wow, awesome out-of-nowhere selection, subby


im sure many will come arguing that this aint grunge, but if you actually listen to the song,this is the grungiest thing ever.... Man, those guitars are spectacularly murky.. this sounds like early Soundgarden playing from inside a bucket

A friend of mine turned me on to these guys earlier this decade. I don't consider his musical tastes to be very deep, but this was good stuff.

This is stoner rock not grunge.
And it rocks BTW

Heard of these guys before. Never heard their music till now. I always liked this kind of Sab-core stuff. Thanks.

Kyuss is a very influential band, unfortunately Josh Homme is a douche.

That's farking sweet. Reminds me of Sabbath.

If you like these guys, check out Fu Manchu. Also another early Grunge/Stone Rock band.

Kyuss didn't have a single bad track from BFTRS onward. Great band, great grooves.

If you guys like this, i highly reccomend Electric Wizard. Kyuss rules. Classifications only serve to pigeonhole bands into little groups, so that the scene dickheads can like them before a certain record or whatever...Its music, its not a competition. Its not meant to be in your collection so that you seem more cultured, or because its "required listening" to be accepted into some bullshiat scene group....Just enjoy it.

Godscrack: Heard of these guys before. Never heard their music till now. I always liked this kind of Sab-core stuff. Thanks.

i'd never heard of them until they showed up on the guitar hero Metallica setlist

\M/
stoner rock rooooocks, bro.

thank you for this subby. i could find a time everyday for the rest of my life to listen to this song.

RagingLeonard: Kyuss is a very influential band, unfortunately Josh Homme is a douche.

shenanigans. i've met Homme on several occasions and he's never been nothing but overtly nice and talkative. once the crowd tapered after the last QOTSA concert i attended, i asked him to have a cigarette with me. his response was something to the effect of "I couldn't smoke a cigarette... without you."

a thirty minute conversation ensued. dude loves his crowds until someone acts like a douche. then he proceeds to embarrass them in a completely deserving manner.

Kyuss farking rules.

I cannot stand any QotSA song.

And I really like Mark Lanegan. But nothing he's done with QotSA.

Oh well.

John Garcia's voice ruins this band. I'm a big QotSA fan, and I've tried to like Kyuss a million times, but I just can't get past it -- he sucks.

Ah Kyuss. One of my teenage top 3. Along with Primus and King Cobb Steelie.

I recommend Masters of Reality to anyone who like Kyuss or QotSA. Chris Goss the only long term member makes great music. Has produced and played with some solid acts.

Production credits

Melissa Auf der Maur
The Duke Spirit
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
The Flys
I Love You
Kik Tracee
Kyuss
Mark Lanegan
Lupe Fiasco
Masters of Reality
Nebula
Queens of the Stone Age
Slo Burn
Smith & Pyle
Stone Temple Pilots
Soulwax
UNKLE

Appearances on record

1996 - Dust by Screaming Trees
1998 - Queens of the Stone Age by Queens of the Stone Age
2000 - Spirit\Light\Speed by Ian Astbury
2000 - Cocaine Rodeo by Mondo Generator
2000 - Rated R by Queens of the Stone Age
2001 - Vol. 7&8 by The Desert Sessions
2002 - Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age
2003 - Vol. 9&10 by The Desert Sessions
2003 - Here Comes That Weird Chill by Mark Lanegan Band
2003 - The Underground Personality Tapes by Roxy Saint
2004 - Auf der Maur by Melissa Auf der Maur
2005 - I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine by Goon Moon
2005 - Lullabies to Paralyze by Queens of the Stone Age
2007 - Licker's Last Leg by Goon Moon
2007 - Era Vulgaris by Queens of the Stone Age
2007 - War Stories by UNKLE
2008 - It's OK to be Happy by Smith & Pyle

Masters of Reality (Ginger Baker on Drums) John Brown..Give it to 1:30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vWfxnjLXvc

Blue Garden live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BEM30F3fyg

The Masters of Reality album Live at the Viper room is truly worth owning. I promise! And I never post on fark about music. But my like of this man's music is worth the abuse I may take.

TheKingOfMexico: John Garcia's voice ruins this band. I'm a big QotSA fan, and I've tried to like Kyuss a million times, but I just can't get past it -- he sucks.

I know the feeling, it took me a while and a lot of weed, but I managed to do it. Songs like Demon Cleaner where he actually sings make it easier. Oh, and I second the call to listen to Masters of Reality, some of the least-known but best rock music of the past two decades. Sunrise on the Sufferbus and Give Us Barrabas especially.

Might as well add Jindalee to the Masters of Reality fanboi-dom here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdD9UN8UbQQ

Live at the Viper Room version is better,IMO. If one of you gives this album a chance I'll have given back to the man for the joy he's given me.

AgentOrangeDrink: TheKingOfMexico: John Garcia's voice ruins this band. I'm a big QotSA fan, and I've tried to like Kyuss a million times, but I just can't get past it -- he sucks.

