The Wild Story of Nick Oliveri

[@RoryLynott]

I will never forget a friend of mine telling me about meeting Oliveri when he was working at a record store in 2003, Songs For The Deaf tour. He asked him how the tour was going and Nick says, "Sure beats working construction."

[@CarlosMeza-p3f]

I hear that!

[@CarlosMeza-p3f]

@@RoryLynott Kinda reminds me of Brant Bjork talking about how before the success of his 1st album Jalamanta he was just painting houses with a friend for a living.

[@RoryLynott]

@@CarlosMeza-p3f Yes!

[@gypsydildopunks7083]

That guy owes me 20 bucks

[@fugginrambo]

He looks like he'd help you look for something for 2 hours even though he already put in his pocket 3 hours ago.

[@orion3511]

Tell us the story....

[@riffraffrichard]

@@fugginrambo After looking he’s say ‘I’m hungry can you spot me a few dollars’

[@adams115]

Get in line

[@androtaz2621]

i don't think youre getting that back man

[@fugginrambo]

I want Count Dracula to narrate all my documentaries and also my GPS

[@pjb4653]

It's his son lol

[@mochans]

😂😂😂

[@deep_river_]

😂😂😂

[@PunkTome]

Sorry, bro, Only do youtube and vampire.themed radio parties

[@techingo666]

😆😆

[@petemartin9252]

I met nick in a sports store in New York city, I asked for a photo he said yer, had a chat then invited me and the Mrs to his acoustic gig, when back stage he bought us drinks and hung with him and his buddy’s from. Nicest guy ever.

[@weepeedee7110]

Opened up for the moistboys a few years ago, all those dudes were so cool. Hanging out with dean ween and nick oliveri will always be one of my fondest memories.

[@ttott0013]

Damn. That's rad.

[@MichaelKalb-vn6gg]

Yeah man, Nick really is one cool dude. I got to hang out with him with an intimate QOTSA show a radio station put on and we laughed about the joy of hate, GG Allin and the fun of being a wing nut. Josh wasn't there, but man o man, I got my rocks off and had a blast. Funny enough I also saw him with the Dwarves, I just didn't know it was him (had a Luchadore mask on. The show only lasted 15 .minutes and the cops came and all hell broke loose.

[@mystiquesquared]

Nice

[@DetroitFettyghost]

​@@MichaelKalb-vn6ggSeen the Dwarves twice absolurely theeee most incredible live music I've ever witnessed out of hundreds of shows.

[@ROCK-vl5yw]

He sucks he can't play

[@ryanc.l.1982]

Queens was way better with Nick imo

[@guadalahonky4002]

Fact. 'Millionaire' is QOTSA's best song in their catalogue. Their songs simply weren't as good without Nick.

[@mistertommy]

Undeniable

[@mneugent7658]

Absolutely. He's the special sauce.

[@betterdaysareatoenailaway]

They never even came CLOSE to how great they were with Nick, Josh and Mark all singing. They were my fav band ever when Songs for the Deaf came out. Now? It's Josh and a faceless backing band (save Troy). The songs aren't as good anymore. Also, Josh stopped doing Desert sessions for like...20 years.

[@betterdaysareatoenailaway]

@@guadalahonky4002 100%

[@MikeGervasi]

All I know is QOTSA has never been the same since Nick left. Greatest lineup was SFTD tour.

[@krispowell8647]

No doubt 👍

[@jaredcrayk259]

They’ve made 5 great albums since then, so No.

[@joeledwardgunscristinoponc983]

I miss Nick and Mark Lanegan too

[@zekieosun2764]

Agree

[@Nunya442]

Saw that tour. They headlined next to turbonegro. Great show

[@bamblebamble]

I’ve seen this guy play with QOTSA twice, both times he was completely nude …

[@ChorusArtists]

Somewhere Jim Morrison is like, "Aw fer fuck sakes..."

[@heywood165]

Yeah, I was at Reading Festival when he pulled that stunt. Entertaining guy, Mondo Generator is a great band too. 🤘🏼

[@danzigmcnaniel5226]

Mans got a sack and a half on him😂

[@vood00samurai]

The more chill version of GG Allen

[@Wizzy678]

His story is similar to ufc fighter jason mayhem miller

[@this_is_angel74]

With teeth

[@mystiquesquared]

Less poop smelling version.

