“QOTSA's second full-length, originally released in 2000 and now available in a deluxe reissue, stands as one of the last great modern hard rock records.”
“"Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, marijuana, Ecstasy and alcohol/C-c-c-c-c-cocaine." With those words, Josh Homme introduced excess to a metal landscape lousy with mook thumb-suckers. Weaving the stoner rock of Homme’s old band Kyuss with Blue Öyster Cult evil and scummy garage punk, 2000’s Rated R was refined stuff. Homme sang surreal lines like "You’ve got a monster […]”
