As heavy metal has diversified and the rock scene has fragmented, a unique musical force has come stumbling out the American desert to unify the two once again. Queens of the Stone Age are a disparate, unstable group spawned from the legendary stoner-rock pioneers Kyuss.
Joel McIver tells how band leader Josh Homme ousted long-time member Nick Oliveri leaving many people to predict the group's demise.
Details all their albums, including Songs for the Deaf, which saw the band collaborating with Dave Grohl of Nirvana and The Foo Fighters, and their 2005 release Lullabies to Paralyze, described by Uncut magazine as "fresh, strange and exciting."
