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Songs for the Deaf is a 2002 album by hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age and is notable for including Dave Grohl, well-known Nirvana drummer and current Foo Fighters guitarist and lead singer, as a guest drummer. Like their other albums, Songs for the Deaf has a large number of guest musicians, a signature of the band's releases. Following the breakthrough Rated R, this album is widely regarded as Queens of the Stone Age's magnum opus, achieving enormous success with critics^[1], whilst earning the band's first gold record certification in the U.S., having sold 986,000 copies in the country as of June, 2007 according to Nielsen Soundscan.^[2] Songs for the Deaf is considered a concept album, supposedly inspired by Josh Homme's tedious drive through the Southern Californian desert with only a few Spanish radio channels. Image File history File links Cover for the album Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age This image is the cover of an album or single. ... 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Overview and background

Dave Grohl and other contributors

This was the first and only Queens of the Stone Age album that featured Dave Grohl (of Nirvana and Foo Fighters fame) on drums, who also toured with the band. He replaced the previous drummer, Gene Trautmann who started working on other projects. Grohl was a keen admirer of Queens of the Stone Age (The band opened for Foo Fighters on tour) and originally wanted to appear on Rated R.^[3] He joined Queens of the Stone Age in October, 2001 when he received a phone call from Josh Homme with whom he had been friends with since 1992 when Josh was the guitarist for Kyuss. Grohl admitted that he hadn't drummed for a long time, and added that fronting a band was "tiring".^[4] Dave Grohl put his band on temporary hiatus ^[5]^[6] (despite Foo Fighters having already recorded material) which delayed the release of their album, One By One to October 22, 2002^[7], because of touring duties with Queens of the Stone Age. David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is an American rock musician and songwriter. ... Nirvana was an American rock band that formed in Aberdeen, Washington. ... This article is about the band. ... Gene Trautmann (born 1966) is the drummer of Eagles of Death Metal and the former drummer for Queens of the Stone Age, and the Miracle Workers. ... Rated R is a 2000 album by Queens of the Stone Age, containing a brief guest vocal by Rob Halford and the first appearence of former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan on a Queens of the Stone Age record. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Josh Homme (born Joshua Michael Homme on May 17, 1973 , in Palm Springs, CA) is an American rock musician. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the band. ... This article is about the band. ... One by One is the fourth album by Foo Fighters, released in 2002. ... is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

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Grohl was initially replaced by Kelli Scott of Blinker the Star^[8], but eventually former Danzig drummer, Joey Castillo was announced as his long-term replacement in August, 2002.^[9] Blinker the Star is a Canadian indie rock band, originally from Pembroke, Ontario. ... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Joey Castillo (born March 30, 1966) is the current drummer for Queens of the Stone Age. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Songs for the Deaf also included the first musical contribution to a Queens of the Stone Age album by multi-instrumentalists Natasha Shneider and Alain Johannes. In 2002 future contributor, Troy Van Leeuwen, would join the band as a touring member in support of Songs for the Deaf. Johannes later appeared more prominently on Lullabies to Paralyze (2005) and was a touring member along with Shneider in support of that album. Natasha Shneider is a musician, born in Moscow, Soviet Union. ... Alain Johannes is a guitarist and, along with his partner Natasha Shneider and drummer Jack Irons, a founding member of the band Eleven. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Troy Van Leeuwen is an American guitarist who currently plays lap steel guitar, electric guitar, keyboards and sometimes bass in Queens of the Stone Age. ... Alternate cover Cover of the LP release Lullabies to Paralyze is the fourth Studio Album by hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age and was released on March 21, 2005. ...

Jeordie White (of Marilyn Manson fame) reportedly auditioned for the band in 2002, but lost out to Van Leeuwen.^[10] White, however, appeared on the album in a brief cameo role as a radio DJ. Jeordie Osborne White (born June 20, 1971), also known by his former pseudonym Twiggy Ramirez (derived from Twiggy, a fashion icon, and Richard Ramirez, a convicted serial killer)[1] is a musician and currently the bassist for Nine Inch Nails and a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist for Goon Moon. ... Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American musician and artist known for his outrageous stage persona and image as the lead singer of the eponymous band. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Peter Jackson in The Fellowship of the Ring (top), The Two Towers (middle) and The Return of the King (bottom). ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ...

Another change in personnel came with the arrival of producer Eric Valentine, who had previously worked on a pair of Dwarves album's with Oliveri.^[11] Valentine was actually a requirement by Interscope and didn't do his job according to Homme, "He just recorded it actually, it says production, he was only there to record the beginning of it."^[12] The Dwarves are a punk rock band formed in the mid-1980s by Paul Cafaro aka Blag Dahlia aka Blag the Ripper aka Blag Jesus aka Blag History Month aka Blag Plague. ... Interscope Records is a record label currently owned by the Universal Music Group. ...

