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"Queens of the Stone Age are finishing up their new album, Songs for the Deaf, which is due for release in April.\n\n&amp;quot;I think it&amp;apos;s gonna take a lot of people by surprise,&amp;quot; says bassist Nick Oliveri of the fifteen-track album. &amp;quot;Every record&amp;apos;s supposed to be different and grow and move. To truly be a heavy band you have to be able to fuckin&amp;apos; break it down. Otherwise the heavy isn&amp;apos;t just heavy, it&amp;apos;s fuckin&amp;apos; noise.&amp;quot;\n\nLike the band&amp;apos;s last effort -- 2000&amp;apos;s Rated R, which featured a revolving door of vocalists including guitarist Josh Homme, Screaming Trees singer Mark Lanegan and Oliveri -- Songs for the Deaf features such guests as Ween&amp;apos;s Dean Ween, A Perfect Circle&amp;apos;s Pod and the Foo Fighters&amp;apos; Dave Grohl, who drums on all but one of the tracks. \n\n&amp;quot;Fortunately for us, we happen to know a lot of talented people,&amp;quot; says Oliveri. &amp;quot;Dave Grohl had some time off from making the new Foo Fighters record and was hanging in L.A., and we were like, &amp;apos;Dude, come rock.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\n\nQueens of the Stone Age plan to begin a U.S. tour in March, and they hope to recruit their new album&amp;apos;s guest stars for two special shows, one in New York and one in Los Angeles. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;d like to play the record from start to finish, live, with the exact people that play on each song,&amp;quot; says Oliveri.\n\nOliveri and Homme are also planning a side project with Casey Chaos and Larkin, both of L.A. rockers Amen. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re not sure what we&amp;apos;re going to call that yet,&amp;quot; says Oliveri, &amp;quot;but it&amp;apos;s just gonna be loud and pissed off.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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