Queens of the Stone Age

This article covers the band. For the music album see Queens of the Stone Age (album) .

Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age live at Belfort
General information
origin	Palm Desert , California , ( United States )
Genre (s)	Stoner rock , hard rock , alternative rock
founding	1996
Website	www.qotsa.com
Founding members
Vocals , guitar	Josh Homme
bass	Van Conner (1996, 1998)
Drums	Victor Indrizzo (1996–1997)
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar	Josh Homme
Guitar, keyboard , vocals, lap steel	Troy Van Leeuwen (since 2002)
Drums	Jon Theodore (since 2013)
Bass, vocals	Michael Shuman (since 2007)
Keyboard, vocals, guitar, percussion	Dean Fertita (since 2007)
former members
singing	Mark Lanegan (2001-2005)
Keyboard, vocals	Natasha Shneider (2005-2006); († 2008)
guitar	John McBain (1997-1998)
Guitar, lap steel, keyboard	Dave Catching (1998-2000)
Guitar, lap steel, keyboard	Mario Lalli (1999)
Guitar, lap steel, keyboard	Brendon McNichol (2000-2002)
bass	Mike Johnson (1997)
Bass, vocals	Nick Oliveri (1998-2004)
bass	Dan Druff (2005)
Bass, guitar, vocals	Alain Johannes (2005-2007)
Drums	Matt Cameron (1997)
Drums	Alfredo Hernández (1998–1999)
Drums, percussion	Gene Trautmann (1999-2001)
Drums, percussion	Nick Lucero (2000)
Drums	Dave Grohl (2002, 2012)
Drums	Joey Castillo (2002-2012)

Queens of the Stone Age is a band from Palm Desert , California , founded by Josh Homme in 1996 , which can be roughly assigned to the alternative rock or stoner rock scene. Josh Homme is the only permanent member of the band.

history

Beginnings and Queens of the Stone Age (1996-1999)

After Josh Homme disbanded the former band Kyuss in 1995 after internal disputes, he played as a substitute musician in a few bands he was friends with ( Screaming Trees , Earthlings? And Soundgarden ), but soon realized that he could only be happy again with a new band of his own. Therefore he founded the band Gamma Ray in 1996 with Screaming Trees member Van Conner and session drummer Victor Indrizzo . But since there was already a band with this name in Germany, they renamed themselves Queens of the Stone Age . The name came from Chris Goss (Masters of Reality, friend and producer of the band), who said "god, you sound like the queens of the stone age". The band members liked it so much that they stuck to the name. Nick Oliveri, who, like Homme , had played with Kyuss , acted as bass player .

The first songs they played together were remnants of the last Kyuss sessions. When trying to differentiate themselves musically from Kyuss, the musicians increasingly relied on tough rock, more complicated guitar riffs and minimalistic drumming. Josh Homme later referred to the style as "robot rock" due to the simple drums, Nick Oliveri as "cocaine pop" due to the partly psychedelic riffs .

In 1998 the self-titled debut album, limited to 3000 copies, was released, on which Homme recorded guitar and bass alone, as Oliveri was busy with his side project Mondo Generator . The album was enthusiastically received by the press and fans, which enabled the Queens of the Stone Age to tour the world for two years .

Rated R and Songs for the Deaf (2000-2004)

In 2000 the second album Rated R was released with the extremely successful single Feel Good Hit of the Summer (in cooperation with Rob Halford from Judas Priest ), the text of which consists exclusively of a list of drugs .

In 2001 the band began to record their next album, Songs for the Deaf , reinforced by Mark Lanegan on the microphone, which was released in 2002, now with Dave Grohl ( Foo Fighters and formerly Nirvana ) on drums. The meanwhile third album and the first single No One Knows were enthusiastically received worldwide by both the fans and the music press. Grohl left the band immediately after the end of the recordings and the shooting for the first video.

Dean Fertita with Queens of the Stone Age at the Eurockéennes de Belfort 2011

On February 11 and 12, 2004 it was announced that Nick Oliveri "after several incidents in the last 18 months, after which no cooperation between the two main members was possible" (management of the band) has separated from the Queens of the Stone Age . Some time later, Homme announced in an interview that he had thrown Oliveri out of the band because he had heard rumors that the bassist had regularly been violent with his (Oliveri's) wife, which Oliveri had not been able to refute.

Lullabies to Paralyze and Era Vulgaris (2005-2010)

Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri were reconciled in March 2005, but continued to go their separate ways musically. Even Mark Lanegan had in the meantime left the band to increasingly have to worry again about his solo career, however, was on the album Lullabies to Paralyze to hear, which hit the shelves in March 2005, nor on some titles. Also on the album Era Vulgaris , released on June 8, 2007, the band continued the tradition of many guest appearances and worked with Mark Lanegan, Trent Reznor of the Nine Inch Nails and Julian Casablancas of The Strokes .

The album Rated R , released in 2000, was re-released on August 6, 2010 as a double CD. In addition to the regular album, the re-release also includes a second CD with B-sides and live recordings.

On March 7, 2011, the self-titled album was re-released as a remastered version including three bonus tracks.

... Like Clockwork (2011-2016)

In December 2011, lead singer Josh Homme announced that they were working on a studio album and would release it "in early 2012". This information was later specified more precisely, the album should be released in June.

