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Lead Performance: Queens of the Stone Age
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Tom Sinclair
Tom Sinclair is a senior writer for EW and has been called "the handsomest man in rock criticism'' (by his wife)
This male power trio, made up of refugees from cult metal band Kyuss, delivers a workmanlike collection of heavy music that's just a bit too cerebral to fall under the stoner-rock rubric (Fu Manchu). Queens of the Stone Age is intermittently potent, but when you hear the ripped-off ''If Only'' (a.k.a. the Stooges' ''I Wanna Be Your Dog),'' you can't help but think QOTSA might be a great band — if only they could write a song that good on their own. B-
Posted Nov 13, 1998
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