NEWS: Josh Homme Talks Queens Of The Stone Age

After firing bandmate Nick Oliveri, Josh Homme has admitted he considered breaking up Queens Of The Stone Age.

The bassist and founding member left the band in 2004, after falling out with the lead singer over his attitude towards the band.

"I'm playing for respect and I think Nick got a little confused about the real expectation was. It wasn't about partying. I would never ask someone to stop partying, you do whatever you want as long as you do a good job at your job because you have deserve the party." He added: "The rules were always there: don't break the golden rule which is someone says they like your music so much, you're not amazing, it's not you, they don't know you, it's not that way, so don't believe that. I don't believe that about myself."

Homme admitted he considered calling time on Queens Of The Stone Age after 'Songs For The Deaf', but found a new determination to carry on and "To make it about the music" . Also, with his 2000 album 'Rated R' currently the centre of a 10th anniversary reissue, Homme explained the band had been surprised by its initial critical success.

Homme added that the band will now begin work on their sixth studio album, but he was not in a rush.

"It feels like a brand new band, it feels like we can do anything," he explained. "So we're going to do it go to the middle of no where not record at all and just be a band for a while."