Amplified And Orbital: Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme On Living In The Moment
The band's frontman and founder talks to Kelly McEvers about being "a now-ist," working with Mark Ronson and Iggy Pop and the dancey sound on the band's new record, Villains.
The past few years have been all over the map for Josh Homme.
There has been cause for celebration: The frontman and founder of Queens of the Stone Age produced a record with and toured with his childhood idol, Iggy Pop.
But there has also been tragedy. Homme's other band, the Eagles of Death Metal, was playing at the Bataclan during the horrific Paris attacks almost two years ago. Though Homme was not there that night, he still does not talk about it.
The new Queens of the Stone Age album, ,shows few signs of that darkness. The upbeat, even dancey record was produced by , who famously worked, and before working on .
