WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
Episode 1649 - Josh Homme
Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:00:00 GMT
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Josh Homme manifested an 18-year-old dream to perform a Queens of the Stone Age concert in the Catacombs of Paris. Josh tells Marc why it was such a meaningful undertaking two years after he survived a bout with cancer. They also talk about his collaborations and friendship with Iggy Pop, the 2015 terrorist attack during an Eagles of Death Metal concert, and the difference between giving up and giving in. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chapter 1: What inspired Josh Homme to perform in the Catacombs of Paris?
No, you know, it was very interesting because, and I mean this just as an observation without any judgment, he's definitely... Ich glaube, Stooges und Iggy haben angefangen und deine Lieblingsbanden in der Welt beeinflusst, die groß geworden sind. Es hat 30 Jahre gedauert, bis ein Stooges-Rekord Gold gewonnen hat. Ist das wahr? Ja. Oh, weil der Nike-Kommerz?
Ja.
Ja, es war so etwas wie das. Und er hat den längsten Zeitrelease, den ich kenne, wo du Rekorde ausgibst und die Leute dich aktivisieren, mehr als sie dich lieben. Und die Leute konnten die Stooges nicht aufhalten, als sie rausgekommen sind. Und es hat 30 Jahre gedauert, um das zu erkennen und zu verstehen. Und das ist eine traurige Zeit dazwischen. Es ist einfach so.
Aber er hat viele Rekorde gemacht. Viele Rekorde, aber oftmals... Iggy gibt seine 100 Prozent, aber er wird mit jemandem zusammenarbeiten, bei dem du sagst, mach das nicht. Mach das nicht. Und er setzt 100 Prozent auf etwas, das 40 Prozent ist.
Aber ihr habt ein tolles Rekord gemacht und das Konzert war toll. Es war einfach Spaß. Und er ist 100 Prozent all in, all the time. Oh, ja. But it's weird because even Lust for Life, that didn't get the attention it deserved until Trainspotting, really. Really. Right? The movie. Because it was like a big part of that movie.
And then I know the story of Search and Destroy showing up on that Nike ad. Right. That was in, you know, movie theaters. Because my buddy, do you know John Daniel at Crush Management? No. He's a good guy. Yep. You know, but he was in publishing and he knew the guy. He was just a dude looking at titles. Yeah, right. For a commercial. Right. You know, on a catalog. Right.
And he thought Search and Destroy. I didn't know that. That's amazing. Yeah. Let's hear that. Yeah. It had nothing to do with Iggy. Right. And then it became huge.
Yeah. Good for him. You know, he had this thing. He also did... Because his voice is, you know, like this.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Chapter 2: How did Josh Homme's health challenges influence his music?
Sure. But oddly, if they can still deliver the goods, it'll lift it. But there are moments like, you know, guns is out there, but they're not as old as like the stones. They still seem to be delivering. You know, and sometimes I just don't know. Part of me, because I don't live in the world of that type of competition, but part of me is like, you don't need the money. You can't need the money.
So what is it?
And then it's just sort of like, well, this is what we do. Yeah, I suppose, but it's like comedy in that there's not a real reason to retire. The reason to retire would be like, shit, no one's here.
Totally. You know what I mean? Yeah, or else they're starting to go away. Right, right. But there's an exception there. It's like, you know, your relevance diminishes. Right. You know, and you're going to play smaller halls. Yeah. But like Bob Dylan, I think he just wants to die on a bus.
Hahaha.
I was, you know, I'm, there's worse ways to go. Sure, man. But like, I think he sees himself as, like, I've kind of reassessed that whole guy recently. Yeah. Because I don't know why I didn't realize it. You know, he's almost like this, you know, almost like, he's like a savant, but he's, you know, he's a cipher. He's like this, you know, brilliant vessel that things move through.
like a spectrum character.
I think you also have to be willing to be a bit of a cunt, which I think he also is probably too.
Yeah, but that's just to protect his vulnerable genius.
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