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Sat 11 Nov 2002A night out with the wild boysThe saviours of rock 'n' roll or drug-crazed rockers? Ian Gittins enters the wonderful and frightening world of Queens of the Stone Age.I've been chasing my tail trying to have a good time on this tour," grumbles Josh Homme, the towering 1.93-metre frontman of Queens of the Stone Age (QotSA), as he sucks on a beer backstage before his band's gig at Leeds University, northern England. "It's been difficult to come by. Everybody is so nervous of us now."