[@Johnnyharperscoutstablegmail]

Not even close

[@MattiasSvanberg1987]

​@@this_is_angel74 GG didn't have?

[@70zenboy]

Hung out and had a great chat with nick after a solo and svetlanas gig. Was cool asking him about qotsa and his relationship with Mr homme. A down to earth and highly relatable guy imho.

[@megaton_a]

As a bassist/singer this guy is my biggest influence. Talented as hell, and gives 0 fucks. A flawed genius. Queens, Dwarves, Mondo, Kyuss... he's been involved with my favorite bands.

[@AwareWolfOnWheels]

You might wanna aim higher, plenty of actual talented bassists out there to take inspiration from.

[@TheyMadeMeEatIt]

Your biggest influence is a rapist and abuser of women. Plenty of amazing bass players and singers who give 0 fucks - who also don't have a history of abusing others.

[@ttott0013]

​@AwareWolfOnWheels apples to oranges to wild citrus

[@indyheel1534]

I saw him on the Death Acoustic tour in Raleigh around 2011 I think. It was great. Only like 11 people showed which he seemed pissed about, but he was friendly w the fans and was hanging out by the bar and front door before the show

[@AngeliqueXStacy]

Nice! I played shows with him in Dwarves and Queens.

[@lukazkal]

I’ll never forget seeing MG play for like 20 people in Brazil right before the pandemic. It was the concert of my life.

[@vidalovecraft2903]

Tome, you are such a freakin' legend for loading all these amazing videos of yours. Thank you so much! ❤

[@BLKNVMPR]

The hostage in the standoff was my ex-wife. She moved back to east L.A. after we separated. It was a weird time.

[@vincentschneuwly9783]

I had the opportunity to see him (solo or with Mondogenerator) several times in small clubs in the middle of nowhere in Switzerland, he doesn't mind if he plays in front of 50 people giving his best on stage and behing so sweet to absolutely everyone willing to interact with him. I even saw him jamming with people from the public for like an hour after one of his performance.

[@Splattermelt]

What many Queens fans are unaware of is that about half (maybe more) of the songs on Lullabies to Paralyze were already written and were set to be recorded in Spring 2004, while Nick was previously still in the band - until Jan. 2004. A Rolling Stones article from early as May 2003 confirms this. A number of the songs appear listed in the article, and there were other ones that featured Nick in the past (Medication, originally from side project Headband ft. Josh & Nick) along with Little Sister, which was originally written on Songs. I suspect Nick wrote a number of songs on & for the album, but was frozen out after the boot and didn't fight it.

[@startervisions]

Thank you for sharing!

[@betterdaysareatoenailaway]

"Little Sister" wasn't good enough for Songs for the Deaf. They left it off the album. So then it's the LEAD-OFF SINGLE for the next record? That speaks volumes as to how shitty the songs on Lullabies were. "Medication" was a Headband song, "Little Sister" was a Deaf leftover, and "Tangled Up in Plaid" was already written. Just before Lullabies came out, Homme told SPIN that "Long Slow Goodbye" was "the song [he was] most proud of...ever." When I read that, I thought Long Slow Goodbye would be some amalgam of Song for the Dead and Better Living Through Chemistry (Homme's most complex but beautiful songs). Instead...it was a fucking three chord mid-tempo ballad. Spare me. After Deaf, Homme's songwriting tanked. And now he and his faceless backing band go around touring as Queens but they are totally boring.

[@tobewills2665]

A lot of stuff can be heard recorded previously if you go through all the desert sessions albums... some gem's amongst them to boot...

[@herzeliedstein573]

@@betterdaysareatoenailaway That is an insane take. I love Oliveri with QOTSA but you clearly have just written them off. How are you gonna diss what is probably their best album ...Like Clockwork. Era Vulgaris and VIllains have gems too.

[@kantina4765]

​@@betterdaysareatoenailawayyou need to go outside more

[@zexnynex777]

Thanks for bringing your voice back!

[@mikelegros2467]

The band Stoner also has original founding member and drummer of Kyuss on guitar and vocals.

[@philipargo]

I really miss Nick's input to quotsa, but I also understand Josh's ethics and then there's the whole unreliability/unprofessionalism. Had Nick lived a little more within the guardrails, he's likely still be with the band.

