QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Announce New Album Details

NME.com reports that QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE have announced details of their new album.

"Era Vulgaris" will be the follow-up to 2005's "Lullabies to Paralyze".

The band posted a bulletin on their MySpace page yesterday (February 14) entitled "I Was At The Sizzler Today" that revealed the details of the CD.

The post said that among the tracks that would be included were "Into the Hollow", "Sick, Sick, Sick", "Misfit Love" and "Battery Acid".

However, the cryptic posting said: "Could be song titles. Or could not...go sign up on the mailing list for future insider info. Then get off the Internet and go get laid, it's Valentines Day."

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: Video Montage From Recording Studio Available

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE has confirmed that NINE INCH NAILS' Trent Reznor, THE STROKES' Julian Casablancas, former QOTSA member Mark Lanegan and ZZ TOP guitarist Billy F. Gibbons make guest appearances on the group's new album, "Era Vulgaris", due in June via Interscope.

According to Billboard.com, a 46-second behind-the-scenes video montage of the group in the studio was posted this afternoon (Feb. 23) on the QOTSA web site and at YouTube.com. A recent post on the site listed potential new song titles as "Into the Hollow", "Misfit Love", "Battery Acid" and "Sick, Sick, Sick".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uat5QqA-xeM

"Era Vulgaris" is the follow-up to 2005's "Lullabies to Paralyze". That set has sold 342,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and spawned the No. 2 Modern Rock hit "Little Sister".

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YAY! I am so psyched about this new album and impending tour. The last cd rocked and seeing them live is incredible. Because they still haven't reached superstar status they play intimate smaller venues which makes their shows so much more meaningful. YAY YAY YAY!!!

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: 'Era Vulgaris' To Arrive In June

Launch Radio Networks reports: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE have set June 12 as the release date for the band's fifth studio album, "Era Vulgaris". The CD, which was previewed at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas last month, will feature 11 new songs and reported guest appearances from NINE INCH NAILS frontman Trent Reznor, STROKES singer Julian Casablancas, former QUEENS vocalist Mark Lanegan and ZZ TOP guitarist Billy F. Gibbons.

Michael Shuman of the Los Angeles act WIRES ON FIRE is reportedly the new QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE bassist. The band has been without a permanent bass player since the dismissal of Nick Oliveri in 2004.

"Era Vulgaris" follows up 2005's "Lullabies To Paralyze".

"Era Vulgaris" track listing:

01. Turning on the Screw
02. Sick, Sick, Sick
03. I'm Designer
04. Into the Hollow
05. Misfit Love
06. Battery Acid
07. Make It Wit Chu
08. 3's & 7's
09. Suture Up Your Future
10. River in the Road
11. Run Pig Run

The band has scheduled European festival appearances in June and July but there's no word yet on U.S. tour plans.

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SHARON OSBOURNE Lashes Out At QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Frontman

Blender.com reports: In our July issue (on stands June 19), Blender goes on a double-date with the hard rock's reigning king and queen, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, and hilarity ensues — as does dessert. We can't divulge too much about the epic meal/interview just yet, but here's a part of the encounter we won't wait to tell you about: Even while we were eating ice cream, beef was served. When Sharon was told about QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE front man Josh Homme's disdain for Ozzfest ("I won't be playing Ozzfest again — they treat the bands like shit," Homme told us recently. "This year you get to play for free under the guise of [imitating Ozzy] 'No, we're doing it for the fans!' But it's really for the people who fan Sharon and Ozzy with palm fronds at their house."), the potty-mouthed matriarch went Code Red. To print the whole five-minute, anti-Homme rant would be blasphemous and actually illegal in seven states, but here's the concluding snippet: "I hope he gets syphilis and dies. I hope his dick fuckin' falls off so his mother can eat it." At least she's allowing his penis to detach before Homme's mother ingests it. That's sweet.

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: New Song Available For Streaming

A new QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE track, entitled "3's & 7's", is being streamed on the band's web site, www.qotsa.com, for the next 24 hours. Another new QOTSA song, entitled "Era Vulgaris", was reportedly released in a special package sent to fans who won a secret competition on the QOTSA forum. The track, which will not appear on the group's upcoming full-length CD of the same name, features a guest appearance by NINE INCH NAILS frontman Trent Reznor.

