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Janelle Borg

“We peaked out. You had Dave Grohl on drums, Mark Lanegan on vocals, I'm on bass and Josh is on guitar and vocals. It's kind of hard to do better, you know?” Nick Oliveri on why Queens of the Stone Age will never top their Songs for the Deaf lineup

Nick Oliveri from Mondo Generator performs at La Maroquinerie on September 5, 2016 in Paris, France.

Former Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri is best known for his work on two of the band's seminal albums, Rated R (2000) and Songs for the Deaf (2002) – and he thinks the Josh Homme-fronted outfit has never topped the lineup that appeared on the 2002 classic.

“I think we kind of peaked out,” he says in an upcoming Guitar World interview. "I mean… there's a thing with the band, you know, you had Dave Grohl on drums, Mark Lanegan on vocals, I'm on bass and vocals, and Josh is on guitar and vocals. I think when you have a band like that going, it's kind of hard to do better, you know?

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