[@giovanniamore7532]

if he would be a lame ass normo ýou mean.. well, ýou see what ýou got now : a band that is irrelevant.. leaded bý a lame ass pussý.. congratulations

[@johngower2208]

he got thrown out the band for beating his girlfriend. i remember Homme revealing that live on a radio broadcast at the time

[@shannonjones3714]

Excellent video! One of my absolute favorites! Dead Planet is such an overlooked album amongst others he’s on. Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@fivelights]

Saw Nick live a few years ago. Had the same experience a lot of people seem to have had, where nick after the gig just went to the bar and drank and talked with everyone til close. He's the spirit of the desert.

[@somefrog6089]

Josh is an amazing artist, but awfully selfish as a person. Said he's not tempted by all the money offered to them for a Kyuss reunion. Really Josh? By far the most financially successful former Kyuss member doesn't care about the money? Don't you think the other guys could really use that money Josh?

[@joeysanchez2771]

Excellent episode!!!! Thanks for the hard work!!

[@bufordhighwater9872]

The best channel on KZbin for discovering and learning about amazing music

[@Edmond_Dantes1838]

Just discovered your channel and I'm positively surprised that you put subtitles because even if I'm good at english I'm still having issues with oral comprehension. Also you articulate so well that I can also understand each word you say while I have trouble with some other channels. Thanks for such a great quality of work, that's an instant like, subscription and notification's activation from me ! Keep up the good work ! 👍

[@shredhead4604]

This was great Tome 🤘

[@eyesintheskies]

Only saw them once with nick in the band, in 99 my first proper festival, I didn’t even know they were playing but they blew me away. My girlfriend said you like grunge you might like em so I ran down the hill at Milton Keynes bowl but got stuck at the back of the festival crowd. Still an excellent introduction & blows me away they still rocked when I saw them this year 25 !!! Years later! Bollocks I’m old 😂

[@Bernie_tube]

The fills on “no one knows” may just be my favorite drumming in any song ever… the way it seems to add velocity and speed to the beautiful juxtaposition that is…blah blah blah good rolls or fills or whatever you call it Dave smashes it like no other.

[@therapist6328]

First time I saw these monsters was in 2002. I have never missed a show that I can reasonably drive to. Mikey plays good bass but can't touch Nick's vocals and rock 'n roll attitude. Long live the Queens.

[@giovanniamore7532]

..its a lame ass pussý band now

[@timshearer5092]

Opened for mondo generator in the mid 2000s, he was super cool, offered the usel of their gear etc. two thumbs up 👍👍

[@Nah_no_thanks]

I remember seeing mondo generator ages ago open for clutch. It was so fucking nice to hear kyuss songs live.

[@Protocol_17]

Recently saw Clutch. They can still lay it down.

[@jamesgeorge4874]

​@Protocol_17 My daughter got tickets for No stars above in '24, my wife and kids went, was awesome. Probably the 10th time I've seen them, they never disappoint.

[@burtbackattack]

Queens lost a crucial bit of what made them so fucking good when he was kicked out. I get Homme,'s reasoning for it though but we did end up with "Queens lite"

[@thehighdeath5562]

I say this all the time. Nick brought the maniacal edge that’s missing now. He was also an additional songwriter and singer which added depth and diversity to the Queens sound.

[@giovanniamore7532]

ýou naild it here.. i cant take it, its awfull.. the onlý crowd theý can please for the last decade are the average drunk, stupid festival moron.. theý onlý plaý covers of themselfs now and lame ass shit no one gives a thin fuck

[@ForARide]

Same thing with the Velvet Underground. After Lou Reed kicked out John Cale after recording White Light/White Heat they lost their cutting edge. The Velvets albums after that were nothing compared two those two seminal albums that would change Rock forever, kicking in the door for a whole new universe to unfold into the Punk/Alternative movement.

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

​@@ForARideQOTSA released Like Clockwork, one of the greatest rock albums of the last decade. And The velvet underground released the self titled, which is an amazing pop rock record. Someone needs to be more open minded

[@justinparkerthewildwolf6394]

He's a real punk rocker

[@aspartamekillsyaknow9019]

Dope fiend

[@bluesfortheredsun]

if you ever spent some time with the guy you know he is a cool cat. down to earth, always smiling and ready to party.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Seeing how many comments like this there are, it sounds like Nick puts on a “nice guy” face when he meets fans

[@bluesfortheredsun]

@@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 i don't know about that. from my experience he was always cool, unpretencious, really down to earth and fun.