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE have set June 12 as the release date for the band's fifth studio album, "Era Vulgaris". The CD, which was previewed at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas last month, will feature 11 new songs and guest appearances from STROKES singer Julian Casablancas and former QUEENS vocalist Mark Lanegan.

Muthagoose says: Don't cross the streams!

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Films 'Sick, Sick, Sick' Video

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE shot a video for its new single, "Sick, Sick, Sick" on Wednesday (April 25) in the Los Angeles area. According to the casting call sheet, the clip will feature footage of the band performing "at a dinner party audience of one."

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE have set June 12 as the release date for the band's fifth studio album, "Era Vulgaris". The CD, which was previewed at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas last month, will feature 11 new songs and guest appearances from STROKES singer Julian Casablancas and former QUEENS vocalist Mark Lanegan.

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Unveils New Lineup

Launch Radio Networks reports: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE played a last-minute surprise show in London on Thursday night (May 3), unveiling both the band's new lineup and seven songs from its upcoming new record. According to NME.com, the group's latest incarnation now includes bassist Mikey Shoes, a.k.a. Michael Shuman, and guitar/keyboard player Dean Ferlita. Among the songs the band previewed from its "Era Vulgaris" album were "Misfit Love", "Battery Acid", "I'm Designer" and first single "Sick, Sick, Sick".

The small club show was arranged to break up the monotony of the band's current promotional tour. Frontman Josh Homme explained, "I only wish we could have played for longer. We had to do this promo tour so we just begged them, 'Can we put some shows in?'"

"Era Vulgaris" is due out on June 12. It follows up 2005's "Lullabies to Paralyze".

The group recently shot a video for "Sick, Sick, Sick".

Tracks from "Era Vulgaris" are slated to show up in the Madden 08 and NASCAR 08 video games, as well as both the upcoming Guitar Hero III and Rock Band.

The band has lined up some radio festival appearances and will begin a U.S. tour on July 23.

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: Entire 'KROQ Weenie Roast' Performance Posted Online

Video footage of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's entire performance at the "KROQ Weenie Roast y Fiesta", which took place Saturday (May 19) at the Verizon Amphitheater in Irvine, California, has been posted at YouTube.

www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Fiesta+queens+stone+age

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Mainman Says New CD Is All About Modern Times

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE mastermind Josh Homme has told MTV.com that his band's new album, "Era Vulgaris" (due June 12), is all about "modern times and what it's like to be in 'em."

"Actually, it's totally supportive of everything that's happening today. All the depravity and stuff like that. In fact, it's sort of like, 'You need a hand?' " Homme laughed. "There have been a lot of records that have come out that sort of decry this time, but I sort of dig it. And I think our generation digs it. Because I think there are opportunities here for people to have jobs like you and I have and the opportunity to have something and try to make something of yourself that you are really passionate about.

"And I also think that with the way music is, you can create your own space now, and it allows the artist to be just that: an artist," he continued. "And it allows the artist to make whatever kind of visuals they want, without having to kowtow to MTV. You can do whatever you want and not have to hear from a censor that they don't really appreciate ... it. Because that's what art should be."

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's new album, "Era Vulgaris", is available for streaming in its entirety at www.MuchMusic.com. Due on June 12, the CD follows up 2005's "Lullabies to Paralyze".

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Frontman Slams SHARON OSBOURNE Over 'Free' OZZFEST

The first shot in what will likely be a war of words...

Dave Pehling of KTVU.com recently conducted an interview with QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE mainman Josh Homme. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

KTVU.com: The new [QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE] record sound very much like QUEENS, but on some of the material you use a much different sonic template with a much grittier electronic element with more processed drum sounds than I've come to expect.

Josh Homme: The funny thing is, it's just one mic that's making all that explosion in the drums. It's not one processor; it's all actually genuine broken parts.

KTVU.com: So it's still mostly analog with no post-production fiddling that I might have imagined?

Josh Homme: There's a few broken computers in there, but mostly it's Troy [Van Leeuwen, the band's longtime guitarist/keyboardist]. He plays our resident drunken doctor broken robot.

