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Queens of the Stone Age is a popular rock band from California, formed by Josh Homme in 1997. The band performs the combined version of metal and psychedelic rock, being one of the most famous representatives of stoner rock.
The band was formed on the wreckage of the band “Kyuss” that performed the so called stoner rock. After its split in 1995, the former band’s vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme moved to Seattle and performed as a member of "Screaming Trees". In 1997 he made up with his former colleague bassist Nick Oliveri, who was performing in punk band Dwarves after Kyuss. The guys began thinking over the reviving of their cooperation. This idea was supported by another former colleague, drummer Alfredo Hernandez. The fourth member of the band was guitarist Dave Catching.
In 1998 Queens of the Stone Age recorded their debut long-play on their own money. The album was accepted by the lovers of an old good hard rock, though it sounded quite modern. Radio stations quickly admitted the song “If Only”, and the magazine “Rolling Stones” included the Queens into the top ten bands of hard and heavy. The band went on tout in support of their first record that lasted for nearly two years. During this time the band toured not only the USA, but also went abroad with such bands as "Bad Religion", "Rage Against the Machine", "Smashing Pumpkins", "Hole" and "Ween". The band managed to record in the studio just in 2000. At first, they recorded EP “Feel Good Hits Of The Summer” that included two cover versions of the Kinks – “Everybody's Gonna Be Happy” and “Who'll Be The Next In Line”, then followed a full-length “Rated R”. Next tours began with the participation in the traditional “Ozzfest”. At that time Hernandez was substituted by Gene Troutman and Nicky Lucero. Meanwhile, the press went on writing positive reviews for the second album. In 2001 the band took part in famous festival “Rock In Rio”. Nick Olivery was arrested by Brazil police for performing absolutely naked. That year the band was joined by a former member of “Screaming trees”, Mark Lenegan. At first, he performed with the band as a session member, and then became a constant one. When the time came to record the following album, the band added a former member of Nirvana and frontman of Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl. Though he brought some grunge sound to the music, it didn’t spoil the qualitative hard rock of the band. “Songs for the deaf” occurred to be in top 20 of Billboard charts in a week, having sold 50 thousand copies. However there were some troubles with the title of the album, because some deaf people toot this as a mockery. The following tour schedule wasn’t very tense, so Olivery and Homme saved time for creating a project “Headband” with the participation of bassist Twiggy Ramirez (ex-Marilyn Manson) and vocalist Casey Chaos (Amen). In February, 2004, there were some struggles between Josh and Nick, resulting with the departure of the last. For a year, Josh Homme has been working on a regular album “Lullabies To Paralyze”. By the end of the year Josh and Nick made up, but didn’t join. The release of “Lullabies To Paralyze” was in the middle of 2005 through the label “Interscope Records”. On August 4, 2009, there was an official confirmation of Josh participation in the band Them Crooked Vultures, the rumors about which began in 2005. The band also comprised ex-drummer of a legendary Nirvana and frontman of Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, and bassist of legendary Led Zeppelin, John Paul Jones.
