Joshua Michael Homme (born May 17, 1973 in Joshua Tree, California) is an American rock musician and record producer.
He was a founding member of the desert rock band Kyuss, as well as the founding and only continuous member of the hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age, in which he mainly sings and plays guitar. However, Homme is a multi-instrumentalist and is also known for contributing bass, drums and keyboard. He co-founded and occasionally performs with Eagles of Death Metal as its drummer, and continues to produce and release a musical improv series with other musicians, mostly from the Palm Desert Scene, known as The Desert Sessions. Other acts with which Homme has collaborated include: Mondo Generator, Foo Fighters, PJ Harvey, Fatso Jetson, Mark Lanegan Band, Trent Reznor, Masters of Reality, Millionaire, Wellwater Conspiracy, U.N.K.L.E., Melissa Auf der Maur, Paz Lenchantin, A Perfect Circle, Death from Above 1979, Earthlings?, Mastodon, Peaches, and Local H. Homme is also set to produce new material with Queens of the Stone Age fans, the Arctic Monkeys.
Homme was featured on Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen in the song “Stone Cold Crazy”, on Blood Mountain by Mastodon, in the song “Colony of Birchmen”, and on Impeach My Bush by Peaches in the song “Give ‘Er”. Homme, along with friend and Kyuss/QOTSA contributor/producer, Chris Goss, performed as “The 5:15ers” at the inaugural ArthurBall (an offshoot of the ArthurFest festival) in Los Angeles on January 26, 2006.. The two were credited as “The Fififf Teeners” when they co-produced QOTSA’s second album, Rated R and their latest disc, Era Vulgaris.
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