Queens Of The Stone Age chief Josh Homme has spoken concerning the inspiration he has taken from operating with Dave Grohl and Trent Reznor.
Talking to reporters from throughout Europe at a press convention prior to his band’s look at Hellfest on June 30, the 51-year-old vocalist/guitarist hailed the affect of pals and friends on his personal paintings.
Requested by way of a journalist from Loud TV if any of the visitors on his quite a lot of tasks have had any “enduring and on-going have an effect on in your procedure”, and if this is the case, who has had the best have an effect on, Homme answered, “Truthfully, taking part in with Dave Grohl has been fantastic, as a result of he is simply so excellent. You progress on the velocity of inspiration in no time, and so issues really feel very conceivable, and that has a tendency to have an enduring have an effect on. However taking part in with guys like Mark Lanegan and [ZZ Top’s} Billy Gibbons, these people that have such an interesting voice, is incredible, just because someone like Billy Gibbons is very strange, a very unique, sort of gentle antennae you feel like he could break at any moment but by the same token he is one of a kind.
“Also guys like Trent Reznor: the way he breaks machines, its hard not to have an influence. It’s nice to be influenced by people, it feels good, so we’ve been very lucky that way.”
Watch the Loud TV footage of the QOTSA press conference below:
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Speaking to this writer in 2009, Dave Grohl described Josh Homme as “my favourite guitarist” and hailed Queens Of The Stone Age as “the coolest band in the world”.
“When I joined Queens to play on the Songs For The Deaf record I think it was the first time I’ve ever felt truly confident and strong in a band,” he said.
“Walking through the backstage area of a festival with Queens Of The Stone Age is like the moment in a Western where the saloon bar doors swing open and the piano player stops playing and everyone just stares. You have Josh, [Mark] Lanegan, [Nick] Oliveri and me strolling in a instantly line and it is like being within the coolest gang. We by no means had a nasty display, and each and every display simply were given higher and higher.
“Past that, Josh and I had a connection musically that I simply would not have with anyone else: as a drummer, taking part in with him, we percentage this frequency that I have not shared with somebody else. It is intangible and unstated, nearly like ESP. He likes Black Flag and unhealthy disco and so do I.”
Homme and Grohl additionally performed in combination in Them Crooked Vultures, and the pair recorded a music with Trent Reznor, Mantra, for Grohl’s Sound Town documentary.
The 3 musicians additionally shared a level on the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, on January 26, 2014.
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