Album production and release

In September, 2002 in an interview with Gallery of Sound, Josh Homme explained the band's goals with the release of the album:

In the same month, Nick Oliveri explained the band's aims in an interview with HMV: Nick Stephen Oliveri (born October 21, 1971 in Los Angeles) is an American musician from Palm Desert, California. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Between them, Homme and Oliveri had different opinions on the usage of fake radio excerpts between tracks on the album, the former believing it gave the album "fluidity". According to Oliveri, they are a jibe at, "how a lot of stations play the same thing over and over. We don't get played on the radio, so I figure we should talk shit about them."^[15] Image File history File links Queens_of_the_Stone_Age_-_No_One_Knows. ... Software development stages In computer programming, development stage terminology expresses how the development of a piece of software has progressed and how much further development it may require. ... Image File history File links Queens_of_the_Stone_Age_-_Go_with_the_Flow. ... Software development stages In computer programming, development stage terminology expresses how the development of a piece of software has progressed and how much further development it may require. ... Image File history File links Queens_of_the_Stone_Age_-_First_it_Giveth. ... Software development stages In computer programming, development stage terminology expresses how the development of a piece of software has progressed and how much further development it may require. ...

Several songs that appeared on the album (in re-worked form) were previously recorded and released on the Desert Sessions, a side project of Josh Homme with various guest collaborators. "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" was the opening track of Volumes 5 & 6, with vocals originally performed by Mario Lalli instead of Oliveri and "Hangin' Tree" first appeared on Volumes 7 & 8.^[16] Also, both "A Song for the Deaf" and "Go with the Flow" were previously performed as early as 2001 with the former having quite different lyrics and vocals completely by Mark Lanegan. ^[17] â€œAt Desert Sessions, you play for the sake of music. ... This is a compilation of the fifth and sixth Desert Sessions releases. ... Cover of 2005 release Rock Formations Yawning man is a stoner rock band from the Palm Desert, California area in the United States, formed in 1986. ... Volumes 7 & 8 is a compilation of the seventh and eighth release of The Desert Sessions. ... Mark Lanegan (born November 25, 1964 in Ellensburg, Washington) is a singer and songwriter. ...

The album was initially planned for release on August 13, 2002^[18], but was eventually postponed for two weeks.^[19] is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Critical and commercial reception

Like its predecessor, Songs for the Deaf received very positive reviews, including a total score of 89 out of 100 on Metacritic as of June, 2007^[1], making the album the 31st highest rated album on the site, and third highest rated from 2002. ^[20] Entertainment Weekly called it "The year's best hard-rock album", giving it an A.^[21] Splendid said, "The bottom line is that QOTSA turns in another genre-demolishing, hard-as-titanium album in Songs for the Deaf. This is not your father's metal. It's better." Mojo listed the album as the year's third best, while Playlouder and Spin placed it at fourth. NME placed the album as the sixth best, with the three singles each making the magazine's Tracks of the Year list over the course of 2002/2003. ^[22] Kerrang! rated the album at number 1 on its "Best albums of 2002" list. One notable criticism was related to the album's production, described by Stephen Thomas Erlewine as "sound[ing] like a stoned joke gone awry as it compresses and flattens every instrument as if it were coming out of a cheap AM car radio [...] it becomes tiring to listen to — too much at the same frequency, all hitting the ear in a way that doesn't result in blissful submission, just numbness undercut with a desire to have some texture in this album." ([2]) Rated R is a 2000 album by Queens of the Stone Age, containing a brief guest vocal by Rob Halford and the first appearence of former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan on a Queens of the Stone Age record. ... Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ... Mojo (pronounced or ) is a term commonly encountered in the African-American folk belief called hoodoo. ... PlayLouder PlayLouder is a digital music and media company that operates one of the most popular alternative music websites in the United Kingdom. ... Spin is a music magazine that reports on all the music that rocks. Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. ... Not to be confused with the Canadian music magazine Music Express The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. ... Information in this article or section has not been verified against sources and may not be reliable. ...

The album met with great success earning band's first gold certification in the U.S. on January 27, 2003 shifting over 500,000 copies (as of June, 2007 the total amount of sold copies is estimated at 986,000 according to Nielsen Soundscan^[2]), and gold certification in UK on September 20, 2002 with sales exceeding 100,000 of units sold. ^[23] The description Gold Album is applied to recorded music albums that have sold a minimum number of copies (in the US, currently 500,000 sales). ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

The album received two Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy nominations for singles No One Knows (2003)^[24], and Go with the Flow (2004).^[25] The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance has been awarded since 1990. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... No One Knows 2002 is the first single released by the rock group Queens of the Stone Age on their third album Songs for the Deaf. ... Go With the Flow is a Queens of the Stone Age song from the album Songs for the Deaf, released as a single in 2003. ...

