what he wants their next record to be…

Queens of the Stone Age 'wiggling hips'

Music Gossip

8 Jul 2010

The new Queens of the Stone Age album is "all about wiggling hips". Founding member, guitarist Josh Homme, revealed the band's new record will mark a return to the sounds associated with their fifth studio album 'Era Vulgaris'. Speaking to…

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…

Queens of the Stone Age

15 Nov 2007

QotSA pretty much define the phrase ‘stoner rock’. They may have lost some of their power and fury with the departure of Nick Oliveri in 2004, but new album Era Vulgaris is a return to form, a snarling Josh Homme leading the charge though the depths of…