What Inspired Josh Homme’s Musical Career?
With the name Josh Homme coming to mind, an image of a tall red-haired man adorned with knuckle tattoos and rings with a strong demeanor pops into your mind. A native of California, Josh Homme reflects a cool cowboy-like look and a swagger that radiates the environment in which he was raised.
As a musician, Homme has done everything. He started his career with Kyuss. He was the co-founder of this stoner rock band at the age of just fourteen. After the band got separated in 1995, the artist made influence the music world in a career-defining way. His first band, Kyuss, was a highly reputed band that had a great impact on the stoner rock genre. After Kyuss, Homme began the journey of self-improvement and advanced his career in music. He toured with several legends, such as Screaming Trees. Apart from that, Josh established his pet project Queens of the Stone Age in 1996. Homme is still known for this band.
Josh Homme substantially impacted the modern rock genre of music, with Queens of the Stone Age cultivating an aesthetic and respected sound. The band featured Nick Olivieri, Dave Grohl, Mark Lanegan, and Joey Castillo. They formed a supergroup in many ways. Queens of the Stone Age has been one the most impactful group in the last twenty-five years that has an innovative style encompassing metal, hard rock, and stoner rock with a pinch of experimental music.
The brainchild of Josh, QOTSA is an evolving force performing amazing live shows to match. Brimmed with punchy riffs, interesting dynamics, and his signature guitar tone, Queens of the Stone Age, have a colossal legion of dedicated fans.
Apart from the works with Queens, Josh Homme had even produced many albums with other legends like Arctic Monkeys and Iggy Pop. The Arctic Monkeys’ hazy third album was attributed as the opus in 2009. It is at this point when the band began to start finding themselves and got mature. Again, the credit was given to the sonic influence of Josh Homme. In addition, the iggy Pop’s Post-Pop Depression of 2016 was started by the sinister psychedelic that perfect Josh’s entire career.
An eclectic mix of musicians inspired Josh. He explained his earliest music swoops quite vividly. In the youth years of Josh Homme, he used to listen to the songs of Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. When he heard Charged GBH and Black Flag, Josh knew that punk rock was his style, and he wanted to play something like that. Also, after hearing the storytelling of Jonny Cash which was a boon recorded on tape with background music, Homme was quite convinced with the same. Although Josh graduated from Waylon and Willie, it initiated Kenny Rogers’ ‘Islands in the Stream.’
Josh Homme also admires Dean Martin, Britney Spears, and the Spice Girls. He aims to like as much music as he can. Homme doesn’t believe in feeling bad or guilty pleasures. Josh Homme has a lot to teach to his fans and others who consume his music.
