Josh Homme has revealed that he nearly ended Queens Of The Stone Age after founding bassist Nick Oliveri left the band in 2004. Oliveri left the hard rock group after a falling out with his long-time friend Homme.
"I thought about [giving up] a lot," Homme told ZaneLowe.com. "I wanted to respect what was there, but you come to a spot where you say, ‘Should some mistake really be the end of us all? Someone else’s mistake. Is that fair?' In the split [with Oliveri] I found my reason to continue, to make it about the music.
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[It] always made me nervous that it would get to the spot where the personalities would overcome the music because I don’t need a better table at a restaurant, I just want people to respect our music."
The singer and guitarist said that Queens Of The Stone Age are about to embark on sessions for their sixth studio album, their first since 2007’s Era Vulgaris.
"It feels like a brand new band, it feels like we can do anything," he said. "So we’re going to do it. Go to the middle of nowhere, not record at all and just be a band for a while."
Thanks for the report to Bryan Wawzenek, Gibson.com
