Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age performing at Wembley Arena in November 2017; left to right: Dean Fertita, Josh Homme, Jon Theodore, and Michael Shuman
Background information
Also known as	Gamma Ray (1996)
Origin	Palm Desert, California, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock stoner rock desert rock hard rock
Years active	1996 (1996)–present
Labels	Man's Ruin Loosegroove Interscope Matador
Members	Josh Homme Troy Van Leeuwen Dean Fertita Michael Shuman Jon Theodore
Past member(s)	Alfredo Hernández Nick Oliveri Mark Lanegan Dave Grohl Joey Castillo Alain Johannes Natasha Shneider
Website	qotsa.com

Queens of the Stone Age are a rock band from California, USA. They formed in 1997. The band has released five studio albums, three extended plays (EP), fifteen singles and one live/video album. Between 2003 and 2008, they were nominated for the Grammy Award four times.

Studio albums

• Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
• Rated R (2000)
• Songs for the Deaf (2002)
• Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)
• Era Vulgaris (2007)
• ...Like Clockwork (2013)
• Villains (2017)
• In Times New Roman... (2023)