Songs for the Deaf is the third studio album by the American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on August 27, 2002, by Interscope Records. It features many guest musicians, and was the last Queens of the Stone Age album to feature Nick Oliveri on bass. It was also the first Queens of the Stone Age album to feature Dave Grohl on drums, with the second being …Like Clockwork in 2013, where he would feature on half of the track list. Songs for the Deaf is a loose concept album, taking the listener on a drive through the California desert from Los Angeles to Joshua Tree, tuning into radio stations from towns along the way such as Banning and Chino Hills. Songs for the Deaf received critical acclaim and earned Queens of the Stone Age their first gold certification in the United States. One million copies were sold in Europe, earning a platinum certification from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in 2008. "No One Knows", "Go with the Flow" and "First It Giveth" were released as singles. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_f...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)