Troy Van Leeuwen

Troy Van Leeuwen (2011)

Troy Van Leeuwen (born January 5, 1970 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American musician and current guitarist for the rock band Queens of the Stone Age .

Career

Van Leeuwen played in the band Failure from 1996 to 1997 and for 3 years for A Perfect Circle . After recording their third studio album , Van Leeuwen joined Queens of the Stone Age in May 2002 . He plays guitar , lap steel , keyboard and, during the 2005-2006 tour, also partially bass . Van Leeuwen was also involved in his bandmate Josh Homme's side project , the Desert Sessions . During a creative break in the Queens in 2008, Van Leeuwen devoted himself to his side project Sweethead and went on tour with his new band.

Instruments

Van Leeuwen (pronounced: Van Luhen): "I'll divulge one secret: I used nothing but hollowbodies on this record [Lullabies to Paralyze] - mostly a Gibson ES-135 and a Yamaha AES1500."

A Troy Van Leeuwen signature model has also been available in collaboration with Yamaha since 2006: Yamaha SA503 TVL Troy Van Leeuwen.

In 2013 the Troy Van Leeuwen Signature Jazzmaster was created in collaboration with Fender.

For the lapsteel guitar, Van Leeuwen uses instruments from the Chandler brand.

Bands

Enemy
Failure (1996-1997)
A Perfect Circle (1999-2002)
Queens of the Stone Age (since 2002)
Sweethead (since 2008)
Gone is Gone (since 2016)

Individual evidence

Web links

Commons : Troy Van Leeuwen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Van Leeuwen, Troy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American guitarist for the stoner rock band Queens of the Stone Age
DATE OF BIRTH	5th January 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	los Angeles

[1] Troy Van Leeuwen Signature Guitar on Guitar News

[2] Rig Rundown - Queens of the Stone Age's Troy Van Leeuwen


Studio albums	Mer de Noms • Thirteenth Step • EMOTIVES • Eat the Elephant
Extended plays	Deep cuts
Singles	Judith • 3 Libras • The Hollow • Weak and Powerless • The Outsider • Blue • Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums • Imagine • Passive


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)