Josh Homme Reveals How Elton John Became Queens Of The Stone Age's Only 'Actual Queen'!
Friday, 19 April 2013
Written by Elliott Batte
Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme has revealed how Elton John found a place on the band’s new album - becoming the only ‘actual queen’ in the line-up!
The singer and pianist is one of the album’s many collaborators, but it’s now been revealed that the high-profile addition came after Sir Elton approached Homme, rather than the other way around - with John telling the frontman that the only thing missing from his band was an ‘actual queen’!
“[Elton] was in a car listening to Them Crooked Vultures and his assistant said, 'you need to hear Queens'. The guy driving the car was an old room-mate of mine! So all of a sudden I get a phone call at my house on a Sunday. I picked up and he said: ‘Hello Josh, this is Elton’. I thought someone was messing with me. He said, ‘The only thing missing from your band is an actual queen!’ I said, Honey, you have no idea.”
The story follows the band’s recent unveiling of an album teaser video, which sees one of the band’s tracks being cut to vinyl - while a previously unheard tune plays in the background. You can check out that video below.
Queens of the Stone Age’s new album ‘...Like Clockwork’ hits shelves on June 3rd, while the band have a slot at Download Festival lined-up for the summer. If you’re in need of Download Festival tickets, check the link below.
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