Dave Grohl Says He’s Not on New Queens of the Stone Age Album

Dave Grohl is setting the record straight: He’s not on the new Queens of the Stone Age album.

Rumors began to swirl in June when Billy Gibbons said in an interview with eonmuisc that he and Grohl were collaborating with Josh Homme on a new QOTSA record. However, Grohl told NME, “You know, I never f-cking mentioned that I’m on the new Queens record. I’m not on the new Queens record.”

Grohl did, however, mention what he and Homme have been up to together.

“You know what Josh and I have been doing together? Riding motorcycles and eating waffles. That’s it,” said Grohl. “Let me tell you, it’s a fun morning. We’ve done it more than a few times and it’s pretty f-cking great. I wish I was on the new Queens album. I f-cking love playing with Josh. He’s one of my best friends, but at the moment it’s just motorcycles and waffles.”

Hopefully, if Grohl and Homme collaborate in the future, that EP or LP will be called Motorcycles and Waffles, which admittedly sounds like the best way to spend a morning.

7 Outrageous Tour Rider Demands and Other Requests

• Foo Fighters

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  Foo Fighters have taken joke tour riders to another level. In 2011, their tour rider had a coloring book theme complete with a word search and a maze. It also included a list of non-permitted items in the venue which included "light sabers" and "garden gnomes."

• Mick Jagger

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  Mick Jagger has a very unique request when it comes to the mattress in his hotel. According to a new report from 'The Daily Mail,' Jagger "asks for a new mattress in his room, no matter how posh the hotel. But he insists the plastic wrapping stays on while someone sleeps for one night on the mattress to break it in."

• Prince

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  Speaking of plastic wrap, Prince had on his 2004 tour rider that “all items in dressing room must be covered by clear plastic wrap until uncovered by main artist. This is absolutely necessary.”
• Paul McCartney

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  Paul McCartney's past tour riders have been lengthy, but considering his legend, they seem rather tame. Many of his request have to do with his vegan lifestyle, so no furniture backstage made from animal skin (leather) nor is faux leather or animal prints allowed.

• Jack White

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  Jack White got a lot of attention for his tour rider when he was out supporting his album 'Lazeretto,' because it included a request for a bowl of "fresh home-made guacamole" and included a very specific recipe that included directions on how to cut the avocado. (FYI: It's "3 or 4 slits down, 3 or 4 slits across.)

• Van Halen

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  Ah, yes...how could there be a tour rider list without mentioning Van Halen and the whole "no brown M&M's" request? Of course, the band wasn't really being divas back then. The legend of the M&M's has since been cleared up, and the reason why that detail was included was to see if promoters actually read the band's performance contract. David Lee Roth said in a 2012 interview, "Van Halen was the first to take 850 par lamp lights — huge lights — around the country. At the time, it was the biggest production ever. If I came backstage, having been one of the architects of this lighting and staging design, and I saw brown M&Ms on the catering table, then I guarantee the promoter had not read the contract rider, and we would have to do a serious line check."
• Iggy Pop

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  Iggy Pop's 2006 tour rider was 18 pages, but it clearly wasn't taking itself too seriously. Some of his requests included "somebody dressed as Bob Hope" and "a copy of 'USA Today' that's got a story about morbidly obese people in it."