KTVU.com: Are there reasons beyond Troy being good at breaking stuff that influenced you to go in that direction? I've read in other interviews about your admiration for PRIMAL SCREAM, who have kind of done the same thing with an electronic element to rock, and I know you're a fan of Peaches…

Josh Homme: Well, I think the thing that both PRIMAL SCREAM and PEACHES do is that they do electronic terribly, you know? They truly use the worst, most square-wave sounds and use them incorrectly. And it's what gives it such a romantic sound for me. It always comes off like 'I don't know if this is working right. Is this plugged in?' It's always got this almost naively destroyed element to it. I think what happened was this started — not on purpose — shaping up to be a modern record for us. For me and I think for Troy, that symbolizes so much technology, you know? I'm not a very technologically savvy guy and Troy has mediocre tech savvy at best. So it's me like the grampa going 'Well, I don't know. What the hell is this?' and him going "Well, I think that button does this…" I think knowing that we really haven't gone in that direction before and this started becoming more of a modern examination for us. Then, we stumbled on this dirty drum sound that sounded like little explosions all the time. I'm a fatalist; these things all started to converge, and I thought "Yes. This is an omen." I also think on the last record, I kind of foolishly didn't understand that people were going to compare Joey [Castillo, the band's current drummer] and Dave [Grohl] because it had been so long since "Songs for the Deaf", but of course they did. And I was asking Joey to hold back; it's what you don't play and using negative space, you know? So I really wanted this to be a record where people got a chance to see what Joey and Troy are really made of. One of the things was Joey deserves a sound that's identifiable; not just the band as a whole, but individually. My folks say you can see the dirt really clearly.

KTVU.com: Something that's been puzzling me ever since I got the album has which songs might have guest vocalists. Certain tunes like "Turning on the Screw" and "Into the Hollow" sound like they could be you singing, but not in a way I'm accustomed to hearing you sing…

Josh Homme: You're making me so happy. That's me. I'm singing every vocal that's on there. One of the main reasons to ask Chris to produce this album with me — other than because I love him and he's one of my dearest friends — is that I knew I was going to try to sing in ways I never have, and that involves a whole buttload of failure. It involves being totally embarrassed even in front of your closest friends. It doesn't define your character, but it sort of reveals it a little bit. If you have the guts to keep pursuing something that is utterly embarrassing and makes you feel like going "I suck at this." In the beginning I never really wanted to be the singer. Hence, I had other people sing. Now they're not here and at the same time I really love to sing now. So if there's not going to be some sort of ginger on the palette tonally, then I need to find spots in my throat that I've never used, and now seems like the right time.

KTVU.com: To get gossipy for a minute, I've been reading about a bit of animosity between you and Sharon Osbourne ever since your open slagging of Ozzfest in an interview, but you recently played VH1's "Rock Honors" special paying tribute to her husband. Was there some sort of reconciliation, or did the tribute have nothing to do with your feelings about her?

Josh Homme: It was a multitude of things converging at once. Like I said, I'm a fatalist and that was meant to be. What really happened — just to gossip even further, I guess — is we were asked to do a tribute to BLACK SABBATH, and it got switched to Ozzy. And I thought that is true irony. People nowadays seem to think that opposites are ironic, like "Look at the tall guy with the small guy." But that was true irony. Only in America [affecting Yakov Smirnoff accent]. It just made me laugh. Blender basically asked me what my worst summer job was and I told them Ozzfest. And they asked me what I thought of the free concert [no admission is being charged for this summer's tour], and I told them what I thought. And I know that to be my truth for this new Ozzfest.

KTVU.com: Yeah, I look at the free Ozzfest and I think you might not pay to get in, but you will pay, one way or another.

Josh Homme: You'll pay, and there will be only one person who will make any dough. And with the music industry the way it is with downloading, to ask artists to play for free … I might as well skip through the English countryside with a flute. One of the things about my generation is that there's this punk rock guilt where people don't know what they're worth and they're embarrassed to ask for anything for what they do. And that's something that we need to get over. I don't need to be the Sultan of Brunei, but at the same time, would you get your hand out of my crotchpouch please? Or at least be sexy about it. So we play this "VH1 Rock Honors". And they [the Osbournes] can't all be Jack or Ozzy, you know what I mean? The question is, do I actually care if Sharon likes me? And the answer is no. It's sort of like, "Hitler doesn't like you." Big deal. What's she going to do, breathe on me? The people that I've had troubles with are RANCID, THE DWARVES and Sharon Osbourne. I definitely feel OK about it all.

