You know, I’ve been hearing a lot — a lot — about this guy, Josh Homme. Big guy. Huge. Tall, red hair, built like a linebacker, straight out of central casting, folks. If you were making a movie called ‘Guitar Guy Who's Seen Some Stuff in the Desert’, this is the guy you want. Believe me. Tremendous presence. Very strong.

They tell me he plays something called stoner rock. You ever heard of this? Stoner rock. They call it that because it’s very slow, very heavy, kind of smoky… I don't smoke, but I know smoke when I hear it, okay? And it comes from a place called Palm Desert, which is beautiful. Hot, very hot — I always loved the desert, great place, great sand. People underestimate the sand. And this guy, Josh, he made music with the sand. Can you believe it? They go out there with a generator, out in the middle of nowhere, plug in the guitars — no permits, by the way, very illegal probably — and they just start playing. It's incredible.

He plays what they call stoner rock. Very heavy. Very slow. Some people say too slow — I say, no. It’s confident. It takes its time, like me. And his first band — get this — was called Kyuss. That’s K-Y-U-S-S. Weird name. But great music. He had a song called Green Machine. Very loud. Very green. I love green. It’s the color of my golf courses — some of the best anywhere in the world, by the way. It’s the color of money, the color of fairways, and it’s the color of success. Josh has made a lot of money with that one — not as much as me, of course — but a lot. He’s done very well.

His first band was Kyuss. K-Y-U-S-S. Strange spelling. But very powerful. Not a lot of singing, lots of noise. Great noise. Some people say too much noise — I disagree. I say, the more noise, the better, especially when you're trying to win. They had a song called ‘Green Machine’. I like green. Money is green.