Contributors Songs for the Deaf was the first Queens of the Stone Age album that featured Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters on drums, who also toured with the band. He replaced drummer Gene Trautmann, who started working on other projects. Grohl had admired Queens of the Stone Age since they opened for Foo Fighters, and had wanted to appear on their previous album Rated R. Guitarist Josh Homme, with whom he had been friends since 1992, while Homme was the guitarist for Kyuss, invited him to join in October 2000. Grohl admitted that he had not drummed for a long time and added that fronting a band was "tiring".
contributors songs for the deaf was the first queens of the stone age album that featured dave grohl of nirvana and foo fighters on drums who also toured with the band he replaced drummer gene trautmann who started working on other projects grohl had admired queens of the stone age since they opened for foo fighters and had wanted to appear on their previous album rated r guitarist josh homme with whom he had been friends since 1992 while homme was the guitarist for kyuss invited him to join in october 2000 grohl admitted that he had not drummed for a long time and added that fronting a band was "tiring"