KTVU.com: And really, Ozzfest needs to be taken to task for its abuses, and I'm glad that at least you and IRON MAIDEN haven't held back as far as criticizing her.

Josh Homme: I wrote "G-U-N-T" on my arm during our performance at "Rock Honors", because it's an uncensorable word. Censorship isn't about intent, it's just about words that we universally agree are bad. Since "gunt" is uncensorable slang, they actually focused in on my arm. A friend of mine was standing right behind Sharon and she said "Gunt? What the hell is that supposed to be?" I heard that and thought "My work for the day is done."

Read the entire interview at KTVU.com.

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JOSH HOMME Says SHARON OSBOURNE Is A Musical Nobody

According to ContactMusic.com, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme has struck the latest blow in his battle with Sharon Osbourne — dubbing her a musical nobody. The rift began when Homme accused Sharon and her husband Ozzy Osbourne of treating bands like "shit" at their annual Ozzfest festival. Sharon hit back saying she hoped Homme "gets syphilis and dies." Now Homme says, "I don't know what she is or what she's done. Has she ever made any music? No. I don't know why her name is Sharon. She ain't sharin' anything."

In a recent interview with KTVU.com, Homme offered the following his opinion on this year's "free" Ozzfest: "You'll pay, and there will be only one person who will make any dough. And with the music industry the way it is with downloading, to ask artists to play for free … I might as well skip through the English countryside with a flute. One of the things about my generation is that there's this punk rock guilt where people don't know what they're worth and they're embarrassed to ask for anything for what they do. And that's something that we need to get over. I don't need to be the Sultan of Brunei, but at the same time, would you get your hand out of my crotchpouch please?"

He added, "The question is, do I actually care if Sharon likes me? And the answer is no. It's sort of like, 'Hitler doesn't like you.' Big deal. What's she going to do, breathe on me? The people that I've had troubles with are RANCID, THE DWARVES and Sharon Osbourne. I definitely feel OK about it all.

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
To Guest On TRAVEL CHANNEL's 'No Reservations'

FMQB reports that QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE have agreed to do a holiday-themed episode of the Travel Channel show "No Reservations". According to RollingStone.com, the episode features chef Anthony Bourdain cooking a traditional holiday feast at his Connecticut home while the QUEENS are rocking out in his basement. When the band emerges, they’re sporting horribly tacky Christmas sweaters. Bourdain said the episode will also involve karaoke, surly adolescents and a Japanese businessman. "It's a traditional Thanksgiving/Christmas meal with turkey, all the trimmings, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie… some Christmas carols… and a vicious brother-on-brother knife fight," Bourdain told RollingStone.com. "We spent a fair amount of time spraying stage blood onto my niece and nephew's face. What's a holiday special without violent mayhem? I think it's an honest reflection of the holiday season."

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE:
'3's And 7's' Video Posted Online

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's video for the track "3's And 7's" has been released and can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Paul Minor (MUSE, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND).

The video features Badass sex kittens flaunting their switchblades and wreaking havoc in a dangerous desert town.

View it here:
www.ifilm.com/video/2897984


QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's new album, "Era Vulgaris", came out on June 12 and entered the Billboard chart at No. 14.

Homme has been working on the third album from the EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, the garage-rock band for which he plays drums.

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Josh Homme Itching To Record With New QOTSA Lineup

Billboard.com reports: Josh Homme is so happy with QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE’s current lineup that he can’t wait to get the group back into the studio to work on new material.

“The other night we were up ’til six in the morning, all of us playing guitar,” Homme says of a roster that includes multi-instrumentalist Troy Van Leeuwen and drummer Joey Castillo, who joined in 2002, and new members bassist Michael Shuman (Wires On Fire) and utility man Dean Fertita (The Raconteurs, The Waxwings).

“QUEENS sounds better than it ever has live,” Homme continues, “but we’re trying to figure out how to tour and how to (write and record), ’cause I think for everyone right now the idea of creating something is even more enticing than going on the road. This lineup feels like we could basically blow through a whole record quick.”

And then some. Homme says that what he’d really like to do is “make an EP or two before making another (album),” although he’s not sure QOTSA’s label, Interscope — which turned down his request to release an EP of outtakes from the new “Era Vulgaris” sessions — will go along with that plan.

