Nowadays almost everyone has forgotten it, but at the beginning of their career the Queens Of The Stone Age were mainly the band of 'that guitarist from '. Cult band Kyuss amazed musical connoisseurs in the 1990s with their slow-rolling desert rock. It seemed that guitarist Josh Homme took a few years to shake off Kyuss and reinvent himself. With Rated R, he seemed to have finally found a unique
… musical path for the Queens. A lot more accessible than Kyuss but still raw rock with lyrics full of ambiguous references. Although… the addictive single Feel Good Hit Of The Summer lists Homme's order at the pharmacy unequivocally: "Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, Marijuana, Alcohol, Co-cocaine". Guest contributions are one of them and producer and the maniacal scream of bassist (and notorious nudist) also featured. Rated R was released in 2000 and remains one of the best rock albums to be released in that decade. (PdK)more