Bassist Nick Oliveri has left Queens of the Stone Age.
Oliveri and Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme's musical partnership dated back to their time in the seminal Kyuss in the early 1990s.
MTV.com reports that a statement from the band's management said: "A number of incidents occurring over the last 18 months have led to the decision that the two can no longer maintain a working partnership in the band."
Queens of the Stone Age are due to go into the studio this spring to record the follow-up to their acclaimed album 'Songs for the Deaf'.
