In an unexpected turn of events, Queens Of The Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri and vocalist Mark Lanegan have exited the California-based rock act.
Oliveri and Queens frontman Josh Homme have been friends since high school and played together in revered underground rock combo Kyuss before joining forces in Queens, but their relationship has apparently become irretrievably strained in recent months.
“Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri have recently parted ways,” an Interscope spokesperson said in a statement. “A number of incidents occurring over the last 18 months have led to the decision that the two can no longer maintain a working partnership in the band. The Queens, continuing under frontman Josh Homme, will begin work on a new album this spring.” (full story)
Maybe my girlfriend was right when she said, “Dude, the second that Josh Homme started dating that trashy girl from The Distillers he lost all cool points and officially became un-hot.”
I dunno about that, since I think Brody nee Armstrong is quite the hottie and Josh deserves props for getting all over that, but Homme does seem to be losing his circle o’ friends and that never bodes well.
Look what happened to John Lennon. No buds. Mediocre solo discs. An annoying wife who just WOULDN’T TAKE HER FUCKING SUNGLASSESS OFF IN THE HOUSE!
Y’know, that sort of thing