The guitar player for Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal and owner of Rancho de la Luna recording studio has always been in it for the long haul. From Memphis to L.A., New Orleans to Joshua Tree, and across the globe, he’s seen more than he could have imagined. He talks about a lot of it with the Troubled Men in the Ring Room.

Topics include flirting, recent losses, Memphis, the Modifiers, the Cathay de Grande, Pleasant Gehman, Texacala Jones, Iris Berry, Laura Bennett, the Mentors, El Duce, John Densmore, Derf Scratch, Too Free Stooges, Mike Murphy, the Cramps, Manhattan Beach, the Panther Burns at DBA, the Well, Alex Chilton, Art Damage, Joshua Tree, Rancho de la Luna studio, Fred Drake, Daniel Lanois, Victoria Williams, Kyuss, Josh Homme, Matt Cameron, the Methematics, earthlings?, early influences, Maggot Brain, the desert, inertia, Jesse Hughes, a new mezcal venture, bicycles, red-headed men, Iggy Pop, the Continental Drifters, Jimmy Ford, Kingsway, Malcolm Burn, American Caesar, Airline Hwy, and much more.

Please subscribe, review, and rate on your preferred podcast app.

Please follow, like, share on social media, and spread the Troubled Word.

Intro music: Styler/Coman

Outro music: Bought and Sold (feat. The Dreaded Lovelies)

by Dave Catching

from Shared Hallucinations Pt. 1: Sonic Salutations From the Venerable Vaults of Rancho de la Luna 1972-1984