I love Anthony Bourdain and No Reservation/Parts unknown. But I never knew him and Josh were so tight. Great episode. I watched it on a plane ride to Nashville. Music food and good people! We miss you Anthony.
Anthony actually write Josh's daughter an apology letter for "smashing her daddy's guitar".
Back at it again everyone. Ripped the audio from the Queens of the Stone Age show in Werchter. Turned the video to audio and cut up all the tracks and tagged them. I tried my best to level the audio. Which didn't really need much other then first song Noone Knows was the worst culprit it started off super load and settled in towards the middle of the song. Crank it loud crowd and band were on fire. First time the played Straight Jacket Fitting with an extended chanting section from the crowd.
Someone on reddit posted queens playing a few songs on NPR a few weeks back. I took the files and ran them through audacity to try and clean up the audio a bit. I linked the files to my drive. The OG files, my first test and test 2. Enjoy
Canavoyeur
Emotion Sickness
Straight JAcket Fitting (badass needs to hit their live sets soon)
Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme on Stereotypes, Existence, & Gallows Humor
Josh Homme, the frontman of Queens of the Stone Age, reunites with Kyle Meredith in a discussion about the band's upcoming album, "In Times New Roman," their first release since 2017. Homme shares his approach to creating music for all stereotypes and delves into the concept of how our musical preferences evolve as adults, often embracing the music we may have despised in our youth. Homme reveals that he is essentially soundtracking his own life, which he describes as pretty crazy at present.
Furthermore, Homme explores the more aggressive moments featured on the new album, delving into his thoughts on the existential question of why we exist. He also discusses the use of gallows humor as a means to cope with the heaviness of human existence.
THE END IS NERO TOUR IS COMING.
We’ll be joined by special guests Phantogram, Viagra Boys, The Armed and Jehnny Beth on select dates. Tickets on sale Fri, 6/9 at 10am local.
The frontman underwent successful surgery last year, and is continuing to heal.
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Josh Homme has revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer in 2022. While he didn’t get into specifics, the Queens of the Stone Age frontman says he underwent successful surgery to remove the cancer, and is still in the process of healing.
In a new interview with Revolver, Homme talked about the difficulties of the past few years, which have included the pandemic, the deaths of close friends, and a messy legal battle with ex-wife Brody Dalle of The Distillers. As it turned out, he privately battled cancer, as well.
“I never say it can’t get any worse,” said Homme. “I never say that, and I wouldn’t advise it. But I do say it can get better. Cancer is just the cherry on top of an interesting time period, you know? I’m extremely thankful that I’ll get through this, and I’ll look back at this as something that’s fucked up — but will have made me better. I’m cool with that. There’s a lot of stuff I want to do. And there’s a lot of people I want to do that with.”
Ahead of the release of In Times New Roman... – Queens of the Stone Age's eighth studio record – now is a good time to explore the weirdness and originality of Josh Homme's production style.
One of the reasons I love Homme’s work is because of the way he uses texture and rhythm. He deploys these elements to create compositions that are primal, vulgar, odd, sinister, and, at times, even romantic. He uses them to elevate, distort, and even defy the conventions of rock music. And he does it not just through composition and instrumentation, but through production.
Creating the sixth Queens of the Stone Age record would be anything but easy. Following 2007’s Era Vulgaris, mastermind Josh Homme would take a six year break from the band -- producing the Arctic Monkeys’ third record (Humbug), playing in other bands like Eagles of Death Metal and Them Crooked Vultures, while also welcoming his second child. But in the fall of 2010, after developing an antibiotic-resistant staph infection, Homme was hospitalized for nearly two weeks. Then bedridden for a handful of months. Leaving the frontman to sink into a deep depression.
The singer and guitarist would later tell journalists that his heart had actually stopped during the surgery meant to rid his infection and that even after he was revived, he felt like a part of him had been left behind on the operating table. Lost and out of love with music, the turbulent process of assembling ...Like Clockwork would lead to quite possibly their best record yet, helping redefine th
Songs For the Deaf is one of the last great hard rock albums of recent memory. It’s just bass, drums, guitar and plain ol’ OVERDRIVE. It saw Queens of the Stone Age capitalize on their unique position in rock, assembling a one-time-only, star-studded line up for a loose concept album: a drive through the blistering California desert. Buckle up.
In Times New Roman... is the eighth studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on June 16, 2023, through Matador Records. It was announced in a video teaser on May 11, 2023, and is the band's first album since Villains. The announcement occurred alongside the release of the...
In Times New Roman... is the eighth studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on June 16, 2023, through Matador Records.[2] It was announced in a video teaser on May 11, 2023, and is the band's first album since Villains (2017).[5] The announcement occurred alongside the release of the lead single, "Emotion Sickness".[6] The band will tour North America and Europe in support of the record.[7][[8]](https://en.