Queens Of The Stone Age ‘The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret’ Queens Of The Stone Age SONG TITLE: THE LOST ART OF KEEPING A SECRET ALBUM: RATED R RELEASED: 2000 GENRE: ROCK (‘STONER ROCK’) PERSONNEL: JOSH HOMME (GTR+VOX) NICK OLIVERI (BASS) DAVE CATCHING (GTR) GENE TRAUTMANN (DRUMS) NICK LUCERO (DRUMS) VARIOUS OTHER MEMBERS LABEL: INTERSCOPE UK CHART PEAK: N/A US CHART PEAK: 21 BACKGROUND INFO NOTES ‘The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret’ is a single from QOTSA have had a succession of drummers since the album Rated R. Co-written by Josh Homme and the band’s foundation, including former Nirvana bassplayer Nick Oliveri, the song is a brooding groove sticksman and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl. that delves into the dark world of loyalty and betrayal More recently the band has fixed on the groove talents (‘whatever you do, don’t tell anyone...’). The album of Californian Joey Castillo. Before joining QOTSA he cemented the band’s reputation and won several played with Danzig and The Eagles Of Death Metal. awards, including album of the year from Metal On this particular album, drumming duties were split Hammer and NME in 2000. between Gene Trautmann (pictured above) and Nick Lucero. THE BIGGER PICTURE RECOMMENDED LISTENING Queens Of The Stone Age (QOTSA) is a band with a highly fluid membership. Essentially the QOTSA’s reputation as one of the coolest bands on creative vehicle for songwriter/guitarist/bassist Josh the planet is founded on five studio albums, starting Homme since 1996, the band specialises in powerful with their self-titled first record in 1998 (released on riff based rock with more than a nod towards the Loose Records). This was followed by Rated R (2000), blues (they reject the term ‘stoner rock’). The band Songs for the Deaf (2002), and En Vulgaris (2007). became Queens of The Stone Age after a quip from their studio engineer when they had to give up their original name Gamma Ray. Hot Rock Drums Grade 2 Rock Drums Grade Hot 13 The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret Queens Of The Stone Age Words & Music by Josh Homme & Nick Oliveri 112 q = y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y 5 5 5 5 5 5 ã 4 ‰ 5 . 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y 3 ã 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y y 5y 5y y 6 ã 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y 9 ã 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y y y 5y y 12ã 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Hot Rock Drums Grade 2 Rock Drums Grade Hot © Copyright 2000 Board Stiff Music/Natural Light Music, USA. HR_Drums_G2_LostArt_Ex_v02.musxUniversal Music Publishing Limited. : page 1 14 All rights in Germany administered by Universal Music Publ. GmbH. Used by permission of Music Sales Limited. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. The Kinks ‘You Really Got Me’ The Kinks SONG TITLE: YOU REALLY GOT ME ALBUM: THE KINKS RELEASED: AUGUST 1964 GENRE: POP/ROCK PERSONNEL: RAY DAVIES (GTR+VOX) DAVE DAVIES (GTR) PETE QUAIFE (BASS) MICK AVORY (DRUMS) LABEL: PYE UK CHART PEAK: 1 US CHART PEAK: 7 BACKGROUND INFO NOTES ‘You Really Got Me’ was the first hit and first One of Mick Avory’s first drumming gigs was a number one for British group The Kinks. The single short-lived stint with the Rolling Stones in 1962. propelled the band into worldwide fame after their He joined The Kinks in 1964 after placing an ad in first two singles had been commercial failures (in Melody Maker. Despite his evident talents Mick America their first album was retitled You Really did not actually play drums on many of The Kinks’ Got Me to capitalise on their newfound fame). The early records, this one included, as their producer of significance of this record cannot be exaggerated: its that time preferred to use session players: he played gritty, hard rock sound was produced by splitting the percussion instead. Mick left The Kinks in 1984. He cone of Dave Davies’ amp in two, while the song’s remains the manager of the band’s studio and still simple powerchord riff is the direct ancestor of later performs occasionally, sometimes with his former songs such as Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’. rhythm section partner Pete Quaife. THE BIGGER PICTURE RECOMMENDED LISTENING The Kinks are one of the stand-out bands of the The Kinks have a significant recorded output that 1960s and feature the sublime songwriting talents of numbers to date over 30 studio and live albums. Ray Davies, who wrote a succession of hits including Their best work was probably that recorded between ‘Waterloo Sunset’, ‘Autumn Almanac’ and ‘Sunny 1967 and 1974 and includes the albums Face to Face Afternoon’. Their early musical hard edge was similar (1966), Arthur (a rock opera also known as The in some ways to their contemporaries, The Who. This Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1969) and Lola later evolved into softer, narrative songs heard on versus Powerman and the Moneyground, Part One albums such as Something Else by The Kinks (1967) (1970) as well as the albums referred to above. At the and The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation end of 2008 rumours abounded that the band was Society (1968), considered to be their masterpiece. planning to reform and record another album. The band continued writing and touring until 1996. 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