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The mightiest, least jokin'est, most supremely controlled of the muy bueno riff-heavy so-called stoner rock enclave, Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA, pictured) bring their sinuous brand of alt-metal to the Cat's Cradle Thursday, Sept. 21. After the dissolution of cult faves Kyuss, guitar hero Josh Homme did a guitar stint with Seattle's Screaming Trees, then regrouped with Kyuss bassist Nick Oliveri back home (Cali's Palm Desert region) for some genre-confounding, post-metal experimentation that landed the group an Interscope deal. Introducing their new "robot rock" sound (Homme's term), the critically-lauded QOTSA debut emphasized texture and turned-on-a-lathe metal precision through sparse repetitive grooves and layers of riffs. Oliveri's pulsing plutonium-heavy single-note bass mantras provide a fat bottom for Homme's sound explorations and tasteful riffs, cuz--hey--lots of boneheads can shred. --Angie Carlson
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