QOTSA's Josh Homme starts new project

Queens of the Stone Age mainman Josh Homme's new side project Eagles of Death Metal will release their debut album 'Peace, Love, Death, Metal'on March 22.

The trio are also joined on the record by sometime Queens collaborator Alain Johannes as well as Homme's current squeeze, The Distillers' Brody Dalle.

Eagles' singer Jesse 'The Devil' Hughes said: "Brody did handclaps and general rock & roll inspiration. It was like guerrilla warfare. The whole band is set up like a militia unit. Whoever's there and can do it, will do it."

The band, who played a low-key invite only gig at London's swanky Met Bar last month (February 10), formed five years ago in California's Palm Desert as part of a "joke".

Homme however feels relieved that he is out of the spotlight in the new project. He said: "I'm just the drummer, and to have one role is a great feeling."