Josh Homme and His First Band Kyuss
                     Josh Homme 
And His First Band Kyuss
Joshua Michael 
Homme
Josh Homme is an American songwriter and 
lead guitarist, and singer of a band known to 
the world as Queens of the Stone Age. Though 
this band gave him ultimate fame and 
popularity, it wasn't the only band he founded 
and became a big part of the same. Josh 
Homme has a number of bands to his name.
When he was fourteen years of age, Josh Homme 
formed a heavy metal rock band with his friends from 
school, Brant Bjork and John Garcia, in 1987 in a Palm 
Desert. He was the lead guitarist of the band. The band 
Kyuss successfully amassed a sect following where 
people drove for hours in the desert, found isolated 
places, and plugin generators for stage performances. 
These events have become popular as generator 
parties. Among rock subcultures, these became the 
urban legend.
If to talk about the history of the band, it was formed in 1987 under the 
name of Katzenjammer, which means 'hangover' in German. Then, the 
band eventually decides to go for the name of Sons of Kyuss. Brant Bjork 
selected the name from the undead monster found in the role-playing 
game Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. The band recorded their 
legendary debut EP in 1989. It was their only release featuring Chris 
Cockrell. The band recruited Nick Oliveri in 1990 that previously played 
guitar in Katzenjammer, replacing Cockrell on bass and then shortened 
their name to Kyuss.
Kyuss became famous for their 
groove-oriented, down-tuned, 
and heavy music. Chris Gross 
was the band's mentor and 
helped them sign a label. 
Besides, Gross also produces 
them exclusively to preserve 
their sound. At that time of the 
band's singing, Josh Homme 
was younger than eighteen, so 
his parents the contract on his 
behalf.
Later, Kyuss released four 
albums, namely, Welcome to Sky 
Valley, Blues for the Red Sun, 
And the Circus Leaves Town, and 
Wretch. Out of these, the final 
three were efforts produced by 
Chris Gross and are cited as the 
foundation of the stoner rock 
genre of the 1990s.  
Shortly after the breakup of the band, Josh Homme toured with 
Screaming Trees as the rhythm guitarist and started work on the 
ongoing series, The Desert Sessions. A transitional split EP was released 
in December 1997 features three songs, "Flip the Phase," "Fatso Forgot," 
and "Into the Void" by Kyuss. The series also contains three songs by 
Josh Homme's popular band Queens of the Stone Age, "Spiders & 
Vinegaroons," "Born to Hula," and "If Only Everything."
In 1998, Josh Homme and Hernandez formed the band 
Queens of the Stone Age and recruited Oliveri on bass after their debut 
album was completed.