Gamma Ray changed their name in 1997 after the German power metal band Gamma Ray threatened to sue. The name “Queens of the Stone Age” came from a nickname given to Kyuss by their producer Chris Goss . Homme said of the name: “Kings would be too macho. The Kings of the Stone Age wear armor and have axes and wrestle. The Queens of the Stone Age hang out with the Kings of the Stone Age’s girlfriends when they wrestle … Rock should be heavy enough for the boys and sweet enough for the girls. That way everyone’s happy and it’s more of a party. Kings of the Stone Age is too lopsided.”
Gamma Ray changes name
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