Other Former Band Members

Dave Catching
Dave Catching was born June 7th, 1961 in Memphis Tennesse.  He is a co-owner and founder of Rancho De La Luna, where he met and worked with Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss, Eagles Of Death Metal, and countless other bands.  He originally joined Queens Of The Stone Age to help with the live aspect of the band.  He played Guitar, Lapsteel Guitar, and Keyboard.  He has made many guest apperances on each of the Queens Of The Stone Age albums, including his picture being on the CDs themseleves for "Rated R" and "Songs For The Deaf".  Aside from QOTSA, he has been involved with many other bands and projects such as Earthlings?, Yellow #5, Eagles Of Death Metal, and Mondo Generator.

Alfredo Hernandez
Alfredo was originally the 2nd drummer for the band Kyuss, taking Brant Bjork's place.  He recorded one album with Kyuss, but the band broke up soon thereafter.  Josh Homme then asked him to be in his new band Queens Of The Stone Age.  Alfredo played on the first self titled record "Queens of The Stone Age" He was a part of the early live act of Queens of The Stone Age with Josh, Nick, and Dave Catching.  He recorded another EP with Queens Of The Stone Age, and then left to pursue other projects including Che, Mondo Generator, Family Butcher, and Yawning Man.

Brendon McNichol
Brendon was originally in the band Rattlebone, but he soon left the group and found himself in Chris Goss's band Masters Of Reality.  He played and toured with them for a couple of years and then was asked to join Queens Of The Stone Age as a 2nd guitarist for live shows.  Brendon had a similar role to Dave Catching.  Playing guitar, Lapsteel Guitar, and Keyboard.  He recorded a couple of tracks with Queens as well.  He then left the band around the time Songs For The Deaf was released.  He is now building guitars for a living.

Gene Trautmann
Gene originally was in the band The Miracle Workers.  He played on and off with them until the band finally broke up.  He then got a chance to audition for Queens Of The Stone Age, but lost out to Alfredo Hernandez.  After Alfredo left Josh invited Gene back into the band, and he recorded drums on the album "Rated R," as well as toured live with the band for a couple of years.  He left the band around 2001, and now can be heard in a couple of projects including The Eagles Of Death Metal, and Yellow #5

Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl is of course famous for playing drums in the band Nirvana, as well as singing and playing guitar in his own band Foo Fighters.  Dave joined Queens Of The Stone Age when he was asked to play drums on "Songs For The Deaf."  He played drums on the record, and did a short tour with the band, before leaving the band and being replaced by Joey Castillo.  He now can still be heard playing with the Foo Fighters, as well as doing many guest appearances with other artists.

Natasha Schnider
Natasha originally was in the band Eleven along with Alain Johannes.  She plays keyboard and adds background vocals to some QOTSA songs. Through their band Eleven, both Natasha and Alain met Chris Cornell and they co-wrote his first solo record "Euphoria Morning".  Natasha and Alain then began to work with Josh on a couple of his Desert Session records.  Josh enjoyed working with them so much that they helped record on both "Songs For The Deaf," and "Lullabies To Paralyze."  Soon after Lullabies, Natasha and Alain joined Queens Of The Stone Age and toured during the Lullabies to Paralyze era.  She can still be heard in Eleven, as well as with Queens Of The Stone Age from time to time.