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Queens Of The Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age are a hard rock band from Palm Desert, California. The band’s current lineup consists of guitarist/vocalist Josh Homme, guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen, drummer Joey Castillo, bassist Michael Shuman, and multinstrumentalist Dean Fertita, though notable former members include Dave Grohl (Nirvana) and Matt Cameron (Soundgarden). Homme - formerly of early 1990’s stoner rock band Kyuss - is the founding member of the band, having assembled the band in 1996 under the name Gamma Ray.

The band in its early stages began receiving legal threats from a German metal band named also named Gamma Ray, prompting a change to the somewhat nonsensical moniker Queens of The Stone Age. The new name stuck; after releasing a self titled album in 1998 on an independent record label the band began to court the attention of major labels, signing a contract with Interscope in 1999 that remains to this day. Queens of the Stone Age made their major label debut with the release of Rated R in 2000, scoring a minor hit with "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" and nabbing the band touring slots with the likes of Foo Fighters and Hole.

In the wake of their successful first album, Queens of the Stone Age released their second album Songs for the Deaf two years later in 2002 to massive critical acclaim - it is often considered by fans to be their best record. The album is intended to simulate the many radio stations a finicky listener might switch between on a long drive, leading the band to experiment with a more rich and diverse sound than can be found on their previous releases. Notable tracks include "No One Knows", "First It Giveth", and "Go with the Flow".

After extensive touring throughout 2003 and a major lineup overhaul in 2004, the band finally returned to the studio to release their third major album Lullabies to Paralyze in 2005. Though slightly less successful financially than its predecessor, the album still sold a respectable 97,000 copies in its first week. Lullabies to Paralyze features a hard, distortion-heavy sound more reminiscent of the band’s earlier work, evident by tracks like "Burn The Witch" and "Little Sister".

Queens of the Stone Age released their most recent album Era Vulgaris in mid-2007. Their most successful album since Songs for the Deaf, Era Vulgaris - latin for "common era" - has sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide. Whereas Songs for the Deaf was influenced by a tedious drive through the desert, Era Vulgaris takes its inspiration from a drive down the glamorous-yet-gritty Hollywood strip. The album has so far produced three singles: "Sick, Sick, Sick", "3’s & 7’s", and "Make It wit Chu".

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Queens of the Stone Age is a hard rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States. The band is frequently labeled stoner rock, although they reject the label. QOTSA developed a style of riff-oriented, heavy music which the band's founder and mastermind Josh Homme described as 'robot rock', saying that he "wanted to create a heavy sound based on a solid jam, just pound it into your head". Since then, their sound has evolved to incorporate a variety of different styles and influences.

While in high school, Josh got together with locals Brant Bjork, Chris Cockrell (later replaced by Nick Oliveri) and John Garcia resulting in the formation of Kyuss (firstly known as "Sons of Kyuss"). QOTSA formed in 1997, rising from the ashes of Kyuss and began playing together during the now legendary Desert Sessions. Homme has drawn all of the members from that diverse group of musicians for QOTSA. The band originally formed under the name Gamma Ray, but almost faced a lawsuit from the European metal band of the same name.

QOTSA have gone through many line-up changes since first breaking into the hard rock scene. Their most recent line-up includes: Josh Homme (Guitar, Vocals), Troy Van Leeuwen (Guitar, Lap Steel, Keyboards, Backing Vocals), Joey Castillo (Drums), Michael Shuman (Bass, Backing Vocals) and Dean fertita (Keyboards, Guitar, Backing Vocals).

Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri were seen as the only two consistent QOTSA members. Being friends since childhood, the two meshed well together. Oliveri's punk background brought an element of danger and attitude to the Queens' live shows. His unique "howling" singing style made him easily distinguishable on songs such as "Six Shooter" from the album Songs for the Deaf; however, he also displays a more melodic singing style in Rated R songs such as "Auto Pilot".

After recording three albums and six years of touring with QOTSA, Oliveri exited the group in early 2004 due to a conflict between him and front man Homme. He allegedly developed a pattern of destructive behavior that Homme couldn't handle. Homme stated: "Everywhere we go, Nick is a like a whirlwind passing through. And I'm sick of being the one that has to clean up the mess all the time." Josh claimed that he was fed up with Oliveri's disrespect towards their fans and the destruction that he caused at gigs. However, a year later, Homme told Zane Lowe from BBC Radio 1 that he and Nick had actually fallen out over several third party claims that Oliveri was violent towards his (Josh Homme's) girlfriend (an accusation which Nick strongly denies). In 2005, QOTSA released their first album after Oliveri's departure, "Lullabies to Paralyze".

Homme has also produced an album for Millionaire, organized the Desert Sessions and contributed to various other projects such as Chris Goss' Masters of Reality and the recently formed 515ers. Homme also runs the label Rekords Rekords, which has released Likehell, Fatso Jetson, Mondo Generator and his musical improv series Desert Sessions. He also plays drums in and produces Eagles of Death Metal, along with his friend Jesse Hughes. Currently he recently produced the new Arctic Monkeys-album. Now he is fronting the band Them Crooked Vultures.

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Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. Originally formed under the name Gamma Ray by guitarist Josh Homme, following the breakup of his previous band, Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age developed a style of riff-oriented, heavy music which has been described by Homme as "robot rock", saying that he "wanted to create a heavy sound based on a solid jam, and just pound it into your head".[cite this quote] Their sound has since evolved to incorporate a variety of different styles and influences.