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HISTORICAL FACTS: 4 - Caught on Camera

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?

MusicRadar

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

Metal Hammer

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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?

Guitar World

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

Evening Standard

“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

MusicRadar

“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

Guitar World

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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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Guitar World

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?

MusicRadar

"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'

Metal Hammer

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

MusicRadar

Eagles Of Death Metal ready for coronation of King Street

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

Newcastle Herald

"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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Watch a young Queens Of The Stone Age tear up an unsuspecting CBGBs in this rare early footage

Josh Homme’s rock crew Queens Of The Stone Age played a formidable set at New York’s famous CBGBs in 1999, to a crowd that included a whiskey-swilling Dave Grohl

Metal Hammer

10 surprising Elton John covers by rock and metal bands

From Queens of the Stone Age and Dave Grohl to the most offensive grindcore band ever, these reimagined Elton John songs are worth your time and ears

Manchester Evening News

What time are Queens of the Stone Age playing Glastonbury tonight? Set time, expected set list and clashes

The American band take to the Other Stage tonight, while Elton John headlines the Pyramid Stage

Wales Online

Queens of the Stone Age rock Cardiff Castle ahead of Glastonbury performance

It was their first performance in Cardiff for 20 years

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Wales Online

Queens of the Stone Age at Cardiff Castle: Event times, parking, support act, site map, setlist and more

The American rock band will be bringing its alternative rock music to Cardiff Castle this Friday

Louder

Classic Rock tracks of the week: eight new songs you need to hear right now

The Hives, Luke Morley and Dolly Parton are among the best new rock songs this week – Vote for your favourite

Metal Hammer

Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme recalls a shirtless Iggy Pop eating steak with his bare hands in a posh restaurant, then getting told off for having his nipples out

Josh Homme once went for dinner with Iggy Pop, and found the Godfather of Punk exhibiting rather bold dining etiquette

Evening Standard

Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman review: there’s power and genuine emotion here

The band’s rough and raw sound feels far from the dancier moments on their last album, Villains

The Independent UK

Queens of the Stone Age review, In Times New Roman: Josh Homme vacillates between vulnerable and vindictive

This self-produced record finds Homme and co squaring up to the darkness

Metal Hammer

Queens Of The Stone Age's In Times New Roman... is a brutal dissection of dark days and damage done, but Josh Homme's pain isn't everyone's gain

Queens Of The Stone Age go 'walking deeper into the darkness' on album number eight

Louder

Desert rock superstars Queens Of The Stone Age have returned to retain their crown

Queens Of The Stone Age explore the more experimental corners of their psyche on eighth album In Times New Roman

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