Queens Of The Stone Age Frontman Josh Homme Reckons People Think He's An 'Evil Dictator'
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Written by Elliott Batte
Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme has claimed that he reckons a lot of people think he’s an ‘evil dictator’ - saying that ‘you’ve got to be willing to make’ hard decisions in life.
The singer and guitarist says that a lot of people have him down as a bit of a bossy boots, but he thinks this is simply down to his ability to make decisions, whether they’re ‘hard’ or ‘wonderful’.
“I think people believe I'm some kind of evil dictator sometimes. But I don't much care about that. I'm not politically correct, I never said I was. I made a lot of hard decisions in my life. Sometimes hard decisions have to be made and sometimes wonderful decisions have to be made. You've got to be willing to make them all. You can't just avoid stuff that's necessary.”
Homme went on to talk about Arctic Monkeys star Alex Turner, with whom the band worked on for their track ‘If I Had a Tail’. He told the site:
“When I worked with them on [the Monkeys’ third album] ‘Humbug’ I never saw a piece of paper or a pen. They changed lyrics a number of times and they would tumble from one beautiful sentence into the next. Alex never wrote anything down and I thought, ‘this is just a part of who he is. This is a part of him. And that's one smooth motherfucker.’ I think much like a yoga instructor he's always stretching himself and he's finding new places to reach. He's willing to take big risks and I really respect that and think it's the way to do it.”
The band’s new album ‘...Like Clockwork’ hits shelves on 3rd - you can catch them performing their new tracks, as well as crowd favourites, at Download Festival this June. Click here to look for tickets - and stick with Stereoboard to see if the band announce a UK tour for this year.
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