Queens of the Stone Age keep on rockin with grandMA2

Queens of the Stone Age keep on rockin with grandMA2 posted: 16/08/2018

Go with the flow

Formed in 1996 in Palm Desert, California, the Queens of the Stone Age developed a style of riff-oriented, heavy rock music. Their sound has since evolved to incorporate a variety of different styles and influences, including working with Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, and Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan who has been a steady contributor to the band. For all this time Josh Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita and Jon Theodore have been a constant in the worldwide Rock'n'Roll circus, touring and performing old and new songs, always dedicated to keeping the spirit of innovation and autonomy alive and moving forward.

This motivation also applies to lighting designer Emmanuelle Gigi Pedron who has given the band a very unique look onstage. Using a grandMA2 full-size as her creative tool of choice, she has also transformed this - with tons of imagination - into an object of art itself. A grandMA2 light was on the most recent tour as well.

Gigi commented on her choice of MA Lighting: I started touring about 19 years ago and the MA Lighting Lightcommander 24/48 was the first console I ever touched. Ever since, I have exclusively worked with MA. I've used them all, from Scancommander to the latest grandMA2 running the most recent software versions and very soon I hope to utilize the grandMA3!

I've been customizing my console for a long time now. I change the theme and color according to the tour design. It's E-Tape art , continued Pedron.

The tour's lighting equipment was supplied by Upstaging in the U.S. and Christie Lites in Europe.

A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting in the USA and Canada.

Company Profile

MA Lighting International as master distributor is responsible for worldwide sales and marketing of the professional lighting control solutions of MA Lighting Technology. The product range offers the grandMA3 and grandMA2 series, the dot2 range and the MA Network Switch.

Today, MA Lighting is respected for its technical knowledge and has achieved a unique international reputation for its operational philosophy. The company offers several decades of experience and strictly follows a professional user-centric approach, getting as close as possible to the market via its own international offices and support centers in the UK, North America, Latin America, the Middle East/India, Asia Pacific and Scandinavia/Eastern Europe/Russia - supported by a world-wide distribution and service network.

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