Lullabies to Paralyze [PA] by Queens Of The Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age: Alain Johannes (vocals, guitar, flute, bass guitar); Joshua Homme (vocals, guitar); Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar, lap steel guitar, bass guitar); Joey Castillo (piano, drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Chris Goss, Mark Lanegan, Shirley Manson (vocals); Billy Gibbons (guitar); Brody Dalle (background vocals). On SONGS FOR THE DEAF, Queens of the Stone Age became a rock supergroup, consisting of vocalist/guitarist Joshua Homme (Kyuss), vocalist/bassist Nick Oliveri (Dwarves), vocalist Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees), and drummer Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters). This lineup effectively blew other heavy-rock acts out of the water, and seriously raised the band's profile. By the time of 2005's LULLABIES TO PARALYZE, however, Oliveri had acrimoniously departed the group, while Grohl and Lanegan had returned to their own projects, leaving Homme as the sole member. Admirably, Homme plows ahead on LULLABIES TO PARALYZE with the assistance of multi-instrumentalists Troy Van Leeuwen a...