10 Best Guitarists Of The 2000s
3. Joshua Homme
While every band was trying to chase trends in the 2000's, something different was happening in the California desert. Sprouting from the stoner rock scene, Queens of the Stone Age emerged with a guitar sound unlike anything you'd ever heard.
Guitarist Joshua Homme is not one for speedy gimmicks but hits you with a guitar sound that goes right to your head. The riffs that Homme comes up with throughout albums like Songs for the Deaf or Rated R have the force of metal while also having a great sense of swing as they move from track to track. The guitar parts of each song resemble a glass of your favorite liquor, giving you a buzz and going down incredibly smooth with each taste.
On every track from Queens, Homme uses his guitar as a seductive instrument, almost as if to lure the listener into the song's hidden darkness. It's the epitome of sleaze while also being fantastically quirky and manic. As Homme moves from strength to strength with each album, his guitar tone his never dwindled with age. Just look up a deep cut from any Queens album to hear the menacing bliss you've been missing.