Latest about Queens of the Stone Age
Josh Homme reveals how learning polka in childhood gave way to his off-kilter guitar playing style
Josh Homme reveals how learning polka in childhood gave way to his off-kilter guitar playing style
“At its best, the solo can tell a story, give us a sense of spectacle, and even offer a window into a player’s soul”: These are the best guitar solos of 2023
Guitar World staff and readers choose the outstanding lead efforts of the year – including “this decades's Eruption”
Funny Little Boxes Skeleton Key review – Josh Homme’s Queens of the Stone Age tones in a box?
The Skeleton Key is an op-amp distortion pedal that claims to hold the secret to Josh Homme’s guitar sound – but whatever you do, don’t tell anyone. We’re keeping this to ourselves, right?
“Billy Gibbons brought some off-brand amp simulator to the studio. We heard him playing through this thing and it was like, ‘Wow! It sounds like f**kin’ Billy Gibbons!’” Troy Van Leeuwen might have just proven beyond doubt that tone truly is in the hands
The Queens of the Stone Age guitarist recalls a studio visit from the ZZ Top icon, and in doing so provides yet more evidence in favor of the ‘tone is in the hands’ argument
Josh Homme’s “core tone with the minimum of fuss”: this UK-made pedal sounds like Queens of the Stone Age and looks like it, too – thanks to exclusive Boneface artwork
The Skeleton Key is a QOTSA-flavored collab from Funny Little Boxes and Let’s Play All – best known as the masterminds behind the acclaimed 1991 pedal
Josh Homme reveals cancer diagnosis
The Queens of the Stone Age frontman said that surgery to remove the cancer was successful
This week's essential guitar tracks: alt-rock heroes return and a virtual metal band team up with a thrash legend
Unmissable new cuts from Queens of the Stone Age, Nili Brosh, Alex Skolnick, Black Stone Cherry, Tash Sultana, Asking Alexandria and… Dolly Parton?!
Queens of the Stone Age’s Dean Fertita announces solo project Tropical Gothclub, gets wild with the guitar for lead single Wheels Within Wheels
The multi-instrumentalist's debut solo LP will arrive November 4 via Jack White's Third Man Records
Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Queens of the Stone Age's No One Knows
Fripp channels his inner Josh Homme in the latest of his and his wife's freewheeling Sunday Lunch covers
Watch Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age members jam on classic rock standards at all-star benefit concert
Taylor Hawkins, Chris Chaney, Chad Smith, Danny Carey, Andrew Watt, Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen came together for a loose, one-off performance at Malibu Elementary School
