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QOTSA – Discography documentary

Lie Likes Music | August 8, 2025



Today i’m releasing my documentary / video essay about Queens Of The Stone Age’s first 6 albums.

If you by any chance have never listened to QOTSA before, then make sure you listen to Songs For The Deaf ➜ https://bit.ly/2PNHoW7

Click bellow to check out more QOTSA reviews
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INFO: Queens Of The Stone Age is an american hard-rock band formed in Palm Desert, California in 1996. Frontman Josh Homme and the rest of the band quickly became one of the most influential rock bands of the 2000s and onwards. With a string of unique quality albums they’re still going strong today.

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Kool Kats by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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With a Stamp by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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  1. @BoxUpMyBones

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    See, Villains was the slow burn for me. In Times New Roman also took a little bit, though not as long. But after I took the time to understand what was going on, I fell in love with those. Lullabies was one that I avoided for a SUPER long time for some reason, but I decided to give it a few concentrated spins like Villains, and it's really starting to grow on me as a darker, nightmarish type of album. Songs For The Deaf IMMEDIATELY got me hooked on them, and I still give that a regular spin, but they have an incredible discography in general. I can put on pretty much ANY album of theirs and have a great time.

  2. @bengibson9228

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    Love Queens, but with all their records, I never really dig them first listen. The more I listen, the more I love them. Probably notice something new every time too.

  7. @zerovian1089

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    …Like clockwork is the best album imo, the reason why there’s so much great people only in the background was because Josh Homme was in a state of depression after getting an infection and had to reignite his love for music, this is why he made it this way, to tell the story of how he was getting through this depression. Also the tracks are just badass

  8. @LazyOnTheLine

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    I can't say any Qotsa album is bad and there is nothing on this video about Villains as it was yet to be released, but I can surely say Like clockwork is my least favourite one. It has some great songs but overall I'd say I listened to it way less than the other albums.

    Also I was quite surprised that the author didn't quite get Songs for the Deaf at first. I'm not native english speaker but damn, those tracks instantly get you onto the journey with the intro… Thae sounds of open door beeper, shutting door, FM tuning and C.L.O.N.E. radio intro. Just WOW.

  10. @goudagirl6095

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    Forever thankful Josh created Kyuss and pushed 'desert rock' as he did. Josh himself said that he wanted to create music that no one else had ever created, and that he actually listens to his own music because it's like, why create the best music you've ever created and then not listen to it??? While I'm a huge Kyuss fan (and desert/stoner rock fan in general, which, thanks to YT's AI, turned me onto a myriad of other related musical tangents), I'm just now getting into QOTSA, too.

  15. @jofall91

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    Your Queens intro was similar to mine. Never listened to their stuff before Songs for the Deaf, and it just didn’t click with me at first, until it one day just absolutely did. From that point listened to Rated R and then fell in love.

  21. @MatiasDypala

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    I really like "Like Clockwork", it is dark af, but not in the way as Songs for the deaf. Take for example "keep your eyes peeled" or "I appear missing" or "If i had a tail", it is like deep self darkness.

    "Songs for the deaf" is driving in the day to the sunset. Like clockwork is driving in the night to the dawn.

    Btw Songs for the deaf is my all time favourite album.

  22. @David6Simao

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    Love the video! Just one thing, nick oliveri helped homme on the 1st record (with some vocals and other stuff). I met him 1 year ago and he told me that 🧡

  23. @conormanning8745

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    After binge watching more QOTSA videos, I figured I might as well rank their albums. Keep in mind this is only my personal opinion and it's just a fun thing to do (not to be taken seriously), so I encourage anyone who sees this to do the same.

    7. Villians
    Their only mediocre album imo. I wouldn't come back to anything besides the first two tracks on here.
    6. Self Titled
    Not as memorable for me, but still a really solid album. Especially the opening track.
    5. Lullubys To Paralyze
    The heavy guitar riffs make for some of the best songs they've ever crafted, but to me its still not all memorable.
    4. Era Vulgaris
    For obvious reasons not their best album, but it is criminally underrated. Almost all of the risks they took with the experimental guitar sounded good in such a wacky way, I loved it. Its slowly wearing out on me though.
    3. Rated R
    This is the first album that I love and frequently come back to. It has so many cleverly portrayed ideas, and the only thing keeping me from putting it at #2 is the production, which is still really good, it just doesn't stand out. I also love the vibrant drums and transitions from song to song.
    2. …Like Clockwork
    This album is their most tense album, with the most attention to details in melody and guitar. Listening to this front to back gives me chills and can still get me moving. If I had a tail is a decent song, the rest is all worth giving multiple listens.
    1. Songs For The Deaf
    This was their "breakout record", and I still see it as underrated. The production from the beginning is jaw dropping especially for a project set to release in 2002. There is not a single song that I would skip, and there is no denying that you can find their most flawless songs on here: Millionaire, No One Knows, Song For The Dead, Go With The Flow, and literally every song on here represents my musical tastes in the best way possible

  24. @kubam1498

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    Thankyou for saying about songs for the deaf. I just cant get into it, but I feel like you cant like QOTSA without loving this album. For me – Rated R is the one I love and while I like most of their albums Songs for the Deaf is lower on my list ranked worst to best

  36. @PHillchillll

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    I really didn't like turning on the screw at all, The song to me always sounded like someone was drilling a hole or literally screwing something into my head, but when I heard the term Robot Rock I finally understood

  38. @hoyl13

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    I am convinced that you didn't listen to Era Vulgaris all the way thru, as you referenced the first three tracks (in sequential order) and had nothing more to say about it. Regardless, great video on an amazing band.

  39. @christianalbertocastrovall4238

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    Amazing análisis. I agree in everything and i'd like to add a few ideas: first, to me, the par albums (2, 4 and 6) are more "solid" than the other. The others are more experimental, less cohesive, more diverse among the tracks. That diferent between albums is another way to express the snake skin idea in music. This central idea also makes the diference between Josh and Brant-Garcia. The late two, great musicians, seems to wanna make the same record again and again, and Josh was boring after "Sky valley". So they break up kyuss. Greetings

  41. @kimmolaine8069

    August 8, 2025 at 8:57 am

    I gave their first 3 albums 5/5, Lullabies to Paralyze 3.5/5 and Era Vulgaris 4/5. The rest I haven't heard. The hiatus was too long and it had become a bit too much Josh Homme the Band so I kinda lost interest. They were one of the best live bands ever during their earlier stuff and one of the last truly great rock bands.

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