Josh Homme (Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age)

Main years active: 1988-1995

Nowadays, Josh Homme struts the stage with arch rockers Queens Of The Stone Age, but a few years back he was a key member of The Second Officially Greatest Band That Ever Lived™, Kyuss. Jamming the nights away in the Coachella desert, California, the band evolved a massively heavy but melodic sound that owed much to Sabbath (although Homme always insisted that he’d never heard the Sabs until much later on). This song, from the awe-inspiring ‘Welcome To Sky Valley’ (1994), shows what happens when you tune down to C#, neck a bunch of peyote and leave civilisation behind.

Kyuss ‘Gardenia’

Total Guitar issue 210 (originally on sale 24 December - 20 January) featured Tony Iommi on the cover and contained 11-pages of Iommi coverage, including an in-depth interview and a complete tab of 'Planet Caravan'.