“The difficult thing is to bend other people to your will,” Homme says with a laugh. “Songs need to have a home. If you just record them, they’ve got no destination, no home.”

Homme says that he “absolutely” plans to document the current QOTSA configuration via a live album and/or DVD. “It would be a crime not to,” he says. Meanwhile, the group is also taking an interim creative step during its current North American tour of “rewriting bunches of our songs” to best display the virtues of the current quintet.

“They’re just, like, open endings and cues and saying, ‘Let’s try to head this general direction’ so it’s not endless jam band stuff,” Homme explains. “That way we never get bored and it’s always fresh for us. That gives us the best chance of trying to blow people away, blow their minds. I don’t think we’ve touched the tip of the iceberg of what we’re able to do now. We should really be stretching as far as possible.”

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Thrown Out Of Rehab Show

The Pulse of Radio reports: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE were reportedly thrown out of a rehab clinic last week just one song into a performance, according to NME.com. The band accepted an invitation to play a six-song concert for patients at an unnamed California facility, but their set was abruptly cut short during the opening number and the group members were forcibly removed from the building by security guards. The song that the QUEENS opened with? "Feel Good Hit of the Summer", which consists of one line repeated over and over again: "Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, marijuana, Ecstasy and alcohol...c-c-c-c-c-cocaine."

Staff members at the clinic were reportedly unamused and refused to do anything but eject the band.

Ironically, the Colorado Police Department uses the song in instructional videos about drunk driving.

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE perform in Dortmund, Germany on Friday night (November 16) and will remain in Europe until early December. The band returns home for five West Coast shows in the middle of next month as it continues promoting its latest CD, "Era Vulgaris".

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Frontman:
'Our American Label's F**king Us Like Crazy'

The Pulse of Radio reports: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme unloaded on the band's label, Interscope Records, in a profanity-laced interview with Antiquiet.com. When asked how he thinks the record companies will react as more artists finish their contracts and go off on their own, Homme replied, "Fuck the labels, man, they suck. The last thing they're stripping down is their own expense accounts and shit. I mean, (President) Jimmy Iovine of Interscope Records takes a private jet or rides first class to tell a band they don't get tour support...I'm not gonna be quiet because the American label, not Canada, not Europe, but our American label's fucking us like crazy, so fuck them...I'm not even bitter, people say labels are evil, no. They're just lame."

Homme continues his rant by calling label execs a "bunch of fucking idiots" and adding, "They can't do anything to me. That's the difference...they can't stop me from being me and from playing, but they can lose their jobs and have to fucking work at Shakey's pizza like they should've all along."

Homme alluded to problems with his label when we asked about a since-abandoned plan to release some tracks that didn't make it onto the latest QUEENS album, "Era Vulgaris": "I have a retarded record company. They're all locked in their hysteria of a business that they don't understand, you know. Playing it safe and being panicked have no business in music."

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE will play a short string of pre-holiday shows later this month, starting on December 15 in La Jolla, California.

Muthagoose Says: "For the record, Shaky's pizza is delicious!"

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Launch 'Make Out' Contest

The Pulse of Radio reports: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE have launched a new web site and contest to tie in with the release of the band's new single, "Make It Wit Chu". The group is hosting what it calls the first international Make Out Contest, with fans encouraged to submit videos via YouTube of couples making out to the song in the "sexiest, raunchiest and most QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE-inspired fashion." Clips from other movies and porn cannot be submitted, and all participants must be 18 or over.

More info, as well as other romance-related items, can be found at:
www.makeitwitchu.com.

Frontman Josh Homme told The Pulse of Radio he was feeling pretty amorous himself when he wrote the song. "I was a lovesick fool and, you know, sometimes the only way you can communicate with somebody is by touching one end of a phone line that touches them in a far away location, so you just, you end up writing music, you know," he said. "It actually scared the living tar out of me because, you know, I'm like a desert boy with red hair. The idea of trying to sing some kind of blue-eyed soul scares the crap out of me."

"Make It Wit Chu" is taken from the fifth QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE album, "Era Vulgaris", which was released last year.

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE are currently on a European tour and will next head to Australia and New Zealand in March.

