Eagles of Death Metal singer Jesse Hughes recently created an exclusive Queens of the Stone Age biography for Alternative Nation with our writer Greg Prato. Hughes discussed Josh Homme going against the grain creatively, and not trying to sing like Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder like many did in the late 90’s early 2000’s.
“I think it was the best thing that Dave Grohl had going for him when Queens happened. It allowed him to segue into Foo Fighters, of course. But I think the relationship, in my humble opinion, flows from Joshua. I think that in terms of who needs who, Joshua is not the one that’s needy the most. And their relationship is incredible. Joshua to me, is the benchmark.”
Hughes also discussed why rock legends are drawn to work with Homme, “That’s why Dave Grohl wants to be in bands with him. That’s why John Paul Jones wants to be in bands him. Everything flows from the queen. And I like that phrase, by the way, I came up with that one – you just remember that everything does flow from the queen.
And he would always say to me, ‘You are going to treat this band like it’s a full band. This band needs to be big. You need to take their reins on this. And I’m going to let you.’ That’s the miracle. The miracle is that he was ever able to allow for me to exist. But that’s the person that he is.”
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