Natasha Shneider, the righteous woman on keys from Queens of the Stone Age, lost her battle to cancer on July the 2nd. Shneider had a long musical career, that included work with Chris Cornell, Louis XIV, Eleven, and I’m sure about a hundred other kickass bands that most of us will never even hear about. Shneider was 52 years old.

I love Queens of the Stone Age, but I’ve always hated Josh Homme’s stage banter. He talks like a kid who just discovered how to curse, ultra excited to use words like “fuck, and “pussy.” Here’s Josh being really mature, berating and ultimately ejecting a teenage kid in Norway for throwing a water bottle at him. Rock and roll! Ow!

Queens of the Stone Age are streaming “3’s & 7’s,” a track from their forthcoming album Era Vulgaris (due June 12th) on their official Web site. It’s catchy, for sure, but it’s pretty toothless. I guess everything can’t rock as hard at Songs for the Deaf, but the world would be a better place if they could. If you want to check it out, be quick about it; they’re taking it down at the end of the day.