History YMMV / QueensOfTheStoneAge

** The songs "Avon", "Monsters in the Parasol"[[note]]under the title "Monster in the Parasol"[[/note]], "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel like a Millionaire", "Like a Drug", "Hangin' Tree"[[note]]under the title "Hanging Tree"[[/note]], "Make It wit Chu"[[note]]under the title "I Wanna Make It wit Chu"[[/note]] and "In My Head"[[note]]under the title "In My Head...or Something"[[/note]] were all originally performed by The Desert Sessions. Though The Desert Sessions was also founded by Josh Homme, the Queens of the Stone Age versions are better known.
** The reverse is true for "Rickshaw", which was originally recorded as a QOTSA demo in 1997.

* SignatureSong: "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer" and "The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret" from ''Rated R'', along with "No One Knows" and "Go with the Flow" from ''Songs for the Deaf'', are their most recognizable songs, with "Regular John", "Little Sister", "3's & 7's", "My God Is the Sun", and to a lesser extent, "The Way You Used to Do" not far behind.

* NightmareFuel: "Mosquito Song" is the most terrifying thing. It's about being eaten alive.
* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: "I Sat by the Ocean" contains the trope name as lyrics.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire" is one of the most popular songs on ''Songs for the Deaf''[[note]]it probably helps that Nick Oliveri does a pretty good MetalScream[[/note]], even being featured on ''VideoGame/TonyHawksUnderground'', but was never released as a single.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire" is one of the most popular songs on ''Songs for the Deaf''[[note]]it probably helps that Nick Oliveri does a pretty good MetalScream[[/note]], but was never released as a single.

* SignatureSong: "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer" and "The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret" from ''Rated R'', along with "No One Knows" and "Go with the Flow" from ''Songs for the Deaf'', are their most recognizable songs, with "Regular John", "Little Sister", "3's & 7's", and "My God Is the Sun" not far behind.

* EpilepticTrees: Every song is about Nick Oliveri. Yes, even [[HoYay "Make It wit Chu"]] and [[FoeYay "Skin on Skin"]].

* CrazyAwesome: Nick Oliveri. [[TheHedonist Emphasis on the]] [[DomesticAbuse crazy.]]

* CriticalDissonance: ''Era Vulgaris'' received typically good critical reviews but a very polarizing reaction from fans (see BrokenBase above). A little after release, a few of the critics that gave it rave reviews even retracted said praise, feeling they were simply riding on the momentum the band established with their previous three albums[[note]]Rolling Stone, for example, gave the album a four star review but later chose to not include it in their list of the "50 Best Albums Of 2007"[[/note]]. Fortunately, over time, the record gained further appreciation among fans (see VindicatedByHistory below).

* ValuesDissonance: The R&B influenced "Make It Wit Chu" is a song that wouldn't go over well if it were released today, due to society now being much more sensitive towards things like cultural appropriation than in 2007. Particularly, the song's title and Josh's attempt at sounding like a black R&B singer in the chorus would likely be seen as racially insensitive today.

** "In the Fade" is this in a much more existential manner. Despite our attempts to hold onto life, we cannot. In the end we all die, and we just have to accept it. We have to just, as the song says "Live till you die". Unfortunately this is mitigated by the track ending on (well, [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fading into, actually]]) a reprise of "[[OdeToIntoxication Feel Good]] [[ListSong Hit of the Summer]]"...

* SignatureSong: "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer," "The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret" from ''Rated R'', along with "No One Knows" and "Go with the Flow" from ''Songs for the Deaf'', are their most recognizable songs, with "Regular John", "Little Sister", "3's & 7's", and "My God Is the Sun" not far behind.

* SignatureSong: "No One Knows" or "Go with the Flow" from ''Songs for the Deaf'' are their most recognizable songs, with "Little Sister", "3's & 7's", and "My God Is the Sun" not far behind.

* SignatureSong: "No One Knows" or "Go with the Flow" from ''Songs for the Deaf'' are their most recognizable songs.

** "In the Fade" is this in a much more existential manner. Despite our attempts to hold onto life, we cannot. In the end we all die, and we just have to accept it. We have to just, as the song says "Live till you die". Unfortunately this is mitigated by the track ending on (well, [[FadeIntoTheNextSong fading into, actually]]) a reprise of "[[OdeToIntoxication Feel Good]] [[ListSong Hit of the Summer]]"...

** "Smooth Sailing" is the most popular song on ''...Like Clockwork'' , and appears primed to be the next single.

*** Nick Oliveri, known for playing naked on stage, being a druggie, a wife beater, and many other bad things.

*** Jon Theodore, though that's what happens when the guy from Music/TheMarsVolta to drum for you.

* EpilepticTrees: Every song is about Nick Oliveri. Yes, even [[HoYay "Make It wit Chu"]] and [[FoeYay "Skin on Skin".]]

* FriendlyFandoms: With Music/NineInchNails.
** In 2014 the bands have embarked on a joint tour where they decide who will perform first by the toss of a coin.

* SignatureSong: "No One Knows" or "Go with the Flow".
* TearJerker: "I Appear Missing," which seems to be about Josh Homme's near-death experience and ensuing four-month bedridden depression during the recording of ''...Like Clockwork.''

** "I Never Came".
** "...Like Clockwork".
** "In the Fade" is this in a much more existential manner. Despite our attempts to hold onto life, we cannot. In the end we all die, and we just have to accept it. We have to just, as the song says "Live till you die."

* EpicRiff: Lots.

** The songs "Avon", "Monsters in the Parasol"[[note]]under the title "Monster in the Parasol"[[/note]], "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel like a Millionaire", "Like a Drug", "Hangin' Tree"[[note]]under the title "Hanging Tree"[[/note]], "Make It wit Chu"[[note]]under the title "I Wanna Make It wit Chu"[[/note]] and "In My Head"[[note]]under the title "In My Head...or Something"[[/note]] were all originally performed by The Desert Sessions. Though The Desert Sessions was also founded by Josh Homme, so it's technically a [[SubvertedTrope subversion.]]

* InternetBackdraft: Josh caught a lot of flack in 2017 for [[http://www.metalsucks.net/2017/12/10/josh-homme-kicks-female-photographer-in-the-head-at-queens-of-the-stone-age-show/ an incident]] where he drunkenly decided to kick over a bunch of equipment at the front of the set, smashing a female photographer in the face with her camera and sending a security guard to the hospital with a head wound.

** "How to Handle a Rope", despite being [[EpicRiff freaking]] [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome]] the lyrics are seriously depressing.

* EndingFatigue: "I Think I Lost My Headache" ends on about three minutes of horns repeating the same riff over and over, taking the total length of the song up to 8:40, which is about three minutes too long.

* CoveredUp: '' I'm going out west, where the wind blows tall...'' from "Goin' Out West" by Music/TomWaits from ''Music/BoneMachine''.
** The song "Make It wit Chu" was actually written by the band The Desert Sessions. Though, Josh Homme is in both bands, so it's technically a [[SubvertedTrope subversion.]]
*** Again with the song "Avon" which was released earlier with the Desert Sessions.

* BrokenBase: When the audio for The Way You Used To Do was released, the fanbase was pretty split on it, mostly because it was the first available song from Villains and it was very different from their other stuff. The fanbase mostly solidified again by the time the album released.
** ''Era Vulgaris'' is pretty divisive, with opinions ranging from "a typically solid Queens Of The Stone Age record" to "a major low point in an otherwise stellar discography." This is mostly due to the album's less mainstream and oddly mechanical/industrial sound. It doesn't help that the fan favorite TitleTrack was omitted from the final album and, instead, released as a B-side.