[@Handles_are_garbage]

Yeah, I think he's a legit "nice guy" with issues. I have IRL friends who are the same. Super nice and always a good time, but constantly in trouble for something bad. I've met Nick a few times and he seemed humble and generous (dude didn't even know me and poured me a third of a pint of tequila). I didn't feel like it was a act, but folks can be legit nice and dick heads at the same time, especially when drink etc gets involved.

[@finalalarm]

So glad I was able to see him tour with the Moistboyz in 2013. Great show!!

[@BlackHeart_YouTube_Channel]

They made an secret unplugged concert back in 2002 in Bern, switzerland with probably 50 ppl audience. They right in front of us partying, jamming for 2 hours. The 90s energy was still there. It was one of the most important music moments in my life if not the most important. Lanegan, Nick both still there.

[@sullyb23511]

If Kurt had done more pot and mushrooms as opposed to heroin, painkillers, and alcohol, then maybe he'd still be alive.

[@HoiPolloi]

Yeah, or no drugs. Seems like druggies should do NO drugs.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

But then would we have gotten a different sounding Nirvana?

[@CharlieChinchillaTV]

@@HoiPolloi i was addicted to same shit as Kurt for almost 9 years and Marijuana saved my life. so its extremely subjective.

[@mranchorface]

Pot's not a drug

[@Jimi-Vision-sv1xl]

im 14 and this is deep

[@CHILIP-ts5vt]

Nick is an underrated bass player. He's great on songs like Do It Again, Better Living, In the Fade

[@deadbeats4894]

Dude even looks like GG

[@juanmunoz8524]

Dude looks like Mike V, Mike V sucks in Black Flag 😂

[@DowStUnD86]

I bet he has a bigger Weiner and smells better.

[@aspartamekillsyaknow9019]

He tried

[@timucincarmijn8117]

I opened for Mondo Generator two times. He’s a pretty chill guy now. Gave me and my band a shoutout on stage when their drummer, Mike broke his snares and I lend him mine

[@JamesIV97]

Oliveri is a crazier version of Flea in another parallel universe

[@JustK009]

Oliveri might be a headcase but he’ll give you that WORK on BASS🍻

[@josoup5656]

He always seems so chill and respectful during interviews too. He has his demons but he’s not like a complete basket case.

[@coryfusting9294]

Run into him several times at shows over the years and he's always a hoot to hang out with. The funniest memory I recall was on New Years Eve in Cincinnati. Stoner opened for Clutch. Me and a friend ran into him in a bathroom and somehow we just started talking about Andre The Giant for a few minutes.

[@kensloth]

Having a biker uncle give you a guitar and introduce you to Black Sabbath is a hell of an origin story. What a fucking awesome uncle. Cheers to you, uncle! 🍻

[@neilmcclelland2615]

You missed out his time with Masters of Reality - pretty awesome band with Josh Homme and Chris Goss.

[@indyheel1534]

Awesome band!

[@acem1230]

Josh was never in MOR

[@TheZappawizard]

​@@acem1230 umm. Yeah he was. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_%27n%27_Flight

[@D-Fens_1632]

Did they do "Deep in the Hole?" I forgot I had that album.

[@benjaminiredale5531]

@@acem1230 Toured with them after Deep in the Hole, the live album Flak n Flight from that tour is an absolute belter.

[@elaztec.aztecca]

Worked the local crew stage work for a QOTSA concert at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in Asheville NC in, maybe it was ‘14… watched from the scaffolding up above the drummer, such an incredible show… they had that green room smelling SUPER SWEET!! Great band, hope everyone is healthy and happy and making music and memories. *That means YOU too reading this!!

