Queens Of The Stone Age

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"He's so easy to play with, it's really addictive”: Josh Homme sings the praises on Dave Grohl

By Beth Simpson Published

Foo Fighters man plays drums on new Queens album

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Queens Of The Stone Age pictured in 2026
How QOTSA found their album centrepiece at 2am, a “little drunk” and ready to go home

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Troy Van Leeuwen and Jon Theodore discuss the late-night magic behind QOTSA's new single Insignificant Other

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Troy Van Leeuwen with his new Squier Paranormal Telecaster XII in a still from the demo video.
Troy Van Leeuwen on his Squier Tele XII’s origins, and when he learned it was (literally) roadworthy

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Squier unveils Van Leeuwen's Paranormal Tele XII, and it's a stunning and affordable 12-string take on the OG mass-produced electric. Here he shares its origin story

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Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age performs onstage in 2025.
Queens Of The Stone Age drop a brand new single out of nowhere and it features Nikki Lane on vocals

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Easy Street is the band's first new track since 2023's Times New Roman

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Josh Homme in the No One Knows video
“Of course it was gonna be a hit! This song really is original”: Inside the making of a Queens Of The Stone Age classic

By Stan Bull Published

A genius riff from Josh Homme and drumming heroics from his buddy Dave Grohl

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What’s on Josh Homme’s to-do list when Queens Of The Stone Age play Sheffield next week?

By Will Simpson Published

You might see him lurking around High Green

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Peavey Decade pedal review
"If you're seeking a polished, smooth, modern distortion, this is most definitely not the stomp box for you": Peavey Decade preamp pedal review

By Daryl Robertson Published

Peavey’s latest pedal is rated-R, for riffage

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Troy Van Leeuwen of Queens of the Stone Age plays a red/orange Gretsch onstage, and is framed by a triangle of yellow-green stagelights.
“It was the most bizarre musical experience”: QOTSA’s Troy Van Leeuwen on playing Paris's Catacombs

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Alive in the Catacombs presents a set of stripped-down QOTSA classics on acoustic for a unique concert film/EP

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Josh Homme onstage in Fuengirola, Spain, at a 2024 show with QOTSA. He plays a Echopark Esperanto Z offset semi-hollow
Queens Of The Stone Age cancel European dates, Josh Homme to return to US for “emergency surgery”

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The frontman is to return to the US immediately, leaving string of dates across Europe cancelled

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Robert Adam Stevenson
“They just risk everything – every song starts from a point of absolutely no safety net”: Queens of the Stone Age engineer and producer Robert Adam Stevenson on working with Josh Homme, Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp and recording a very '80s Taylor Hawkins

By Andy Jones Published

Interview: Since his own band broke up, Stevenson has taken the producer/engineer route, diving straight into the LA music scene and recording its biggest stars

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