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Queens of the Stone Age ('''QotSA''' or simply '''Queens''') are a Rock band from Palm Desert , California , United States , formed in 1997. Their sound has since evolved to incorporate a variety of different styles and influences. HISTORY Early career (1996–1999) Queens of the Stone Age began with Josh Homme in 1996. Originally called 'Gamma Ray', Homme changed the name to 'Queens of the Stone Age' in 1997 as German Power Metal band Gamma Ray was threatening to sue: On why the band chose the name 'Queens of the Stone Age' rather than 'Kings of the Stone Age': ''Rated R'' (1999–2001) See Also: Rated R (album) 2000's '', guitarists Dave Catching , Brendon McNichol , and Chris Goss contributed, and even Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford , recording next door, stepped in for a guest spot on " Feel Good Hit Of The Summer ". The album received positive reviews but found little commercial success, aside from scoring the band notable opening slots with the Foo Fighters , Hole , and at Ozzfest 2000. Towards the end of the ''Rated R'' tour, the band's performance at the 2001 Rock Am Ring festival in Germany was, according to Homme, "the worst show we've ever played and it was in front of 40,000 people." The band decided to Tattoo themselves with the starting time of the performance, "Freitag 4.15": ''Songs for the Deaf'' (2001–2004) See Also: Songs for the Deaf , touring bassist 1998–2004 performing with the band at the 2003 V Festival .]] Frequent touring for ''Rated R'' generated support for the band which grew when Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl joined in late 2001/early 2002 to record their third album. '' Songs For The Deaf '' was released in August, featuring former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan , a floater since ''Rated R'', as well as adding former A Perfect Circle guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen to the touring line up following the album's release. Although ''Songs for the Deaf'' gained major attention, Grohl returned to his other projects and was replaced on the European leg of the album's supporting tour by former Danzig drummer Joey Castillo , who joined the band full time. Also featured on ''Deaf'' for the final track ''Mosquito Song'' were former A Perfect Circle bassist Paz Lenchantin (on viola and piano) and Ween 's Mickey Melchiondo on guitar. ''Deaf''' was a critical and commercial success and its popularity peaked when the album reached gold status in 2003, with sales peaking at over 900,000 copies. {Link without Title} The singles " No One Knows " and " Go With The Flow " became hits on radio and MTV , with the former peaking just outside of the Billboard Top 40 . Constant touring continued, culminating in a string of headline dates in Australia in January of 2004, after which Oliveri was fired from the band by Homme for what was said to be disrespect of the group's fans and excessive partying. In July 2005 however, Homme claimed in a BBC Radio 1 interview that Oliveri was fired when Homme had become convinced that he had been physically abusive to his girlfriend. Homme said, "A couple years ago, I spoke to Nick about a rumor I heard. I said, 'If I ever find out that this is true, I can't know you, man.'"8 Oliveri countered in the press that the band had been "poisoned by hunger for power" and that the band without him was "Queens Lite;" later Oliveri softened his opinion and said, "My relationship with Josh is good. The new Queens record kicks ass."Jenkins, Sacha. "Ready to Rumble." ''Spin''. May 2005. As of October 2006, Oliveri remains interested in rejoining the band.9 ''Lullabies to Paralyze'' (2004–2006) See Also: Lullabies to Paralyze , France . Included in this performance are two bandmates from the band Eleven , Natasha Shneider and Alain Johannes , who joined the line-up for '' Lullabies To Paralyze '' and the supporting tour.]] In 2005, Homme, along with Eleven multi-instrumentalist Alain Johannes and remaining band members Van Leeuwen and Castillo recorded the Queens fourth studio album, '' Lullabies To Paralyze '', a title taken from a lyric in "Mosquito Song" from their previous album.10 The release featured the appearance of several guests, most notably ZZ Top 's Billy Gibbons . Despite Lanegan reportedly turning down an invitation to remain with the band, he recorded vocals on new tracks (notably the solo vocalist on the opening track ''This Lullaby'') and appeared with the band on the supporting tour as scheduling and his health permitted. It had been rumored that Homme fired Lanegan; however, this was subsequently refuted: ''Lullabies to Paralyze'' was leaked onto the internet in February 2005, and then officially released on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 in the USA, debuting in the number 5 slot on the Billboard Music Chart , the greatest initial success of any Queens record to date. On May 14, 2005, the group was the Musical Guest On Saturday Night Live , hosted by Will Ferrell. One of Ferrell's popular Saturday Night Live characters, fictional Blue Öyster Cult cowbellist Gene Frenkle , made a re-appearance on the show, playing with the Queens on their first song of the night, " Little Sister ." Frenkle played the song's wood block part using a cowbell along with the band, drawing much applause. On 22 November 2005, the band released a live album/DVD set called '' Over The Years And Through The Woods '', featuring a live concert filmed in London, England, and bonus features which included rare videos of songs from 1998 to 2005. In fall of 2005, the group supported Nine Inch Nails on their North American tour of '' With Teeth '' along with Autolux (for the first half of the tour) and Death From Above 1979 (for the second). NIN's guitarist Aaron North appeared as an onstage guest with the Queens for the songs "Born to Hula", "Regular John", "Avon", "Monsters in the Parasol" and "Long, Slow Goodbye" at the Wiltern LG in Los Angeles on December 19th and 20th 2005. Another onstage guest for the December 20th performance was Homme's former Kyuss bandmate John Garcia , the first time that Homme and Garcia had played together since 1997. As a special encore they performed three Kyuss songs: "Thumb", "Hurricane" and "Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop".11 ''Era Vulgaris'' (2006–present) See Also: Era Vulgaris (album) and Michael Shuman performing at the Eurockéennes festival, July 2007]] Homme has described the record as "dark, hard, and electrical, sort of like a construction worker".19 CONTRIBUTORS Contributors are listed by their instruments, period of live appearances and studio/recording appearances. Records are abbreviated as follows: ''K/Q''– '' Kyuss/Queens Of The Stone Age ''; ''QotSA'' - '' Queens Of The Stone Age ''; ''Split'' – '' The Split CD ''; ''R'' - '' Rated R ''; ''SftD'' - '' Songs For The Deaf ''; ''LtP'' - '' Lullabies To Paralyze ''; ''EV'' - '' Era Vulgaris . Current touring line-up " (2007–present) shown here performing at the 2007 Wireless Festival in London .]] The live band touring in support of ''Era Vulgaris'' is as follows:
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