Queens of the Stone Age contributors

Left to right: Josh Homme, Dean Fertita and Michael Shuman performing at the Eurockéennes festival, 2007

Queens of the Stone Age (also known as QOTSA or simply Queens) are a rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band frequently changes its line-up, and its records often include guest appearances. The only permanent member of the band is founder Josh Homme, with guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen having been a member since the release of the band's third studio album, Songs for the Deaf, in 2002. Bassist Michael Shuman and keyboardist and guitarist Dean Fertita both joined the band in 2007 to tour in support of its fifth studio album, Era Vulgaris (2007). In 2013, Queens of the Stone Age added drummer Jon Theodore during the recording of the album ...Like Clockwork (2013).

Core members

Current line-up

The band's current core line-up is as follows:

Joshua Homme
Active: 1996–present
Instruments: live lead vocals, guitar, slide guitar and piano. Also keyboards, drums, bass guitar and various other instruments during recording.
Release contributions: all Queens of the Stone Age releases
As the sole founding member of Queens of the Stone Age, Homme has performed and recorded with the band since its inception in 1996 and has been the only constant member of the band.
Troy Van Leeuwen
Active: 2002–present
Instruments: guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, lap steel, slide guitar, backing vocals, percussion and formerly bass guitar.
Release contributions: Lullabies to Paralyze (2005), Over the Years and Through the Woods (2005), Era Vulgaris (2007), ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Has been the band's second guitarist and multi-instrumentalist since 2002, joining the band for the tour preceding the release of Songs for the Deaf. Van Leeuwen has contributed to all subsequent recordings and tours.
Michael Shuman
Active: 2007–present
Instruments: live bass guitar, backing vocals and synth bass. Also, guitar, synthesizer, percussion and Mellotron during recording.
Release contributions: Era Vulgaris-era b-sides (2007), ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Joined the band in 2007 as bassist and backing vocalist for the tour following the release of Era Vulgaris.
Dean Fertita
Active: 2007–present
Instruments: piano, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, clavinet, backing vocals and percussion.
Release contributions: Era Vulgaris-era b-sides (2007), ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Replaced the late Natasha Shneider as the band's keyboardist and backing vocalist in 2007, also plays guitar and various percussion instruments. Fertita joined the band at the same time as Michael Shuman.
Jon Theodore
Active: 2013–present
Instruments: drums, percussion, sampler.
Release contributions: ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Joined after the departure of Joey Castillo, and interim drummer Dave Grohl, contributing to the final track on ...Like Clockwork and its subsequent tour.

