Troy Van Leeuwen
Troy Van Leeuwen (born January 5, 1970) is an American musician and record producer. He is best known as a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist in the rock band Queens of the Stone Age, with whom he has recorded five studio albums. Joining the band in 2002, he is the second-longest-serving member of the band, after founding member Josh Homme. Van Leeuwen is also a member of the supergroup Gone Is Gone and has fronted his own projects, Enemy and Sweethead.
Troy Van Leeuwen
- T.V. Leeuwen
- Troy De Van Leeuwen
- TVL
- Tweezil Von Smoothy
- Twizzy
January 5, 1970
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Musician
- songwriter
- producer
- Guitar
- keyboards
- synthesizers
- percussion
- bass
- vocals
1983–present
- Jester
- Little Boots
- 60 Cycle
- Failure
- A Perfect Circle
- The Wondergirls
- Enemy
- Revenge of the Triads
- Eagles of Death Metal
- Mondo Generator
Originally a member of Failure, Van Leeuwen joined the alternative rock supergroup A Perfect Circle in 1999, contributing to their first two studio albums, Mer de Noms (2000) and Thirteenth Step (2003), before joining Queens of the Stone Age to tour in support of their third studio album, Songs for the Deaf (2002). Van Leeuwen has remained in the band ever since, recording five albums with the band to date: Lullabies to Paralyze (2005), Era Vulgaris (2007), ...Like Clockwork (2013), Villains (2017) and In Times New Roman... (2023).
Van Leeuwen has contributed to several other Queens of the Stone Age-related side-projects, including The Desert Sessions, Mondo Generator, Eagles of Death Metal and The Gutter Twins. In addition to his primary projects, Van Leeuwen has also been a touring member of The Damned, Jane's Addiction and Iggy Pop's band.