[@EmaCantoni]

I’ve met nick a few years ago. He was playing in a small venue in Italy where i’ve played with my band lots of time (we literally played there again like a month ago). The live was finished (great live) we wanted to talk to nick but he was surrounded by 40+ people who were asking for pics and autographs and we didn’t want to bother him so we decided to wait a bit, we starded playing foosball and having a few beers. After taking pics and talking with all those people he came to us just to have a chat. We obviously stopped playing and started talking to him hahah I was wearing a taylor hawkins tshirt so he told us about how sad his death was for every person who knew him and anyone who knew him, about his funeral and other things. Then we told him that we were (still are) a band and that we played in the place where he was playing that night and he started asking us questions about our music, our influences and so on and we ended up having a nice chat with nick that lasted like 15 minutes or more. He was such a humble and friendly guy, hope to meet him again some day :)

[@damianpadilla297]

would love to also see a video about the wild story of Mark Lanegan !

[@vincenzocoda955]

I recommend his autobiographical book “Sing backwards and weep”, you will delve into the depths of his being, artistic and human.

[@Handles_are_garbage]

​@@vincenzocoda955 I got the audio book read by Lanegan. It hits hard.

[@adreenalize]

I loved his collaborations with Svetlanas! Excellent stuff! 👍😎🎸

[@bulldaggerwatkins190]

I love your channel, man!

[@mCblue79]

Nice work! New sub 👍

[@justincollins4779]

I’m a drummer who personally know Nick. Yeah he had is problems and ups and downs but at this point he is a really great and genuine guy. The story of him and his ex and the swat team is something he will absolutely talk about and tell you the truth about. He’s a good guy. Rock-n-roll is a hard and crazy life but he absolutely lives it and is amazing to see hang with

[@tjrichly7879]

52 WEEKS OF FINGER MANAGMENT??? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?? I NEVER HEAR OF THIS!

[@CharlieBoy360]

Not finger, he said HANGER management.

[@tjrichly7879]

@CharlieBoy360 Oohhh!!! Right! My bad!😂

[@Dobletormento]

XDXDXD

[@Ticonderous1]

Great Video man .. Thanks ..

[@whytegroovin]

he first formed SONS OF KYUSS , along with josh homme and first released an lp under that first moniker , then a second one as kyuss " wretch " then " blues for the red sun " in 1992 ...

[@blackphoenixfamily8477]

Well, you are sort of correct..... Chris Cockrell was the bassist for all songs on Sons of Kyuss including Black Widow and Deadly Kiss, but Nick did play on everything else on Wretch.

[@bluesfortheredsun]

sons of kyuss were formed by brant bjork and josh homme.

[@jc7997aj]

Must be nice to have money. Anyone else holds someome hostage and swat has to come out is going to jail for 15 years.

[@jc7997aj]

@BLKNVMPR I can imagine there'd be some mixed feelings during that. Either that or your at his defense during the trial. Telling the judge "your honor he couldnt help it, that was my ex wife and I can testify she's a righteous c*nt and probably deserved it." 🤣.

[@stephenowens3687]

​@BLKNVMPR Was just thinking that.

[@katoffeevhs9798]

I saw QOTSA live in a tiny club, 20 years ago. They were possibly the loudest band I've ever seen; it was almost alarming, and I knew people were getting permanent hearing damage. Legendary show, but they kinda had a weird anti-social vibe. amazing music of course, their old stuff is the best

[@CarlosMeza-p3f]

As much as I hate to admit it they are very anti social. They're all drug addicts and rabble-rousers so it explains why they choose that lifestyle. Never meet your heroes.

[@extramedium3920]

I live in the high desert and see Nick around from time to time. Great guy. Another unsung legend out here, that has a lot of writing credits on early Queen's records is Mario (Boomer) Lalli.

[@lastrights23]

one of the nicest people i’ve ever met. he kicked it before a dwarves show last year shooting the shit about the stooges!

[@betterdaysareatoenailaway]

QOTSA have never been the same since the kicked Nick out. Josh's voice is cool but not song after song after song. My interest in the new records is fucking nil.

[@321doucheface]

yeah they suck without nick

[@BlackTarInTheChinaWhiteHouse]

Was that Scott Hill playing bass in Kyuss after Nick got kicked out? Blues For A Red Sun is awesome but Fu Manchu took it to the next level with The Action Is Go & Brant Bjork on drums.

[@N3xus1138]

After Brazil the " nick got arrested again this time in South America." Noone knows any geography anymore?

