Queens Of The Stone Age
Josh Homme wanted music heavy enough for the boys and sweet enough for the girls, and after Kyuss split he built Queens of the Stone Age around exactly that: hypnotic, repetitive riffs he called 'robot rock', with a sly, falsetto-tinged croon on top.
Rated R, with Rob Halford joining the chant on 'Feel Good Hit of the Summer', broke them out, and Songs for the Deaf, with Dave Grohl on drums and Mark Lanegan and Nick Oliveri trading vocals, became their defining album, anchored by 'No One Knows'.
Later records grew darker and stranger, from the brooding ...Like Clockwork to the bruised, swaggering In Times New Roman..., with Perfecth following in October 2026.
If you like Queens Of The Stone Age you should check out: Kyuss, Screaming Trees, Iggy Pop, Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, The Black Keys, Jack White, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin
