QOTSA

Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998) on Loosegroove Records

1. Regular John
2. Avon
3. If Only
4. Walkin' on the Sidewalks
5. You Would Know
6. How to Handle a Rope
7. Mexicola
8. Hispanic Impressions
9. You Can't Quit Me Baby
10. Give the Mule What He Wants
11. I Was a Teenage Hand Model

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This is where it all started. Not really, or at all actually, but this can be seen as a concrete point where things start to become cohesive. This is the band at it's "amp worshiping" finest. Then again this album isn't really a band, but Josh Homme's solo project. Alfredo Hernández handles drums while Homme handles everything else.

Riffage. Crunchy riffage. Homme referred to it at the time as "robot rock." QOTSA is the foremost band I turn to when I want guitar driven rock. The songwriting isn't very strong as it is on subsequent albums, but the guitar tones here are so blissfully raw.

The album will be remastered and reissued on Ipecac in late fall. Until then, enjoy it in it's original glory.