On November 6, 2012 it was announced that Joey Castillo had left the band and that his predecessor Dave Grohl would act as studio drummer as in 2002, but Jon Theodore, a member of the bands Life Coach , One Day as a Lion and formerly , was to tour The Mars Volta . In addition, Trent Reznor and Elton John should participate on the album. … Like Clockwork was finally released on May 31, 2013. After a two-year tour, the band announced in 2015 that they would be taking a break.

Villains (from 2017)

At the beginning of 2017, Troy Sanders , who is linked to Queens of the Stone Age through the band Gone Is Gone , announced that a new album would be released later this year. The album was released on August 25 of the same year with the album title Villains .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1998	Queens of the Stone Age	-	AT75 (1 week) AT	CH80 (1 week) CH	UK48 silver (1 week)UK	US122 (1 week) US	First published: September 22, 1998 Republished: March 7, 2011
2000	Rated R	DE72 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK54 gold (11 weeks)UK	-	First published: June 6, 2000
2002	Songs for the Deaf	DE9 (12 weeks) DE	AT19 (10 weeks) AT	CH20 (12 weeks) CH	UK4th × 2 Double platinum (39 weeks)UK	US17th gold (51 weeks)US	First published: August 27, 2002
2005	Lullabies to Paralyze	DE8 (10 weeks) DE	AT5 (11 weeks) AT	CH4 (13 weeks) CH	UK4th gold (9 weeks)UK	US5 (12 weeks) US	First published: March 21, 2005
2007	Era Vulgaris	DE5 (7 weeks) DE	AT4 (10 weeks) AT	CH4 (9 weeks) CH	UK7th gold (4 weeks)UK	US14 (8 weeks) US	First published: June 8, 2007
2013	... like clockwork	DE7 (13 weeks) DE	AT3 (13 weeks) AT	CH2 (21 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (18 weeks)UK	US1 (21 weeks) US	First published: June 3, 2013
2017	Villains	DE2 (7 weeks) DE	AT2 (11 weeks) AT	CH1 (13 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (11 weeks)UK	US3 (5 weeks) US	First published: August 25, 2017

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2005	Over the Years and Through the Woods	DE100 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	US186 (1 week) US	First published: November 22, 2005

EPs

year	title	Remarks
1997	Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age	First published: December 5, 1997
1998	The Split CD	First published: September 18, 1998
2004	Stone Age Complication	First published: October 4, 2004

More EPs

• 1996: Gamma Ray
• 2013: iTunes Festival: London 2013 - EP
• 2013: … Like Cologne

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2000	The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret Rated R	-	-	-	UK31 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 7, 2000
2002	No One Knows Songs for the Deaf	-	-	-	UK15th platinum (8 weeks)UK	US51 (20 weeks) US	First published: November 26, 2002
2003	Go with the Flow Songs for the Deaf	-	-	-	UK21st silver (6 weeks)UK	-	First published: April 7, 2003
	First It Giveth Songs for the Deaf	-	-	-	UK33 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 18, 2003
2005	Little Sister Lullabies to Paralyze	DE65 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK18 (7 weeks) UK	US88 (9 weeks) US	First published: January 2005
	In My Head Lullabies to Paralyze	-	-	-	UK44 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 27, 2005
2007	Sick, Sick, Sick Era Vulgaris	DE77 (2 weeks) DE	AT65 (1 week) AT	-	-	-	First published: May 8, 2007
	3's & 7's Era Vulgaris	-	-	-	UK19 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 4, 2007
	Make It wit Chu Era Vulgaris	DE90 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: October 2007

More songs

• 1997: 18 AD
• 1998: If Only
• 1998: I Was a Teenage Hand Model
• 2000: Feel Good Hit of the Summer
• 2000: Never Say Never
• 2000: Infinity
• 2001: Back to Dungaree High
• 2001: Monsters in the Parasol
• 2002: Millionaire
• 2002: Who'll Be the Next in Line
• 2005: Everybody Knows That You're Insane
• 2006: Burn the Witch
• 2007: You Know What You Did
• 2007: The Fun Machine Took a Shit & Died
• 2011: How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat)
• 2012: Outlaw Blues
• 2013: The Vampyre of Time and Memory
• 2013: If I Had a Tail
• 2013: My God Is the Sun
• 2013: I Sat by the Ocean
• 2017: The Way You Used to Do

literature

• Joel McIver: No One Knows - The Story of the Queens of the Stone Age . Bosworth Music, 2006, ISBN 978-3-86543-219-3 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Queens Of The Stone Age: Rated R - Deluxe Edition . ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. universal-music.de 
2. ↑ Rated R Reissued in Two-CD Deluxe Edition With B-Sides and Reading Festival Concert . qotsa.com
3. ↑ Queens Of The Stone Age announce 'Rated R' reissue release date . nme.com
4. ↑ Domino and Rekords Rekords join forces . Domino Record Co.
5. ↑ nme.com
6. ↑ Queens Of The Stone Age - New album in June . visions.de. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
7. ↑ News: Queens Of The Stone Age - Drum position occupied . visions.de. March 28, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
8. ↑ Visions 240 p. 12
9. ↑ qotsa.com
10. ↑ Stoner rockers take a break . laut.de. March 20, 2015. Accessed July 24, 2017.
11. ↑ Queens Of The Stone Age finally bring us a new album this year . musikexpress.de. January 11, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
12. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
13. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US

Web links

Commons : Queens of the Stone Age  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Queens of the Stone Age at laut.de
• Queens of the Stone Age at Discogs (English)