Personal Life
Homme and his wife, Spinnerette frontwoman Brody Dalle, have a daughter named Camille Harley Joan Homme, born on January 17, 2006, and a son, Orrin Ryder Homme, born August 12, 2011. The couple resides in Palm Springs.
Homme collects motorcycles and rides a rare, post-war Falcon Motorcycle. In a radio interview, Homme and Nick Oliveri agreed to give the LAPD permission to use the song "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" in anti-drunk driving films in return for a reduced sentence, following the Blag Dahlia incident.
He has 17 tattoos. The most commonly seen ones are the ones on his knuckles—they are his grandparents' nicknames with a heart (Cam (short for Camille) on the left, and Cap on the right). His inner right arm has a straight-edge razor and the words 'Born to Win', with his nickname 'Baby Duck' underneath. He also has his daughter's name, Camille, tattooed over his heart. After his son was born he added a heart and his son's initials ORH below his knuckles and the tattoo on his right hand.
In a 2011 interview with Anthony Bourdain, celebrity Chef and host of the television program, "Anthony Bourdain | No Reservations," Homme admits that as a teenager raised in the desert, "...you have to create your own fun." He candidly speaks about being raised in the desert. Homme also admits that he never started playing music to "get girls, or make money" and that he assumed he would grow up to be "a good Contractor, like my dad." The episode originally aired August 8, 2011 on The Travel Channel, titled "US Desert".
In 2011, Homme was named the 14th best guitarist of the last 30 years by BBC-6Music. Josh Homme is also an amateur luthier.
In an interview with The Guardian in 2010, Homme admitted that he is "very conservative, politically" and that he does not think the government has any better idea how to spend his money than he does.
Josh Homme also has been quoted as saying he eats up to three pineapples before going on stage to give him the energy to play guitar professionally.
Homme is also an avid gun collector, with some of his collection including a classic Winchester rifle, sawn-off shotgun, and a Beretta 9mm target pistol.
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