Homme 'turned down Oliveri QOTSA return'

Nick Oliveri has claimed that Josh Homme turned down a request for him to rejoin Queens of the Stone Age on stage.

Homme fired Oliveri in 2004 but the pair have since reconciled. The bassist confirmed to UGO that he suggested a reunion when he saw the band play a benefit show in Los Angeles.

"I was down there and I mentioned to them, 'Why don't I come up and do 'Millionaire' or something, and sing it and not play bass?'" Oliveri said.

"He was like, 'Nah, I don't think that's a good idea yet.' It's kind of in his court for stuff like that. I don't think he wants to give anybody the wrong idea.

"I don't necessarily know if that would happen. And he's got a good band - he's taking the band in the direction he wants it to go. Hey, it's all good."

Asked if Homme was asked to join him on his Kyuss Lives project, Oliveri said: "I don't think he was. [Singer] John [Garcia] didn't think that he wanted to with the three bands that he's already in.

"I asked Josh, 'Is it cool if I go and do this thing? What do you think?' And he said, 'Go do it man. Have some fun!' Josh has in his studio a framed poster of Garcia Plays Kyuss in there, so he's proud of the Kyuss thing as far as I know. He's cool with it."

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