Just because Queens of the Stone Age are taking a break right now doesn’t mean frontman Josh Homme isn’t still finding new projects. The musician has teamed up with members of Paramore and Jimmy Eat World to form The Sweet Stuff Foundation.
The charity is designed to benefit ill or disabled musicians, engineers, and their families. You can read the charity’s mission statement below:
The mission of The Sweet Stuff Foundation is to help our musical community and their families with the vital elements often overlooked during periods of illness and disability. Things like transportation to medical treatment, assistance with childcare and tuition, income assistance, the “last wishes” of a lifetime, and special treatments not covered by insurance. The healing power of music is also a vital form of preventative medicine. That’s why the Sweet Stuff Foundation’s two prong approach is also committed to providing assistance for music lessons, instruments, and musical collaborations for children. To help foster an atmosphere of creativity & introduce a healthy outlet via music, so that the “Sweet Stuff’ will continue for generations to come.
The foundation was actually founded in 2013, but now that QOTSA are off the road, they’re able to give the charity the attention it deserves. The Foo Fighters recently raised awareness for it in a social media post.
Our thoughts naturally turned to beloved NOLA drummer Eric Bolivar, who is still suffering from polycystic kidney disease. Hopefully organizations like Sweet Stuff will be able to help musicians like Bolivar.
You can find out more about the charity here.