Queens of the Stone Age is the self-titled debut album from Joshua Homme's eponymous project. The album was released on September 22nd 1998 on Loose Groove records, operated by Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard. The vinyl version was released in three limited editions on Frank Kozik's record label Man's Ruin Records. Recently different counterfeit versions of this album have shown up for sale on websites such as eBay.

The album features a monotonous riff-oriented songwriting style that Joshua Homme dubbed "robot rock", similar to the extended jam sessions of his previous band Kyuss.