Queens of the Stone Age singer and guitarist has a close relationship with the band’s drummer, Dave Grohl
The history of Josh Homme is closely linked to that of a member of the Nirvana. Dave Grohl has a long-standing friendship with the leader of Queens of the Stone Age and became part of his band as a drummer between 2001 and 2002, during which he recorded the album Songs for the Deaf (2002) and toured. More than a decade later, he took over the drumsticks on another of the group’s albums, as a session musician:…Like Clockwork (2013).
The professional bond didn’t stop there. Homme and Grohl they had a band together Them Crooked Vultures alongside none other than John Paul Jonesbassist of Led Zeppelin. The trio released an eponymous album in 2009 and toured together to promote it.
No accident, Josh is a big fan of Nirvana. In 2003, when invited by Spin To list his favorite albums of all time, he made a point of mentioning an album by the legendary grunge band. Interestingly, however, he mentioned a work that was not recorded by Dave: the debut Bleach (1989), still registered with Chad Channing on the battery.
When commenting on the album (via Igor Miranda website), Man initially stated:
“In 1989, it seemed like punk rock was dead. I felt that the Nirvana was continuing from where Black Flag and GBH had stopped.”
The leader of Queens of the Stone Age had so much respect for the group led by Kurt Cobain who didn’t even try to emulate their sound. At the time, it is worth highlighting, Man integrated the Kyussa seminal stoner rock band.
“I remember thinking that I didn’t want my band to sound like Nirvana because they set the bar too high. I didn’t want to get too close.”
Dave Grohl on Josh Homme’s Kyuss
If Josh Homme did not comment on the work of Dave Grohl at the Nirvanathe friend already talked about the Kyuss on one occasion. During an interview with Mojo (via Whiplash), the leading multi-instrumentalist of Foo Fighters told that Pete Stahlcolleague from his closed pre-NirvanaO Screamrecommended the sound of the stoner group to him.
“I had already joined the Nirvana and we were corresponding by letters, when once Pete wrote to me: ‘You have to listen to this band, KYUSS. They’re from here in the desert and it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever heard.’ In 1992, I went to the nightclub Off Ramp in Seattle to see them live. Then I bought the album Bluesfor the Red Sun (1992) and the production of Chris Goss It’s so perfect, man. […] I bought at least 50 copies of the album and gave them to people, even though I didn’t even know the guys in the band and I had just seen them play.”
Grohl said he recommended the work of Chris Goss for Kurt Cobainwith the intention of having him produce what would become the band’s final album. Nirvana, In Utero (1993). The frontman didn’t like the idea.
“I remember showing the album Kyuss for Kurt, saying, ‘We should get this guy to produce our next album.’ In this case, it would be In Utero. Kurt He looked at me and said, ‘Really? Do you really think that?’. Of course I stepped back and started thinking, ‘God, maybe it really is too noisy.’ So, we recorded our last album with Steve Albini producing, but the Kyuss He was a force to be reckoned with, for sure.”
Source: Rollingstone

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