It appears that Kyuss, the groundbreaking desert-rock band co-fronted by guitarist/vocalist Josh Homme before he later founded Queens of the Stone Age, may finally be ready to reunite. Homme typically brushes off queries regarding a potential reunion with, presumably, the band’s other two cofounders: singer John Garcia and drummer Brant Bjork. But recently, he reportedly told a Kyuss fanbase’s founder that a reunion “is possible.”
Kyuss, who were based in Palm Desert, California, surprised those familiar and unfamiliar with the band by establishing a music scene at the most unlikely of places in the late 1980s. With co-conspirators like Dave Catching and Alain Johannes holding down the fort, notorious drug-fueled journeys and marathon overnight “generator” sessions became the stuff of legend, especially in LA. There’s just one time Homme and Garcia are known to have played Kyuss material onstage together since the band broke up in late summer 1995. The brief reunion took place at a 2016 Christmas Eve concert held in Hollywood. With help from other members of QotSA, Homme and Garcia covered “Thumb,” “Hurricane,” and “Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop.”
One would assume that any Kyuss reunion would necessarily have to involve Nick Oliveri, who played bass in the band in the early ’90s and later played with Queens for a few years early in that band’s run. While he wasn’t Kyuss’ final bassist—that crown goes to Fireball Ministry’s Scott Reeder—Oliveri had a successful multiyear run and a wildman personality. Meanwhile, it might be doubly ironic if Reeder were not invited to join the reunion, given his willingness to tell the press over the years that all Kyuss alumni were game for a reunion save for Homme, who he blamed for supposedly standing in the way.
Check out the post from Kyuss World below.