Track listing

The intro to the track "A Song for the Dead" is an homage to Black Flag; the drums in that segment are lifted directly from the Black Flag song "Slip It In."^[26] The band's subsequent studio album, Lullabies to Paralyze, got its name from a line in "Mosquito Song".^[27] In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music which has been placed on a Compact Disc, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener. ... The pregap on a Red Book audio CD is the portion of the audio track that precedes index 01 for a given track in the table of contents (TOC). ... No One Knows 2002 is the first single released by the rock group Queens of the Stone Age on their third album Songs for the Deaf. ... There were 2 First It Giveth singles released in 2003 from the album Songs For The Deaf. ... Go With the Flow is a Queens of the Stone Age song from the album Songs for the Deaf, released as a single in 2003. ... In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music which has been placed on a Compact Disc, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener. ... Black Flag was a hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in southern California, largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn: the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes. ... Alternate cover Cover of the LP release Lullabies to Paralyze is the fourth Studio Album by hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age and was released on March 21, 2005. ...

Variations

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Artwork

The cover art for the U.S. double LP version of the album is quite different, featuring a red Q (with a sperm cell as the line in the Q) on a black background with no other text. It was released on red vinyl. The UK vinyl version cover is the same as the CD cover. The dashboard/interior with superimposed logos is that of a Fiat 124 Sport Spider, a 1960s-1980s mass market Italian sports car. The person on the album disc is musician Dave Catching, who performs on the album. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... It has been suggested that Childrens gramophone records be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Fiat 124. ... David (Dave) Catching (b. ...

Music videos

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Personnel

Band

Joshua Michael Homme (born May 17, 1973 in Palm Springs, California) is an American Rock musician. ... Nick Stephen Oliveri (born October 21, 1971 in Los Angeles) is an American musician from Palm Desert, California. ... Mark Lanegan (born November 25, 1964 in Ellensburg, Washington) is a singer and songwriter. ... David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is an American rock musician and songwriter. ...

Additional musicians

Future full time Queens of the Stone Age members, Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider guest on this album with Johannes also co-writing the song "Hangin' Tree" with Homme.

Alain Johannes is a guitarist and, along with his partner Natasha Shneider and drummer Jack Irons, a founding member of the band Eleven. ... LÃ©on Theremin playing an early theremin The theremin (originally pronounced but often anglicized as [1]), or thereminvox, is one of the earliest fully electronic musical instruments. ... Natasha Shneider is a musician, born in Moscow, Soviet Union. ... Gene Trautmann (born 1966) is the drummer of Eagles of Death Metal and the former drummer for Queens of the Stone Age, and the Miracle Workers. ... Image:Dean39. ... He has played guitar Masters of Reality, and has also played lap-steel/piano/guitar with Queens of the Stone Age on tour. ... Chris Goss Christopher Goss, better known as Chris Goss is an American record producer and musician, who is not only known for his work on albums by Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age, but also as the frontman of desert rock band Masters of Reality. ... Paz Lenchantin performing with A Perfect Circle Paz Lenchantin (born December 12, 1973 in Mar del Plata, Argentina) is an Argentine-Armenian-American musician who came to Los Angeles, California with her family at the age of four. ... Molly McGuire is a singer-songwriter currently based in Los Angeles, California. ...

Radio DJs

The songs on Songs for the Deaf are often interluded by staged bits of radio chatter.

A recent iteration of The Dwarves The Dwarves are a punk rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois as The Suburban Nightmare in the late 1980s. ... David Catching in Portland, OR on 06/09/06 David (Dave) Catching (b. ... Casey Chaos Amen is a cross-genre band mainly taking influence from heavy metal music and 80s punk music. ... Christopher Goss, better known as Chris Goss is an American record producer and musician, who is not only known for his work on albums by Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age, but also as frontman of desert rock band Masters of Reality. ... Jeordie Osborne White (born June 20, 1971), also known by his former pseudonym Twiggy Ramirez (derived from Twiggy, a fashion icon, and Richard Ramirez, a convicted serial killer)[1] is a musician and currently the bassist for Nine Inch Nails and a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist for Goon Moon. ...

Producers

Joshua Michael Homme (born May 17, 1973 in Palm Springs, California) is an American Rock musician. ... Adam Kasper is a Seattle area record producer and engineer, working with such bands as The Tragically Hip, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, R.E.M., Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. ...

Recording personnel

Alain Johannes is a guitarist and, along with his partner Natasha Shneider and drummer Jack Irons, a founding member of the band Eleven. ... Hutch is a live sound engineer. ...

Charts

Album

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... On January 4, 1936, Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade and on July 20, 1940 the first Music Popularity Chart was calculated. ... The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. ... The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. ... The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists in New Zealand. ... The UK Albums Chart is a chart of the sales positions of albums in the United Kingdom. ...

Singles

Mainstream rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in the United States and Canada. ... Modern rock or Nu-breed is term commonly used to describe a rock music format found on American commercial radio. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the main singles chart used by Billboard magazine. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... No One Knows 2002 is the first single released by the rock group Queens of the Stone Age on their third album Songs for the Deaf. ... Go With the Flow is a Queens of the Stone Age song from the album Songs for the Deaf, released as a single in 2003. ... There were 2 First It Giveth singles released in 2003 from the album Songs For The Deaf. ...

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