Desert Rock

Thanks to Vince for Today's Post

Stoner Rock emerged from California's Deserts in the mid-nineties with bands like Kyuss and Sleep. The genre is marked by bass heavy, slow to mid-temp rockers that combine elements of Heavy psychedelic rock bands like Cream, Blue Cheer and Hawkwind with early 90's Grunge and doom metal influences. The band Kyuss gradually built a local following in Palm Desert, California and frequently performed at parties in and around the isolated towns of Southern California's desert areas. These impromptu shows, referred to as "generator parties", consisted of small crowds of people, beer drinking, and the use of gasoline-powered generators to provide electricity for the equipment. Homme commented that playing in the desert "was the shaping factor for the band" noting that "there's no clubs here, so you can only play for free. If people don't like you, they'll tell you. You can't suck.

Since then, members of Kyuss went on to form or feature in several notable bands including Queens of the Stone Age, Fu Manchu, Unida, Brant Bjork, Mondo Generator, Hermano and Slo Burn.

Todays Track is from the band CHE, founded by Kyuss drummer Brant Bjork.


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