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QUEENS OF THE STONEAGE: Pull Out Of SoCo Music Experience

"Due to circumstances beyond [the band's] control," QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE has cancelled its previously announced appearance as the headliner for the SoCo Music Experience in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta on Saturday, May 17.

Replacing QUEENS on the bill is AGAINST ME!

Also slated to appear are GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY, SUPERSUCKERS, RYAN SHAW and BANG CAMARO. The acts for the local stage are still being confirmed.

The SoCo Music Experience is a free music festival for people 21 and older showcasing national performing acts and local favorites in an environment transforming an outdoor venue into a festival setting with food, beverage, poster, t-shirt and record shop vendors and the SoCo & Lime Dome.

For more information, visit www.southerncomfort.com/scmxatl.

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE:
Frontman Responds To Homophobe Accusations

According to NME.com, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme has defended himself against accusations that he is a homophobe after an outburst at a show in Norway.

Homme had a fan pulled from the crowd after a bottle was thrown at him during their set at the Norwegian Wood festival in Oslo last week (June 13), and unleashed a torrent of abuse at the culprit — calling him a "chicken fucking f****t" and "a miserable fucking cunt."

The incident subsequently appeared in a YouTube clip and Homme yesterday responded to many blogger and media accusations of being a homophobe:

"Member of the Peanut Gallery: Some journalists and citizens on the Internet are wondering: Q? Am I a homophobe because I included a slang for gay in with other 'acceptable' curse words during a verbal lashing I gave a young concertgoer, after being hit by his shoe, during a show the other day? A= Nope. My gay family and friends, as well as myself, KNOW I am not a homophobe. For years now I've known gay is not a choice; one's skin color doesn't determine one's intelligence level; and red hair doesn't mean you're someone's stepchild. You see, it's not the words, it's their intent. I never said, nor suggested, that being gay is wrong, but apparently, based on your outrage to my flu-infused rant, you do! By that logic... I also told that young whipper snapper I'd have anal sex with him... how can I possibly reconcile these opposing viewpoints? I called him a pussy too. Does it mean I hate our one worlds' collective vagina? I never have been nor intend to be politically correct. That's your cross to bear. To me, that PC world would suck more shit than the porta-potty truck at Glastonbury. Homophobic? I'm in QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, for crissake... You say, 'So. Your band name doesn't prove anything.' Maybe not. But it's a helluva lot more definitive than the logic of some watchdog... (sorry canine-American, canine-European, canine-African, canine-Australian and canine-Asian) moralist, keeping score from pure perfectionville? If your glass house is squeegeed that clean and you need to do something, do what the great philosopher Bill Hicks once suggested — forgive me. Or don't. I'm not asking for either, OK? I think you should let both of your cheeks go loose so the stick will drop out. Either way I expect that you'll soon find another injustice from your chair, then roll to your bullhorn and point it out to the rest of us... Because you're so above it all. Or If you'll allow me to translate a wish of mine into your PC lingo: Will you please go have, consensual, sex with yourself. Pretty please with all natural, carbon offset sugar on top."

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Frontman Plans To Monkey Around

According to The Pulse of Radio, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme will produce some songs for British act ARCTIC MONKEYS. Homme did not say what the tracks would be used for, but he did confirm that the quartet would travel to his studio near Palm Springs, California next month to "submerge themselves in something else and do some tracks." The recordings could be part of a new "Desert Sessions" CD, a continuing series on which Homme gets a number of different musicians together to improvise and create new music in a relaxed atmosphere.

Homme said, "That's the sort of pressure-free 'Lets do something cool'environment that really pays musical dividends at the end...they're a talented bunch of guys, it's gonna be a lot of fun."

ARCTIC MONKEYS have been working on material for their third album, the follow-up to 2007's "Favorite Worst Nightmare".

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Heading To Desert For Next Album

According to The Pulse of Radio, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme wants the band to schlep out to his studio in the California desert to record its sixth studio album. The singer and guitarist told NME.com, "We may move out there for a few months. That way, you build up anxiety and desperateness to record so that, when you do, it's like a fireball." Homme himself records frequently at his desert digs, recording a string of albums called the 'Desert Sessions' there with a revolving cast of guest artists and past and present QUEENS members.

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's last album, "Era Vulgaris", came out in the spring of 2007.

The band is currently remastering its 1998 self-titled debut album for re-release this November.