[@Igor.J.Delgado]

He's talking about Brazil, not a different incident

[@N3xus1138]

@Igor.J.Delgado well I guess I should've payed attention better then. :p

[@SamThredder]

its so nice to see mr cobain being a new dad, there's not much footage but you can tell he was so calm and loving. aah

[@joranbaem]

For sure

[@CharlieBoy360]

Meanwhile Dave couldn't have slobbered over the Queens knobs and harder. It cleary made Kurt uncomfortable, understandably so. It sounded like he was doing an intro for a PBS special. Awkward...

[@bschuler6216]

​@@CharlieBoy360* Kyuss

[@DaveDuncanMusic]

What kind of dad abandones their child for life because he's sad?

[@momar678]

It was kind of funny to hear a massive junkie say "what's so cool about that?" Regarding taking mushrooms and smoking weed

[@d_ruggs]

songs for the deaf will go down as one of the best rock albums of all time. so many classics

[@BlindN1Ear]

Met Nick at Psycho Las Vegas. Bought him a Jack n Coke and chatted for a while. Super cool and chill.

[@Dwolfmusic]

Met him after a show 2 years ago. He took the time to thank every member of the audience individually by shaking their hand. Talked to him for a little bit and got a picture with him. Absolutely the most down to earth dude i've ever met, no ego at all.

[@glenncunningham2262]

2 years ago is not 2003. I never really had a problem with him,though he definitely wasn't as friendly 20 years ago.

[@arthur-jx9ou]

the first queens of the stone age album (1998) only has the participation of joshua and alfredo, but josh did put a weird pseudonym other than his own name on the album cover

[@dragonlotion1789]

Maybe check out Crash Worship if you haven’t already.

[@eliceus]

He's wiser, but still making wild and unapologetic music. Classic narrator ending.

[@vidalovecraft2903]

Met Nick at a Dwarves show, he was super cool and really nice. I was walking by and he complimented my Richard Hell shirt and we started chatting for a second. Later I realized who he was when he went on stage with Blag lol Thought he looked familiar but thought he was one of us Nashville punks lol

[@geordiedog1749]

Need to mention he’s a quality bass man.

[@briansays2286]

Queens arent so good without Nick⚡

[@IWannaGoSailing]

Anyone else notice a commonality amongst all the concerts in the 2000s??? Nobody blocking the view of other patrons and fans behind them holding up their freaking mobile phones. Everyone in just in the moment, enjoying the music and the talent of the performers on stage. Those were the good days of concert going. Then circa 2012/2013 the mobile started showing up at concerts and jacking up the experience for everyone. Now I don't even bother going to a concert unless it's advertised as a phone-free show.

[@thejamnasium6447]

Yeah man I notice that about concerts in the 70s too! Nobody had cameras on their phones dude. And if they did they were awful. Come on

[@jackasmaracas4362]

If you have your head in your phone the entire gig, I get it, but why is everybody so triggered by the fact that people wanna store memories to look back on later? It's just pathetic.

[@IWannaGoSailing]

@@jackasmaracas4362 Respectfully responding - Because the people holding up their phones are blocking the view of other patrons and fans behind them. I do get it that people want to remember their experience, but some people stand their with their phone in their hand recording the whole show. It's fine to snap a couple of photos, or record a part of the show - maybe even a very popular song when they perform it, to preserve the memory. I paid for a ticket to see the artist perform live with my eyes, not through the screen of the person in front of me. If I wanted to see a show on a screen I could have stayed home and watched it on television.

[@raimywinter2309]

I meet Nick at muddy Roots. Really cool to me .🤘🏻He did some kyuss songs with John .really dope

[@coryfusting9294]

That year was fantastic. Dwarves, Nick Solo and then with John Garcia doing Kyuss.

[@rhysie9983]

I met him in London. Genuinely nice. Also the best ever QOTSA bassist. Different band after he left.

[@pattonPwr]

QOTSA died when Oliveri was fired

[@illiadoni7881]

You missed a brief part of his history. He moved to Baltimore around 1996 for a short time with his girlfriend Val Fravaza who was Dan Higgs (lungfish) ex baby mama. Nick played with Stress Magnets where he met Rob Oswald who is drummer in Karma to Burn and almost a member of Queens of Stone Age but also a mess on drugs when he tried out for QOSA. I was friends with Val and Stress Magnets and apparently Nick wanted to kill me after I had Val over to smoke weed one day after work. She and I worked at a sushi bar together. Then he left Bmore and I was glad.

