The sound has been continued on by directly descendant bands Unida, Slo Burn, Hermano, Mondo Generator, Fu Manchu, Brant Bjork and the Bros, and at times by Queens of the Stone Age, who have since largely departed from Kyuss' stoner rock sound, and reject the label, preferring the term "desert rock".
Группа Kyuss распалась в 1995, образовав за собой целый ряд новых групп: Unida, Slo Burn, Hermano, Mondo Generator, Brant Bjork and the Bros, а также наиболее известную из них − Queens of the Stone Age.