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“St. Vincent is one of the best players in the world right now… she has that Jeff Buckley thing going on”: Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr names 10 guitarists who shaped his bass sound

The Royal Blood frontman explains why guitarists have influenced him more than bassists as he marks the 10th anniversary of the duo’s debut album

Guitar World

“Guitar’s versatility is unparalleled. But it’s also an instrument with a lot of baggage. We all know the tropes we’re trying to avoid”: St. Vincent on returning to real amps, stealing Josh Homme’s secret weapon – and how she overcame her fear of Strats

St. Vincent’s new album, All Born Screaming, sees her teaming up with two FooFighters, using Prince’sfavourite pedal and embarking on a prog odyssey. It also sees her return to real amps played real loud…

Guitar World

“We didn’t want to be some huge rock’n’roll band. We wanted to make music for the people”: the inside story of Kyuss’ Blues For The Red Sun, the classic album that changed the course of stoner rock

How cult stoner rock visionaries Kyuss made 1992’s classic Blues For The Red Sun

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“I never learned any barre chords... all I’ve ever learned was ‘oompah oompah’. It drove me to either give up guitar or start writing music”: Josh Homme reveals how learning polka as a kid developed his off-kilter guitar playing style

Josh Homme reveals how learning polka in childhood gave way to his off-kilter guitar playing style

Guitar World

“Taylor wanted to write a song for a friend of ours who was going through a bad time”: Perry Farrell on the time him and Taylor Hawkins teamed up to record a track for a pal

The Jane’s Addiction singer and late Foo Fighters drummer released Mend back in 2021

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“They just risk everything – every song starts from a point of absolutely no safety net”: Queens of the Stone Age engineer and producer Robert Adam Stevenson on working with Josh Homme, Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp and recording a very '80s Taylor Hawkins

Interview: Since his own band broke up, Stevenson has taken the producer/engineer route, diving straight into the LA music scene and recording its biggest stars

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“WTF?”: Mark Ronson shares Paul McCartney’s F-bomb video reaction to being told that Foreigner aren’t in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The producer has enlisted Josh Homme, Chad Smith, Jack Black, Dave Grohl and Slash to help get the band inducted this year

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Mark Ronson Campaigns For Foreigner's Rock Hall Of Fame Bid

Mark Ronson advocates for Foreigner's Rock Hall induction with support from music icons. Foreigner's legacy and impact on music highlighted.

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“Want to know what love is? Love is putting Foreigner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”: producer Mark Ronson recruits Dave Grohl, Jack Black, Josh Homme, Slash and Chad Smith to lobby for his stepdad's band's induction into Rock Hall

Want to see Foreigner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? So do some of your favourite rock stars

Louder

I was like, ‘I ain’t been in another band, I ain’t done this for anybody else before'”: Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on the time he joined Iggy Pop’s band

The Arctic Monkeys man was behind the kit for Iggy's 2016 album Post Pop Depression

Louder

“We are the most difficult simple band. I’ve often heard guys coming up to us saying, ‘You guys are just playing barre chords!’ I am glad you think it is that simple!”– Troy Van Leeuwen on QOTSA's musical illusions and gear secrets

Troy Van Leeuwen checks in from The End Of Nero Tour to talk fuzz favourites, filling in for Dave Navarro in Jane's Addiction, and why no one pedal alone can recreate Queens Of The Stone Age's guitar tone

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Funny Little Boxes Skeleton Key

Here lies a Holy Grail, an op-amp distortion that promises Queens Of The Stone Age guitar tones from one compact stompbox. Is it too good to be true?

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10 moments of genius from MTV Unplugged

As Nirvana’s iconic set turns 30, we pick out the ten best songs from the famous sessions

Louder

"People who want to tell you what to do?They should shut the f**k up": Josh Homme on Queens Of The Stone Age providing a "safe space" for personal expression

For Josh Homme, Queens Of The Stone Age will always be a sanctuary for those who refuse to toe the line

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Guitar World

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?

Evening Standard

Queens of the Stone Age at the O2 Arena review: returning with heft and heart – and a gargantuan light show

The band was clearly relishing the chance to be back in London

MusicRadar

Guitar World

“We didn’t want to just make a one trick pony octave up device”: Jimi Hendrix, Tony Iommi and Josh Homme all championed the octave pedal – now KMA Machines’ Mandrake Octo-Shrieker looks to take the effect to new heights

Simple yet effective: the user-friendly Mandrake updates an existing KMA circuit and attempts to solve a key issue of orthodox octave up pedals

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As emo reigns elsewhere, Queens of the Stone Age rock Riot Fest

Nuanced sound made for one of the best-sounding sets of the weekend at Douglass Park.

Guitar World

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

MusicRadar

Unlock Josh Homme’s QOTSA tones with the Skeleton Key, the new £99 drive pedal from Funny Little Boxes

Is this the pedalboard solution that Queens Of The Stone Age fans have been waiting for?

Metal Hammer

"If you ever do that to me again, I'll kill you": the night Mark Lanegan had guns pulled on him when drug dealers thought his friend Josh Homme was a cop

One night during Lollapalooza 1996, Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan struggled to score as every drug dealer in town was convinced that his buddy Josh Home was an undercover 'narc'

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Remembering when Trent Reznor, Lindsey Buckingham, Josh Homme and Dave Grohl formed a supergroup at the Grammys

An infamous TV performance, and the original song that hinted at what could have been

Newcastle Herald

Eagles Of Death Metal ready for coronation of King Street

"I live by the motto, 'stay horny'."

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"It's Spiderman again!" Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme reunites with masked superhero at European festival

Watch the beautiful moment that Spiderman is invited to join Queens Of The Stone Age onstage, once again

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