08SONGS FOR THE DEAF QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

(2002)

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000 album Rated R gave QOTSA their commercial breakthrough, but Songsforthedeaf, with Dave Grohl on drums, turned them into major stars. Josh Homme has remained tight-lipped about his studio tools, but Eric Valentine, this album’s co-producer, revealed:

“There was a huge amount of midrange at every stage – whether it’s a setting on the amp, pedal or console.” He also confirmed a lot of the tones came from Homme’s Ovation electric, a Foxx Octave Fuzz belonging to Alain Johannes, and mixing Peavey solid-states with an Ampeg VT40 and the Tube Works head he used in Kyuss.