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JOSH HOMME: NICK OLIVERI Wanted To Be The Next SID VICIOUS

March 9, 2004

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme has given a lengthy interview to MTV.com about his decision to fire bassist Nick Oliveri from the group.

Regarding the speculation that rampant drug use was responsible for Oliveri's removal, Homme said "Our whole band is full of hard partiers. We have put more people in rehab than Mardi Gras. But when you get drunk, you either get drunk with class, or you get drunk like a slobbering, toothless f---. And that's just an analogy. It's not just drinking, it's how you live your life.

"We used to have a thing we called 'Jekyll and Hyde' where, whenever Nick did something, we blamed Nick in the press, and whenever I did something, we blamed Nick in the press," Homme explained. "But I think Nick started believing our press and thinking that he's gotta be the next Sid Vicious or something. And I think Sid Vicious is a badass, but also I think Sid Vicious is a dumb drug addict who couldn't play bass and never wrote a song, and if he stayed alive most guys would have went, 'This guy's a f---ing worthless piece of sh--.' And so I don't think that's something to aspire to."

"He really doesn't even know why I kicked him out," Homme said. "In the press, he admitted he threw bottles into the audiences, but he's saying, 'I do it for the fans. Isn't that what they really want?' But what Nick really did was come up to me between the first and second song and say, 'This audience isn't good enough — they're sh--,' and then he threw full bottles of Corona at them, like a baseball pitcher. Is that for the fans? That's not my style. I get drunk with the fans, I don't throw bottles at them."

Read the rest of the MTV.com article here.

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