Gamma Ray (EP)

Gamma Ray
EP by Queens of the Stone Age
Released	January 1996
Recorded	1995 at Ironwood Studios, Seattle
Genre	Hard rock, stoner rock
Length	8:37
Label	Man's Ruin Records
Producer	Josh Homme and Chris Goss
Queens of the Stone Age chronology
Gamma Ray (1996) Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age (1997)

Gamma Ray is the debut EP from American rock band Gamma Ray, which later became known as Queens of the Stone Age in 1997. It features two songs, both of which would later be re-recorded. "If Only Everything" would later be re-recorded as "If Only" on their 1998 eponymous debut album, while "Born to Hula" would be re-recorded as a b-side on 2000's "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret", 2004's Stone Age Complication and the reissue of Rated R. It is out of print.^[1]

Track listing

1. "If Only Everything" (Josh Homme) – 3:32
2. "Born to Hula" (Josh Homme) – 5:05

Personnel

• Josh Homme - guitar, vocals, bass on "Born to Hula", producer and mixing
• Van Conner - bass on "If Only Everything"
• Vic 'The Stick' Indrizzo - drums and percussion on "If Only Everything"
• Matt Cameron - drums on "Born to Hula"
• John Garcia - backing vocals on "Born to Hula"

References