Josh: Basically, if there was a negative rumor that someone brought up to me I would just encourage it... like when someone was saying: Well, Mark got fired, Lanegan, you know. And I was like: Yeah, Mark is fired, too, yeah. But he was just touring his own solo record, you know.
Josh: A couple years ago, I spoke to Nick about a rumor I heard. I said, 'If I ever find out that this is true, I can't know you, man.'
Josh: It really is more of a musical experiment.... It keeps moving and reinventing itself. That way we never get painted into a corner.
Nick: When we were making a record in 1992, under the band Kyuss, our producer Chris Goss, he would joke and say "You guys are like the Queens of the Stone Age." The band was originally called Gamma Ray, but we got threatened with a lawsuit because someone else had it. So we were Queens of the Stone Age.
Mario Lalli substituted for Dave Catching for a while.
Alfredo Hernandez was a drummer for the band.
Dave Grohl was a drummer for the band.
Mike Johnson was a bassist for the band.
Nick Oliveri was a bassist for the band.
John McBain was a guitarist for the band.
Brendon McNichol was a guitarist for the band.
The current lineup is: ·[tab]Joshua Homme ·[tab]Joey Castillo ·[tab]Troy Van Leeuwen ·[tab]Natasha Shneider ·[tab]Alain Johannes
In June 2006, in an interview on the Australian radio station Triple J, Jesse Keeler, the bassist from Death from Above (1979), said that he would be playing bass on the new Queens of the Stone Age album, but said that he would more than likely not be touring with the band.
Josh's former Kyuss bandmate John Garcia joined the band onstage at the Wiltern LG in Los Angeles on December 20, 2005. As a special encore they performed three Kyuss songs: "Thumb", "Hurricane" and "Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop". This was the first time that Homme and Garcia had played together since 1997.
The band has supported Nine Inch Nails on their 'With Teeth' tour.
"Over The Years And Through The Woods" was released on 22 November 2005.
Billy Gibbons appeared on "Lullabies to Paralyze."
"Lullabies To Paralyze" was released on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005 in the US.
Despite Mark Lanegan reportedly turning down an invitation to remain with the band, he recorded vocals on new tracks and appeared with the band on tour as scheduling and his health permitted.
Josh joined eleven multi-instrumentalist Alain Johannes, A Perfect Circle guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen, and Castillo to record a new album for 2005, which they called "Lullabies to Paralyze."
Nick Oliveri was officially fired for what was said to be disrespect of the group's fans and excessive partying.
"Songs For The Deaf" reached gold status in 2003.
Paz Lenchantin appeared on "Mosquito Song."
Mark Lanegan, the ex-Screaming Trees vocalist, appeared on "Songs for the Deaf".
Dave Grohl joined the band as a drummer for their third album.
The Queens of the Stone Age have opened for Hole.
"Rated R" wowed critics, but found little commercial success.
Rob Halford appeared on their second album, "Rated R."
Dave Catching appeared on their second album, "Rated R."
Josh is the only original member still in the band.
At the end of their debut album's final song, "I Was a Teenage Hand Model", a recording of a phone message which plays the Nick Oliveri's voice stating his decision to join the band can be heard.
In the fall of 1998, they released their self-titled debut album, "Queens of the Stone Age", which was recorded with Josh playing both guitar and bass guitar, Alfredo Hernandez on the drums, and several other instrumental and vocal contributions by Chris Goss and Hutch.
Their debut, self-titled album was released on 'Loose Groove.'
In describing their music, Josh said he "wanted to create a heavy sound based on a solid jam, and just pound it into your head."
The band was originally formed as Gamma Ray by drummer Alfredo Hernandez and guitarist Josh Homme.
The band was formed in Palm Desert, California.
Troy Van Leeuwen, former A Perfect Circle guitarist is now a permanent member of the band since 2004.
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