After recording three tracks on A Perfect Circle's second album, Van Leeuwen successfully auditioned for Josh Homme's Queens of the Stone Age, and was welcomed into the band as their second guitar player.
Записав три трека для второго альбома A Perfect Circle, в 2002 Ван Левен присоединился к группе Queens of the Stone Age, где стал играть на гитаре, слайд гитаре и клавишных.