Various websites are reporting that there has been a split between the
creative duo behind the Queens Of The Stone Age with frontman Josh Homme
kicking out bassplayer Nick Olivieri - apparently because the latter has
been putting partying before work.
With rumours that other occasional collaborator Mark Lannegan has also quit
the band, it is unclear whether Homme will continue under the QOTSA name
with a new line up. He already is involved in another band - Eagles Of Death
Metal - as are both Olivieri (Mondo Generator) and Lanegan (The Mark Lanegan
Band).
One unnamed source has told music website Playlouder: "It was their last
tour in Australia that gave [Nick] the push, it was all out of control. But
it's not hard to believe they are ready to split after 19 months of solid
touring basically. That's rock and roll."
From: CMU
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