Josh Homme, on the verge of releasing his ninth album with Queens of the Stone Age, is now operating as a newly sanctified “internet sex symbol.” Don’t take our word. That’s what GQ says. Still, life hasn’t always been runway-smooth for the 53-year-old singer. He’s dealt with cancer, a messy divorce marked by abuse allegations on both sides and public behavior that sometimes defied explanation. It’s all led Homme to “Perfecth,” a sprawling record out Oct. 30 that has as many echoes of the Misfits as it does road-weary Jackson Browne.
