When Kyuss split up in 1995, Homme moved to Seattle, Washington, briefly abandoning his desire for a music career and attending the University of Washington to study business. Queens of the Stone Age performing at the 2007 Eurockéennes from left to right: Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita, Michael Shuman
And the Circus Leaves Town), of which the final three Goss-produced efforts are often cited as cornerstones to the development of the stoner rock genre in the 1990s. Kyuss released four albums ( Wretch, Blues for the Red Sun, Welcome to Sky Valley, and. Due to Homme being younger than 18 at the time of the band's signing, his parents signed the contract on his behalf. This soon brought the attention of Chris Goss, who became the band's mentor, helping the band sign to a label and eventually producing them exclusively in an effort to preserve their sound. The band became both famous for their heavy, down tuned, groove oriented music, and infamous for their backstage fights with local LA bands when they traveled into town to play gigs. These events, known as "generator parties", became urban legend among rock subculture. The band garnered a cult following by the early 1990s, often driving for hours to isolated locations in the desert and plugging into generators to perform. After changing their name a few times, first to Sons of Kyuss (they released an EP of the same name), they finally shortened it to Kyuss. In 1987, when he was 14 years old, Homme formed a punk rock-influenced heavy metal band in Palm Desert High School called Katzenjammer with schoolmates John Garcia, Brant Bjork, Nick Oliveri and Chris Cockrell. Despite his musical success, he continued to work on his grandfather's farm until releasing the first Queens of the Stone Age album at the age of 25, because he "didn't want to lose grip on reality". He joined his first band, Autocracy, in 1985 at the age of 12. He took guitar lessons for the next few years but his teacher mostly focused on polka, so he supposedly did not learn of a barre chord or a pick until his third year of lessons, lending to his unique playing style. He began playing guitar at the age of nine, after his parents denied his wishes for a drum kit. Homme also has ties in Idaho and has talked about his formative experiences there, such as seeing Carl Perkins perform at the Sandpoint Music Festival and the first time purchasing his own electric guitar (an Ovation Ultra GP) in a Sandpoint music store. He later discussed having to "create own fun" as a child growing up in the desert, stating that he did not start playing music to "get girls or make money" and that he assumed he would grow up to be a contractor like his father. Homme moved with his family on a regular basis due to his father's work, residing in many towns around the Valley. Cap has a private street named after him in Rancho Mirage, marking the original road to the Homme ranch, as well as a park named after him in an exclusive enclave of the Valley. His paternal grandfather, Clancy "Cap" Homme, moved to the area from North Dakota and was an early settler of the Valley. He grew up in a well-known family in and around Palm Desert, California. Joshua Michael Homme was born in Palm Springs, California, on May 17, 1973. He has also been involved with acts such as Royal Blood, Foo Fighters, Run the Jewels, and Arctic Monkeys. In 2016, he produced, co-wrote, and performed on the Iggy Pop album Post Pop Depression.
He formed the supergroup Them Crooked Vultures alongside Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones in 2009, releasing their eponymous debut album later that year. He has also overseen a musical improv project with other musicians (mostly from the Palm Desert Scene) known as The Desert Sessions since 1997. He then served as a touring guitarist for the rock band Screaming Trees from 1996 to 1998, leaving to start Queens of the Stone Age. Homme began his career as the co-founder and guitarist of the rock band Kyuss, with whom he performed from 1987 to 1995. He also plays drums in the rock band Eagles of Death Metal, which he co-founded in 1998. He is best known as the founder and only continuous member of the rock band Queens of the Stone Age, which he formed in 1996 and in which he mainly sings lead vocals and plays guitar. Joshua Michael Homme ( / ˈ h ɒ m i/ HOM-ee born May 17, 1973) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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