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Troy Van Leeuwen
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Troy Van Leeuwen is an American guitarist who currently plays lap steel guitar, electric guitar, keyboards and sometimes bass in Queens of the Stone Age. Van Leeuwen began his career in his first band Jester with vocalist Eric Book,[citation needed] and played guitar for Failure and A Perfect Circle before joining Queens of the Stone Age in 2002. Van Leeuwen also fronts his own band, Enemy.
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Van Leeuwen uses hollowbody guitars including several Yamaha AES1500s, his signature SA503 TVL, other Gibson and Yamaha hollowbodies, a Gibson Les Paul and a Chandler lap steel guitar.[1]
- Jester (first studio recording)
- Failure - an influential American alternative and space rock band active in the 1990s.
- A Perfect Circle - Van Leeuwen appeared on guitar on the albums Mer de Noms and Thirteenth Step.
- Enemy
- Queens of the Stone Age - Troy Van Leeuwen - Guitar/Lap Steel/Keyboards/Bass/Vocals (2002–present)
- Depeche Mode (studio recordings only)
- Korn (studio recordings only)
- Orgy (studio recordings only)
- ^ Much of this information has been gathered through the observations of the Queens of the Stone Age official forum on the 'QOTSA Guitars' thread.
| Queens of the Stone Age |
| Joshua Homme | Joey Castillo | Troy Van Leeuwen | Alain Johannes |
| Dave Grohl | Nick Oliveri | Natasha Shneider | Dave Catching | Mark Lanegan | Alfredo Hernández | Gene Trautmann | Brendon McNichol | John McBain |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Queens of the Stone Age | Rated R | Songs for the Deaf | Lullabies to Paralyze | Era Vulgaris |
| EPs: Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age | Stone Age Complications |
| Singles: "If Only" | "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" | "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" | "No One Knows" | "Go with the Flow" | "First It Giveth" | "Little Sister" | "In My Head" | "Burn the Witch" |
| DVDs: Over the Years and Through the Woods |
| Related articles |
| Kyuss | The Desert Sessions | Eagles of Death Metal | Mondo Generator | Screaming Trees | Rekords Rekords |
| Categories |
| Queens of the Stone Age Albums | Queens of the Stone Age Songs |
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