[@Rexy-sy9wt]

He kool dude. Plays killer drums as well (Death Machine 2) . Seen them a couple times as a drummer first i was kinda like "whoa!" Cause he hit hard as you can and good pocket just him and a girl guitar player michelle. He gave me several vinyl albums from his car after a small show .⚡

[@r3da]

What's the song of the beginning?

[@MRDOZEDOFF420]

He use to come into the sam ash store I use to work at. He was nice and humble.

[@nonamejohnson4809]

I remember I saw Mondo Generator live. Nick's bass guitar wasn't sounding right to him. So in the middle of a song he took his bass and repeatedly swung it at the ground. I asked him if I could have some of the broken bass he smiled and said 'No' 😂

[@thirdlegstalliano]

I love this narration. No more of that ai or whatever

[@user-friendlyhuman]

Fk AI

[@rubif5797]

Really interesting research. Great video.

[@DasKampbell]

He played in 2019 with a friend of mine in Brisbane in a act called Kyuss Dies

[@WeGachaMetal]

wow great video. lots of very cool footage. I've been a BIG fan of Kyuss, QOTSA. Mondo Gen ever since my college radio days in 1991 when i heard WRETCH. BAD BITCH on a BIG BIKE!!!! His best album (other than Songs for the Deaf) is Drug Problem that never existed. sh*t''s genius.

[@LITSOUL1]

I drank with him at the Yee Rustin Inn, in Los Feliz, CA in the Los Angeles area. I remember he took me out to his car and gave me a few CDs of some of his projects at the time. He seemed cool and just a fellow Rocker.

[@MillionaireRobot]

14:00 Did Nick really have fightings with Mark Lanegan?

[@tobewills2665]

Saw him play a solo acoustic set as opening act for Mark Lanegans band circa bubblegum... awesome gig. He was also part of lanegans band for said gig...

[@josh_ari]

Ironic Josh Homme headbutts his wife in the face after being so judgemental of Nick Oliveri

[@herrtulpeskanal1980]

oh god, didn't know that until now. disgusting. seems he lost his way, maybe that's why the latest album did not do anything for me even though it should check all the boxes. frick, wish i hadn't googled it.

[@Khalixth0]

Awesome footage!

[@louisminati]

Absolute legend for his work with Kyuss alone

[@jamesmason1347]

The Joey C era is the best era

[@sandwich-breath]

Joey’s a monster, the best drummer they ever had.

[@jamesmason1347]

@ I agree 100%

[@zeikerd]

nice guy, met him a few times, he can talk punkrock for hours

[@D-Fens_1632]

QOTSA were the last great rock band that mattered, and Nick was a big part of that.

[@brennanscarcello1443]

He almost ran me over in Portland when he was headed to the QOTSA show I was going to. Was the first time they played together in 10 years, couldn't be almost murdered by a more badass dude.

[@Phylemaw]

What kinda orange head does he play on at 17:00 with Stöner? 🙂

[@CarlosMeza-p3f]

Look it up on Equipboard they should have all his gear and when he played it.

When I hear Queens of the Stone Age I can't help but hear Truly. They ripped their entire style. I am positive Josh Homme was a big fan of Fast Stories...From Kid Coma.

[@CharlieBoy360]

Yeah not impressed with Homme. From the video it sure looks like Nick is the one with most of the talent. What has he done without nick? Not to mention without Grohl or Lanagan.

[@kantina4765]

​@@CharlieBoy360without nick he wrote several really great albums, with arguably his best work coming a good 10 years after nick was no longer involved.

[@321doucheface]

@@kantina4765 nah. everything after SFTD is mediocre at best.

[@kantina4765]

@@321doucheface this suggests your taste in music is limited

[@sandwich-breath]

Thanks for the tip, hadn’t heard of Truly. Checked them out, I see the similarity. At the very least 90’s music is just the best.

[@derekgregg9009]

see this guy around town all the time.

[@dcs2690]

He's a true rock ''n roller, doesn't give a fuck. Respect for that. I remember the RiR episode too and I think it was rock 'n' roll AF.

[@doomerius1300]

Trevor from GTA V from parallel universe 😎