Joshua Homme

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Josh Homme
Josh Homme performed at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in 2004.
Background information
Birth name	Joshua Michael Homme
Born	May 17, 1973
Origin	Palm Springs, CA, USA
Genre(s)	Hard Rock Alternative Metal Stoner Metal Heavy Metal
Instrument(s)	Guitar Bass Guitar Vocals Drums
Associated acts	Queens of the Stone Age Eagles of Death Metal The Desert Sessions Kyuss

Josh Homme (born Joshua Michael Homme on May 17, 1973 , in Palm Springs, CA) is an American rock musician. When he was sixteen he was a founding member of the desert rock band Kyuss, where he was the principle songwriter and guitarist, which split up in 1997. Homme is the founder and only continuous member of alternative rock band Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA), for which he sings and plays guitar. He co-founded and performs with Eagles of Death Metal as its drummer, and continues to produce and release a musical improv series with other musicians known as The Desert Sessions (regarding Homme's recording studio and residence in Palm Desert, California).

Homme has also played guitar for the Screaming Trees and Mark Lanegan (who later joined Queens of the Stone Age). Other acts in which Homme has collaborated and/or been a member of include, but aren't limited to: Mondo Generator, Foo Fighters, PJ Harvey, Fatso Jetson, Like Hell, Mark Lanegan Band, Masters of Reality, The Aquitted Felons, Millionaire, Wellwater Conspiracy, U.N.K.L.E., Melissa Auf Der Maur, Paz Lenchantin, A Perfect Circle, Death from Above 1979, Martina-Topley Bird, Earthlings?, Mastodon, Peaches, and Local H.

Homme, along with friend and Kyuss/QOTSA contributor/producer Chris Goss performed as "The 5:15ers" at the inaugural ArthurBall (an offshoot of the ArthurFest festival) in Los Angeles on 2006-02-26.^[1]. The two were credited homophonously as "The Fiffiff Teeners" when they co-produced QOTSA's second album Rated R.

In 2005, Homme was involved in a scuffle with Dwarves frontman Blag Dahlia at an L.A. club. Homme taunted Dahlia, pouring beer on his head and striking him on the head with the empty bottle afterwards. Homme was ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Dahlia and the club, was sentenced to 3 years probation, community service, and was forced to enter a rehab program for 60 days. [1] On The Dwarves' 2004 album, The Dwarves Must Die, there is a mention of Homme in the song "Massacre". "This one goes out to Queens of the Trust-Fund, you slept on my floor, now I'm sleeping through your motherfuckin' records." This is thought to have brought on Homme's dissatisfaction with Dahlia.

Homme and his wife, Distillers front woman Brody Dalle have a daughter together named Camille Harley Homme, born on January 17, 2006

[edit] Pseudonym

"Carlo Von Sexron" is a pseudonym adopted by Josh to credit his use of bass, keyboard, piano, and drums on such albums as the self-titled debut QOTSA, Desert Sessions Volumes 3 & 4, and Peace, Love, Death Metal from Eagles of Death Metal. However, Josh has been known to credit his given name when playing bass and drums on such Queens of the Stone Age albums as Rated R & Lullabies to Paralyze, and Mark Lanegan Band's Bubblegum.

Also known as "Baby Duck" to Dalle and the members of Eagles of Death Metal.^[2]

[edit] Trivia

• Homme also plays bass guitar, as when Queens of the Stone Age performs "Burn the Witch" and "Long Slow Goodbye". He was also the bassist on every track on QOTSA's debut album except for "You Would Know" and "Give the Mule What He Wants".
• Has also played drums with Eagles of Death Metal, The Desert Sessions and on some QOTSA tracks.
• His tattoos on his hands represent the names of his grandparents.
• Before becoming an established musician, Homme worked in construction.
• Homme is notably secretive about his guitar equipment, choosing to either change the subject or even lie when asked about his setup in interviews. However, it is known that Homme owns three 1984 Ovation GPs (one sunburst, one black, and one red),^[3] and that he often downtunes his guitar to C standard.
• He is featured on Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen, in the song "Stone Cold Crazy".
• He is featured (vocals) on Blood Mountain by Mastodon, in the song "The Colony of Birchmen".
• He is featured on Impeach My Bush by Peaches, in the song "Give 'Er".
• He had dyed his hair black for a short time. According to the Ask The Band section on the Bands website he felt every day was halloween and decided to shave his head. There are no pictures of him with a shaved head, so this suggests that he had gone into hiding.
• His surname is of Norwegian origin, named after the town of Hommelstø, Norway. Josh is known for never giving a straight answer as to how his last name is pronounced, but on the BBC radio documentary "Time For Heroes: The Pixies", he pronounced it like "mommy", and this has been generally accepted as the proper Norwegian pronunciation amongst the fanbase. He also pronounced it this way on his secret "fan letter" on the final track of Mastodon's album Blood Mountain.

[edit] Notes

Queens of the Stone Age
Joshua Homme | Joey Castillo | Troy Van Leeuwen | Alain Johannes
Dave Grohl | Nick Oliveri | Natasha Shneider | Dave Catching | Mark Lanegan | Alfredo Hernandez | Gene Trautmann | Brendon McNichol
Queens of the Stone Age discography
Albums and EPs: Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age | Queens of the Stone Age | Rated R | Songs for the Deaf | Stone Age Complications | Lullabies to Paralyze
Singles: "If Only" | "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" | "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" | "No One Knows" | "Go With the Flow" | "First It Giveth" | "Little Sister" | "In My Head" | "Burn the Witch"
DVDs: Over the Years and Through the Woods
Related articles
Kyuss | The Desert Sessions | Eagles of Death Metal | Mondo Generator | Screaming Trees
Categories
Queens of the Stone Age Albums | Queens of the Stone Age Songs
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