Queens of the Stone Age

**Queens of the Stone Age** (**QOTSA**) adalah kelompok musik rock dari Palm Desert, California, Amerika Serikat yang dibentuk pada pada tahun 1996 line-up band ini adalah sang pendiri Josh Homme (vokal, gitar, piano), bersama anggota lama Troy Van Leeuwen (gitar, lap steel, keyboard, perkusi, backing vocals), Michael Shuman (bass gitar, keyboard, backing vokal), Dean Fertita (keyboard, gitar, perkusi, backing vokal), dan Jon Theodore (drum, perkusi).

Band ini dibentuk setelah band Josh Homme sebelumnya bubar yaitu Kyuss. Queens of the stone age banyak mengembangkan gaya riff-oriented, musik heavy rock. Sound mereka telah berevolusi menggabungkan berbagai gaya yang berbeda dan berbagai pengaruh, termasuk bekerja sama dengan anggota ZZ Top Billy Gibbons dan Mark Lanegan.

## Personil Band

;Personil Saat Ini
* Josh Homme – vocals, guitars, bass, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion (1996–present)
* Troy Van Leeuwen – guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, bass, percussion (2002–present)
* Dean Fertita – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals, piano (2007–present)
* Michael Shuman – bass, backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion (2007–present)
* Jon Theodore – drums, percussion, sampler (2013–present)

## Timeline

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File:Queen of the Stone Edge-Josh Homme-IMG 6555.jpg|Josh Homme
File:Queen of the Stone Edge-Troy Van Leeuwen-IMG 6603.jpg|Troy Van Leeuwen
File:Queens of the Stone Age-Dean Fertita.jpg|Dean Fertita
File:Queen of the Stone Edge-Michael Shuman-IMG 6612.jpg|Michael Shuman
File:John Theodore.jpg|Jon Theodore



## Diskografi
;Studio albums:
* *[[Queens of the Stone Age (album)|Queens of the Stone Age]]* (1998)
* *[[Rated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)|Rated R]]* (2000)
* *[[Songs for the Deaf]]* (2002)
* *[[Lullabies to Paralyze]]* (2005)
* *[[Era Vulgaris (album)|Era Vulgaris]]* (2007)
* *[[...Like Clockwork]]* (2013)

* *[[Villains]]* (2017)
* *In Times New Roman...* (2023)

## Nominasi Award
;Grammy Awards

|-
|2003|| "No One Knows" ||Rowspan="4"| Best Hard Rock Performance || 
|-
|2004|| "Go with the Flow" || 
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|2006|| "Little Sister" || 
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|2008|| "Sick, Sick, Sick" || 
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|Rowspan="2"|2014|| "My God Is the Sun" || Best Rock Performance || 
|-
| *[[...Like Clockwork]]* || Best Rock Album || 
|-

## Pranala luar

* qotsa.com - the official QOTSA site. (Flash required)
* rekordsrekords.com  - the band's record label. (Flash required)