Josh Homme and His Bands

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Josh Homme and His Bands

• An American singer, musician, songwriter, and
  record producer

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Joshua Michael Homme
Josh Homme is an American songwriter, singer,
record producer, and musician. He is popularly
known for founding the rock band Queens of the
Stone Age. But he had co-founded and remained a
big part of other bands as well.
Let's take a look at the bands he had been a big
part of.
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Kyuss

Josh Homme was just 14 years when he formed a
heavy metal rock-influenced band with his
schoolmates Brant Bjork and John Garcia in 1987
in a Palm Desert known as Katzenjammer. He was
the lead guitarist of the band. The band amassed
a cult following by the start of the 1990s, where
people often drove for hours in the desert to
isolated locations and plug into generators to
perform music. The brand popularity reached Chris
Gross, who, besides becoming the band's mentor,
helped them sign a label.
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Queens of the Stone Age

After the splitting up of Kyuss in 1995, Josh
Homme moved to Seattle, WA, to study business at
the University of Washington, abandoning his
desire for music for a brief period. Josh came in
contact with his old musician friends during this
time and agreed to join them as a guitarist in
the Screaming Trees for a tour. Then Josh became
very close with the band's vocalist Mark Lanegan
and considered forming their band. They form a
group known as Gamma Ray in 1996 and later change
it to Queens of the Stone Age. In 1998, the QOTSA
released their infamous debut album.
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The Desert Sessions
In 1997, Josh Homme founded The Desert Sessions
in Joshua Tree, California, at the Rancho De La
Luna, describing it as a musical series. Homme
said that you play at the Desert Session, only
for the sake of music. That is the reason it is
great for musicians. However, he believed that if
its not enough someday or music is not the reason
you are doing it, then its not your reason for
being in them. The band record on the spot within
hours, and the line-up constantly changes, adding
something new for every recording. The band
remains inactive for 11 years, and Homme
announced its working again in October 2014.
However, things remained silent for long.
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• Eagles of Death Metal
• Josh Homme formed Eagles of Death Metal in 1998
  as a joke band about the Desert Sessions with his
  friend Jesse Hughes. In the same year, recordings
  from the band were released. Josh focused on the
  Queens of Stone Age for the next few years, and
  Hughes got busy with his family. But in 2003,
  after Hughes got separated from his wife, Josh
  suggested he pursue a music career. Then, Jesse
  wrote, sang, and played guitar while Josh
  produced, arranged, and play various instruments,
  including drums and bass. Because of Josh's
  commitment with another band, he couldn't tour
  regularly with Eagles of Death Metal, but he
  makes occasional appearances during live shows.
  Josh Homme doesn't consider Eagles of Death Metal
  a side project and is fully dedicated to this
  band.