Former Core Members

Nick Oliveri
Active: 1998–2004 (as a full member); 2013 (as a session vocalist); one-off live appearance in 2014
Instruments: bass guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar
Release contributions: Rated R (2000), Songs for the Deaf (2002), ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Oliveri had previously played alongside Josh Homme in the band Kyuss, and joined Queens of the Stone as its permanent bass guitarist and co-lead vocalist, in 1998, upon the release of its debut album, Queens of the Stone Age (1998). Oliveri and Homme became the band's core two members, and the duo recorded the breakthrough albums, Rated R and Songs for the Deaf, together before Homme fired Oliveri in 2004 for excessive partying and an alleged incident of domestic abuse. The duo repaired their friendship shortly afterwards. Oliveri, however, did not return to the band. In 2013, upon hearing that former contributor Dave Grohl was recording drums for the band's sixth studio album, ...Like Clockwork, Oliveri asked Homme if he too could return on bass guitar. Homme ultimately did not grant Oliveri's request. He does, however, appear on backing vocals on the album track, "If I Had a Tail". Oliveri made a live appearance singing "Millionare" in August 2014, and on October 31, 2014, Oliveri reunited with the band once again for the last show of their ...Like Clockwork tour during the encore, performing "Millionaire" along with "Auto Pilot", "Quick and to the Pointless", "Gonna Leave You" and "Another Love Song" for the first time in ten years.
Mark Lanegan
Active: 2001–2005 (as a full member); 2000, 2007 and 2013 (as a session vocalist); one off live appearances in 2007 and 2010
Instruments: lead vocals, backing vocals, live keyboards in 2005
Release contributions: Rated R (2000), Songs for the Deaf (2002), Lullabies to Paralyze (2005), Era Vulgaris (2007), ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Founding member Josh Homme had previously performed as a live guitarist for Lanegan's band Screaming Trees in 1996, with Homme subsequently wanting to include Lanegan's vocals on the band's debut album, Queens of the Stone Age (1998). Lanegan, however, did not make a vocal contribution until the recording Rated R, singing lead vocals on the track, "In the Fade", and backing vocals on three other songs. Following the album's release, Lanegan became a full-time member of the band, becoming its third lead vocalist, alongside Homme and Nick Oliveri. The trio, alongside drummer Dave Grohl, recorded the band's third studio album, Songs for the Deaf, with Lanegan remaining in the band until the release of Lullabies to Paralyze in 2005. During the tour that preceded the album's release, Lanegan also provided live keyboards but eventually left the road citing exhaustion. Lanegan eventually returned to live performances, but left the band as a full-time member upon the tour's close. Lanegan subsequently appeared as a backing vocalist on the Era Vulgaris track, "River in the Road", on the ...Like Clockwork tracks, "If I Had a Tail" and "Fairweather Friends", and made live appearances in 2007 and 2010.
Dave Grohl
Active: 2002 (as a full member); 2012-2013 (as a session drummer); one-off live appearances in 2007 and 2014
Instruments: drums, percussion
Release contributions: Songs for the Deaf (2002), ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Grohl replaced Gene Trautmann during the recording of the band's third studio album, Songs for the Deaf, performing drums and percussion on the majority of the album's tracks. Grohl remained within the band during its initial tour dates in support of the album, before returning to his primary project, Foo Fighters, later that year. In 2007, Grohl made a one-off guest appearance with the band to perform "Make It wit Chu", and subsequently replaced his successor Joey Castillo, in late 2012, recording drums on ...Like Clockwork. He made another one-off live appearance to play drums on My God Is the Sun at the 2014 Grammy Awards.
Joey Castillo
Active: 2002–2012
Instruments: drums, percussion
Release contributions: Lullabies to Paralyze (2005), Over the Years and Through the Woods (2005), Era Vulgaris (2007), ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Initially called in to replace drummer Dave Grohl for the European leg of the Songs for the Deaf tour, Castillo remained a member of the band until November 2012, when he was fired by Homme during the recording of ...Like Clockwork. Castillo recorded drums on Lullabies to Paralyze, the live album, Over the Years and Through the Woods, Era Vulgaris, and contributed to four tracks on ...Like Clockwork before his dismissal.
Alain Johannes
Active: 2005–2007 (as a full member); 2000-present (as a recording engineer, co-producer and session musician)
Instruments: bass guitar, electric guitar, piano, organ, backing vocals, various instruments
Release contributions: Songs for the Deaf (2002), Lullabies to Paralyze (2005), Over the Years and Through the Woods (2005), Era Vulgaris (2007)
Johannes has been a close collaborator of the band since 2000, initially co-producing three of Rated R's b-sides, under the moniker "The Exotic Pets", with Josh Homme. Jonhannes subsequently appeared on Songs for the Deaf, performing on four of the album's tracks, and made significant contributions to Lullabies to Paralyze, following Nick Oliveri's departure. Johannes toured with the band throughout 2005, appearing on the live album, Over the Years and Through the Woods, and recorded both guitar and bass on Era Vulgaris. Johannes is credited with providing "additional engineering" on ...Like Clockwork, and is also a live member of Homme's side-project, Them Crooked Vultures.
Natasha Shneider (deceased)
Active: 2005 (as a full member); 2000, 2002 (as a session musician)
Instruments: keyboards, backing vocals
Release contributions: Rated R-era b-sides ("Never Say Never" & "Who'll Be the Next in Line"), Songs for the Deaf (2002), Over the Years and Through the Woods (2005)
Formerly of the band Eleven - alongside her husband Alain Johannes - Shneider first recorded the b-sides, "Never Say Never" and "Who'll Be the Next in Line", with the band, providing keyboards and piano. Schneider subsequently appeared on Songs for the Deaf, performing on three of the album's tracks, and joined the band as a full member in 2005 during the Lullabies to Paralyze tour, appearing on the live album, Over the Years and Through the Woods. On July 2, 2008, Shneider died following a battle with cancer. The band performed a concert in celebration of her life on August 16, 2008 at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles.

Past members and contributors

"It really is more of a musical experiment… It keeps moving and reinventing itself. That way we never get painted into a corner."

Josh Homme, 2000

Guitarists

Core Guitarists
Session Guitarists
Live Guitarists

Bassists

Oliveri was a major contributor to Queens from 1998 to 2004
Core Bassists
Session Bassists
Live Bassists

Drummers

Dave Grohl, shown here drumming with Josh Homme side project Them Crooked Vultures has recorded and toured with Queens of the Stone Age
Core Drummers
Session Drummers
Session Percussionists

Keyboardists

Core Keyboardists
Session Keyboardists
Live Keyboardists

Vocalists

Core Vocalists
Session Vocalists

Backing Vocalists

Session Vocalists
Live Vocalists

Recurring contributors

Musician Queens of the
Stone Age

(1998)
Rated R
(2000)
Songs for the Deaf
(2002)
Lullabies to Paralyze
(2005)
Era Vulgaris
(2007)
...Like Clockwork
(2013)
Alain Johannes No No No No
Brody Dalle No No
Chris Goss No No No No No
Dave Catching No No No No
Dave Grohl No No
Gene Trautmann No No
Jesse Hughes No No No
Joey Castillo No No No
Mark Lanegan No No No No No
Mike Johnson No No
Nick Oliveri No No No No
Trent Reznor No No
Troy Van Leeuwen No No No

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