Queens of the Stone Age are playing a one-off Halloween concert on Friday at The Forum in Inglewood, CA, headed as ever by frontman Josh Homme.

Keeping busy, Homme will also star in the final episode of series two of Toast of London, playing a love rival for Steven Toast (Matt Berry) in the comedy.



So to celebrate all things QOTSA, we've rounded up a few lesser-known facts about Josh:

1. Joshua Michael Homme III was born on May 17, 1971 in Joshua Tree, California and grew up in Palm Desert, California.

2. A young Josh initially wanted to play the drums, but got a guitar instead when his parents banned him from buying a drum kit. He later quipped: "No parent will buy their 8-year-old kid drums unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife."

3. Homme began playing the guitar when he was 9 years old. His unique playing style is due to his polka music lessons - he wasn't taught barre chords for the first two years and was not shown a pick until his third year of learning the guitar.

4. Josh formed his first band Katzenjammer in 1987 with his school friends Brant Bjork and John Garcia. After a few name changes, they settled with the name Kyuss. They released three albums before disbanding in 1995.

Kyuss reformed in 2010, but Homme decided against joining the reunion. The reformed group called themselves Kyuss Lives! for their first live shows, but had to change their name to Vista Chino when recording 2013 album Peace after a lawsuit from Homme and Scott Reeder. Vista Chino split this year.

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5. Josh is well known for his vocal performances and guitar playing prowess, but it is a lesser-known fact that he can also play bass, piano and banjo - and yes, he now plays the drums as well.

6. In 2010, Homme had unexpected medical complications due to asphyxiation while having surgery on his knee. This led him to be bed-bound for three months. He began to suffer from severe depression and considered giving up music entirely. He says surviving this experience helped him greatly when writing of Queens of the Stone Age's most recent album â€¦Like Clockwork, released last year.

7. Josh Homme has a few strange pseudonyms and nicknames. When he played drums, bass, piano or keyboard on Peace, Love, Death Metal or The Desert Sessions Volumes 3 & 4, he adopted the pseudonym "Carlo Von Sexron". Homme is also referred to as "Baby Duck" by both the members of Eagles of Death Metal and his wife Brody Dalle, while his other nicknames also include "The Ginger Elvis", "J.Ho" and "The King of Desert Rock".

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8. Homme has also made his name as a producer, and was behind the desk for the majority of Arctic Monkeys' 2009 album Humbug. He also provided backing vocals for their song 'All My Own Stunts' on their fourth album Suck It and See, and vocals for 'Knee Socks' on last year's AM.

9. Josh Homme got his first car when he was 14 and has never bought another. He also owns a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, but he still owns and regularly drives the silver 1967 Camaro he got in his teens.



10. In 2007 Josh Homme married Brody Dalle, frontwoman of The Distillers and later Spinnerette. They have two children together: a daughter called Camille who was born in 2006, and a son called Orrin, born in 2011. Homme has his daughter's name tattooed across his heart, and his son's name tattooed next to a heart on his right hand.

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