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Queens of the Stone Age (QotSA or simply Queens) are a hard rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997.

Queens of the Stone Age released their self-titled debut, Queens of the Stone Age (1998) on Loose Groove records (the album was also released on vinyl by Man's Ruin Records), which was recorded with Homme handling both guitar- and bass guitar-playing duties, Alfredo Hernández on the drums, and included several other instrumental and vocal contributions by Chris Goss and Hutch. Prior to forming Queens of the Stone Age, Homme had played with the Screaming Trees as a backing guitarist for two years of touring and asked Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan to appear on the record, but he was unable to due to other commitments. Soon after the recording sessions were finished for the album, former Kyuss bassist Nick Oliveri and guitarist Dave Catching joined Queens of the Stone Age and touring commenced. A recording of a phone message which plays the voice of Oliveri stating his decision to join Queens of the Stone Age can be heard at the end of the album's final song, "I Was a Teenage Hand Model". From this point forward, the Queens of the Stone Age line-up would change frequently. By the time their second album was being recorded, Hernández was no longer in the Queens of the Stone Age.

2000's Queens of the Stone Age Rated R featured a plethora of musicians familiar with Homme and Oliveri's work and "crew" of sorts: among others, drummers Nick Lucero and Gene Trautmann, guitarists Dave Catching, Brendon McNichol, and Chris Goss contributed, and even Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, recording next door, stepped in for a guest spot on "Feel Good Hit of the Summer". The album received positive reviews but found little commercial success, aside from scoring Queens of the Stone Age notable opening slots with the Foo Fighters, Hole, and at Ozzfest 2000.

Frequent touring by Queens of the Stone Age for Rated R generated support for the Queens of the Stone Age which grew when Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl joined in late 2001/early 2002 to record their third album. Songs for the Deaf was released in August, featuring former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan, a floater since Rated R, as well as adding former A Perfect Circle guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen to the Queens of the Stone Age touring line up following the album's release. Although Songs for the Deaf gained major attention, Grohl returned to his other projects and was replaced on the European leg of the Queens of the Stone Age album's supporting tour by former Danzig drummer Joey Castillo, who joined the Queens of the Stone Age full time. Also featured on Deaf for the final track Mosquito Song were former A Perfect Circle bassist Paz Lenchantin (on viola and piano) and Ween's Mickey Melchiondo on guitar.

In 2005, Homme, along with Eleven multi-instrumentalist Alain Johannes and remaining band members Van Leeuwen and Castillo recorded the Queens of the Stone Age fourth studio album, Lullabies to Paralyze, a title taken from a lyric in "Mosquito Song" from their previous album.