Dean Fertita

Dean Fertita (2011)

Dean Fertita (born September 6, 1970 in Royal Oak ) is an American rock musician and multi-instrumentalist .

Career

Fertita founded the band The Waxwings with Kevin Peyok , James Edmunds and Dominic Romano . By 2004 they released three studio albums together. Since the announcement of a fourth album in 2005, all members have devoted themselves to other projects and have given no further information about the whereabouts of the band. Fertita joined the band The Raconteurs as a tour member , also joined the Queens of the Stone Age in spring 2007 and has become a permanent member since the Era Vulgaris tour. At Queens of the Stone Age , Fertita plays the keyboard and electric guitarand sings .

During a creative break in the queens , Fertita devoted himself to his solo project called Hello = Fire and released a debut album of the same name, on which many guest musicians can be heard. Also in 2009, Fertita founded the band The Dead Weather together with Jack White , Alison Mosshart and Jack Lawrence . He also represented at the Eagles of Death Metal the bassist Brian O'Connor live after being diagnosed with this cancer.

At the end of 2015, Fertita worked with Queens colleague Josh Homme and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on Iggy Pop's new studio album Post Pop Depression and also plays in his live band.

Bands

The Waxwings (since 1997)
The Raconteurs (2006)
Queens of the Stone Age (since 2007)
The Dead Weather (since 2009)
Hello = Fire (since 2009)
Eagles of Death Metal (2010)
Iggy Pop (since 2015)

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personal data
SURNAME	Fertita, Dean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fertita, Dean (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American rock musician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 6, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Royal Oak (Michigan)


Studio albums	Queens of the Stone Age (1998) • Rated R (2000) • Songs for the Deaf (2002) • Lullabies to Paralyze (2005) • Era Vulgaris (2007) • … Like Clockwork (2013) • Villains (2017)
Extended plays	Stone Age Complication (2004)
Live albums	Over the Years and Through the Woods (2005) •… Like Cologne ( iTunes , 2013)
Singles	If Only Everything (Promo, 1996) • If Only (Promo, 1998) • I Was a Teenage Hand Model (Promo, 1998) • The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret (2000) • Feel Good Hit of the Summer (2000) • Monsters in the Parasol (Promo, 2000) • Never Say Never (Romeo-Void-Cover, Promo, 2000) • No One Knows (2002) • Go with the Flow (2003) • First it Giveth (2003) • Little Sister ( 2005) • In My Head (2005) • Everybody Knows that You Are Insane (Promo, 2005) • The Fun Machine Took a Shit and Died (Promo, 2005 and 2007) • Burn the Witch (2006) • Sick, Sick, Sick (2007) • 3's & 7's (2007) • Make it Wit Chu (2007) • How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat) (2011) • My God is the Sun (2013) • I Sat by the Ocean ( 2013) • The Vampyre of Time and Memory (Promo, 2013) • Smooth Sailing (Promo, 2014) • The Way You Used to Do (2017)
Splits	Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age ( Split with Kyuss , 1997) • The Split CD (Split with Beaver, 1998)