Joshua Michael Homme III, born May 17, 1973 in Joshua Tree, California, is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is the founding and only continuous member of the hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age, in which he sings, plays guitar, and serves as the band's primary songwriter, and was the guitarist and a former member of the desert rock band Kyuss. He co-founded and occasionally performs with Eagles of Death Metal whilst playing drums for studio recordings