| Nov. 2002 - Rock Sound Magazine: Knowing Me, Knowing You
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Nick, about Josh
1. Full name?
N: Joshua Michael Homme
J: Joshua Michael Homme
2. Date and place of birth?
N: 17 May. And it's either Palm Springs or Indio Hospital
J: May 17 Palm Springs
3. What Album could he not live without?
N: 'Bone Machine' by Tom Waits
J: 'Raw Power' The Stooges
4. Which band does he wish he could have been in?
N: Queens of the Stone Age
J: Queens of the Stone Age
5. Which album changed his life?
N: 'Raw Power' - The Stooges
J: 'Lust for Life' - Iggy Pop
6. What is his worst habit?
N: Smoking
J: Smoking
7. What is his favourite tipple?
N: Corona Beer
J: Vodka and tonic with 2 limes. Two limes is the height of luxury.
8. Would he prefer to be buried or cremated?
N: Cremated
J: I'd like to say be cremated and then have my ashes buried. Just to make sure.
9. What's his favourite album at the moment?
N: 'Outside the Flock' - Millionaire
J: Either the Millionaire album or Peaches, I love her too.
10. What's his favourite item of clothing?
N: His 'dare to resist drugs' T-shirt
J: What ever Nicks Wearing at the time. I just love Nick. It's that smell of beer and cigarettes.
11. What's special item does he always take on tour?
N: An acoustic guitar
J: Nick; I take him everywhere with me because I love him.
12. What's his most embarrassing moment?
N: It was on tour in Vienna, Austria. We'd heard some bad news or something and we opened a bottle of vodka. I had one drink and then went off to do a interview. When I came back the rest had gone and we had to go on stage. He ran on stage and grabbed hold of this mic stand to support him but of course it wasn't strong enough so he fell over, flat on his face. And somehow he managed to keep playing. That was the amazing thing.
J: Freitag 4.15 (at Rock Am Ring in Germany). It was the worst show we've ever played and it was in front of 40,000 people. That's why Nick, Mark Lanegan and I have all got Freitag tattooed on us. It's funny that I would have played my worst gig at this age. Not when I was young and starting out. You'd have thought I'd have learned by now. Right after the show this German guy came up to us and said (German accent) 'I drove eight hours to see you and it was sad' and I just ran at him and started laying into him. I didn't give a fuck at that point!
13. How would he like to be remembered?
N: As a musician
J: For as long as possible
14. What would he most like to be remembered for?
N: 'Songs for the Deaf'
J: For bringing a quality product to quality people. Sort of like selling milk.
15. If he wasn't in the band what would he be doing?
N: Forming a new band
J: Selling milk.
16. What was his first ever gig?
N: Kenny Loggins, ha! I don't know if it was Kenny Loggins but just say Kenny Loggins 'cos I wanna see what he says.
J: BJ Thomas and Carl Perkins at The Festival in North Idaho. You could sit there and listen to music while eating chicken on the grass. That's where I first got into drumsticks. I was using chicken drumsticks to bang on peoples thingies. Thingies? That's gonna have to remain a mystery. Let your mind race.
17. What would he change about himself?
N: Smoking. He'd want to give up smoking.
J: I'd give up smoking.
18. What is his biggest regret?
N: None. I don't think he's got any regrets.
J: That I'm in a band with Nick. I think we clash, it's like plaid on plaid
19. What do you know about him that he doesn't know you know?
N: I can't really tell you that! I don't know if he knows I know.
20. How many tattoos does he have?
N: Two. But he had one of them done in two separate sessions so he might say 3.
J: Four. I've got 'Freitag' and three others!
Total Score: 7/20
Josh, about Nick
Josh on Nick
1. Full name?
J: Nick Stephen Oliveri
N: Nick Stephen Oliveri
2. Date and place of birth?
J: October something or other, 1971, Santa Monica, near the White Swallow gay bar.
N: Los Angeles, October 1971
3. What Album could he not live without?
J: Something by Motörhead or Johnny Cash I'd guess.
N: 'The Ramones'
4. Which band does he wish he could have been in?
J: He'll say Queens of the Stone Age, too.
N: Tomahawk
5. Which album changed his life?
J: Something by Sabbath or Black Flag.
N: Cro-Mags - 'Age Of Quarrel'.
6. What is his worst habit?
J: He's a walking bad habit. That guy's got more bad habits than anybody else on earth.
N: I've got a lot of bad habits but if he had to choose one he'd go for Parrotitis. That's repeating your self. I repeat myself a lot. I repeat my self alot.
7. What is his favorite tipple?
J: Anything wet. That fool will drink anything.
N: Beer
8. Would he prefer to be buried or cremated?
J: I think he'll like to be cremated then have the ashes buried like me. He likes to do everything I do.
N: Cremated
9. What's his favourite album at the moment?
J: Probably 'Songs for the Deaf' or something by Bad Brains.
N: 'The Ramones'
10. What's his favourite item of clothing?
J: He don't like clothes. I'd have to say nudity.
N: Taint Wear. It's this label he's into.
11. What's special item does he always take on tour?
J: Vitamins. Special vitamins that he takes and give him the power to save rock music. It helps him to fly even higher and rescue rock from the top of burning buildings.
N: Cd Walkman
12. What was his most embarrassing moment?
J: Nick doesn't really get embarrassed.
N: None I don't care what people think.
13. How would he like to be remembered?
J: He'd like to either be hated or loved.
N: For the albums I've made, especially the ones with Josh.
14. What would he most like to be remembered for?
J: For saving rock from the top storey of burning buildings.
N: 'Songs for the Deaf'.
15. If he wasn't in the band what would he be doing?
J: He'd be roofing houses.
N: I'd be forming another band. Either that or I'd be doing prono.
16. What was his first ever gig?
J: Ozzy Osbourne in 1883.
N: The Ozzfest 1983.
17. What would he change about himself?
J: Me. He'd want to change me 'cos I cling onto him like a diaper and he'd like to change me like a diaper.
N: I'd learn to play bass.
18. What is his biggest regret?
J: None.
N: None.
19. What do you know about him that he doesn't know you know?
J: Nick doesn't have any secrets from me. I always know what he's going to do. He's just walked out of the room shouting 'toilet' and I knew he was going to do that. 'Toilet' is his favourite word. He says 'toilet' all the time. More than the whole population of England put together.
20. How many tattoos does he have?
J: It must be more than 12.
N: 17... no, 18
Total Score 4/20
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