https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNwNSU5NikU The past few years have been all over the map for Josh Homme. There has been cause for celebration: The frontman and founder of Queens of the Stone Age produced a record with and toured with his childhood idol, Iggy Pop . But there has also been tragedy. Homme's other band, the Eagles of Death Metal , was playing at the Bataclan during the horrific Paris attacks almost two years ago. Though Homme was not there that night, he still does not talk about it. The new Queens of the Stone Age album, Villains , shows few signs of that darkness. The upbeat, even dancey record was produced by Mark Ronson , who famously worked with Amy Winehouse , Adele and Lady Gaga before working on Villains . Homme talked to NPR's Kelly McEvers about the band's "orbital" approach to the music on Villains , working with Iggy Pop and why he won't discuss the 2015 attack at the Bataclan. Hear the conversation at the audio link or read an edited transcript of the
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