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Alternative-Metal act formed in 1997 in Palm Desert, California USA,
a couple of years after the breakup of seminal Stoner-Rock troop Kyuss
and initially comprised singer+guitarist Josh Homme, bassist Nick Oliveri
and drummer Alfredo Hernandez.
Queens Of The Stone Age made its debut in September 1998 with the self-titled
album released by Loosegroove Records, it generated the single "If
Only" which was aired on American modern-Rock radio stations drawing
the attention of Interscope Records.
Two years later, the label issued QOTSA's second album, "R";
during the recording sessions of "R" Hernandez left and Screaming
Trees' Barrett Martin replaced him on drums; the group's second effort
featured guest vocalists Mark Lanegan, also of Screaming
Trees and Rob Halford of Judas
Priest. The album entered the top 20 of the Billboard Magazine's Heatseekers
chart and the single "The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret", reached
#21 on The Mainstream Rock chart.
Queens Of The Stone Age's breakthrough album, "Songs For The Deaf",
arrived in the summer of 2002, Lanegan continued the collaboration with
the group that also invited A Perfect
Circle guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen and Foo
Fighters' Dave Grohl to play drums; the record reached #17 on The
Billboard Top 200 chart, highlighted by the #1 Modern Rock smash hit "No
One Knows"; the second single, "Go With The Flow", grabbed
a #7 spot on the same chart.
Homme, who split from his long-time collaborator Nick Oliveri, once again
refounded the group and Queens Of The Stone Age returned in spring of
2005 with a line-up of Homme, Lanegan, Van Leeuwan, Alain Johannes on
bass and Joey Castillo on drums, releasing "Lullabies To Paralyze";
the record shot to #5 on both The Billboard 200 and Top Canadian Albums
charts. It included another smash, "Little Sister", which peaked
at #2 on The Modern Rock Tracks as well as two more alt-Rock radio top
40 hits: " In My Head" and "Burn The Witch".
June 2007 saw Queens Of The Stone Age release "Era Vulgaris",
Latin for “common era”, another powerful album stacked with
colossal guitar chords and the most volatile of heavy-Rock melodies. The
set includes the Hot Modern Rock top 40 hits "Sick, Sick, Sick",
where The Strokes' Julian Casablancas spews
his vocals beneath a wall of multi-guitar catcalls and "3's And 7's".
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