I know the feeling, it took me a while and a lot of weed, but I managed to do it. Songs like Demon Cleaner where he actually sings make it easier. Oh, and I second the call to listen to Masters of Reality, some of the least-known but best rock music of the past two decades. Sunrise on the Sufferbus and Give Us Barrabas especially.

Oh yea..Sunrise is front to back awesomeness!

Great thread subby. Made me reload Masters, reload the bong and check them at wiki and see this
'A new album is scheduled for release on March 20, 2009.'

Fark yea!

I hate the term 'stoner rock.'

That riff is pure Sabbath.

Similar to "Lord of this World" and "Hole in the Sky"

This is actually the first KYUSS song I ever heard.
I remember bursting into laughter when I heard it at the record store. I was laughing and moshing my head in approval at the sheer heaviness of this.

I love how Garcia has such a nerdy hippie voice that beautifully contrasts with the bone crushing bass,drums and riffage.

This is how heavy music should sound.
Dense and syrupy.
No gay ass scooped mids here.
The powerful riffs seem to ooze from the speaker like molten lava.

If you love KYUSS I strongly recommend Dead Meadow and Sons of Otis too.

Kyuss, what a trip finding this song submitted.
I played in a band 15yrs ago that covered this song. (Thermus, Denton, TX)
Always introduced "this is a song called Thumb by a band called Kyuss. You should check them out." Most people still thought the song was ours.
Love that huge rumbling sound.
The drummer's kick was bigger than Bonham's liver.

Sabbath wishes they were this heavy.

Dude....those who can't handle the vocals on KYUSS are clueless.

What other vocalist would fit?

So many lame ass heavy rock singer/poseur types try too hard to sound threatening and menacing or do that annoying metal-guttural thing. Garcia's voice is so purely effortless and perfectly contrasted with the music of KYUSS. I dig how bone crushing their music is but their themes,lyrics and vocals are just simply trippy and basically innocuous.

This is called TOTAL ORIGINALITY

....this is exactly why KYUSS have a legendary and epic legacy.

craigdamage: That riff is pure Sabbath.

Similar to "Lord of this World" and "Hole in the Sky"

This is actually the first KYUSS song I ever heard.
I remember bursting into laughter when I heard it at the record store. I was laughing and moshing my head in approval at the sheer heaviness of this.

I love how Garcia has such a nerdy hippie voice that beautifully contrasts with the bone crushing bass,drums and riffage.

This is how heavy music should sound.
Dense and syrupy.
No gay ass scooped mids here.
The powerful riffs seem to ooze from the speaker like molten lava.

If you love KYUSS I strongly recommend Dead Meadow and Sons of Otis too.

Dead meadow rules...the first track off of their first album "Sleepy Silver Door" is all awesome.

rudemix: AgentOrangeDrink: TheKingOfMexico: John Garcia's voice ruins this band. I'm a big QotSA fan, and I've tried to like Kyuss a million times, but I just can't get past it -- he sucks.

I know the feeling, it took me a while and a lot of weed, but I managed to do it. Songs like Demon Cleaner where he actually sings make it easier. Oh, and I second the call to listen to Masters of Reality, some of the least-known but best rock music of the past two decades. Sunrise on the Sufferbus and Give Us Barrabas especially.

Oh yea..Sunrise is front to back awesomeness!

Great thread subby. Made me reload Masters, reload the bong and check them at wiki and see this
'A new album is scheduled for release on March 20, 2009.'

Fark yea!

Yes! I love the drumming on Sufferbus, Ginger Baker can find the pocket like few others. Wow, along with new Meat Puppets and new Dinosaur Jr. this is shaping up to be an awesome year for my music collection. And dudes who mentioned Dead Meadow? Welcome to my favourites. As for Garcia's voice, I like it now and think it works perfectly with the music, but learning about the band after already liking Queens (and having heard Demon Cleaner where he sounds totally different) required a couple listens of Sky Valley before the greatness sunk in. Oh, and Kyuss drummer Brant Bjork's solo albums are pretty great too, especially his first album Jalamanta. It's especially good for when you're seriously tripping with people but are past the wandering in the woods stage and just want to chill inside somewhere and smoke.

/I love this thread

Ghoulthulhu: Dead meadow rules...the first track off of their first album "Sleepy Silver Door" is all awesome.

this!


been meaning to try out Kyuss, just haven't gotten around to it.

Youtube has all kinds of great Kyuss stuff.

These guys were a really kick ass band.

I actually got turned onto Kyuss with one of their softer/melodic songs called "Space Cadet". This songs didnt have the John Garcia vocals that are on the other songs, and it provided a chance for me to say 'these guys are farking good', before I even really listen to the lyrics.

wow...its good to see garcia love in here. if you dig garcia, check out his other band HERMANO. They try and stay far away from the stoner rock moniker, but no matter what they're labeled as, they make farkin' rockin tunes! their album 'dare i say' is by far the best.
in fact, all kyuss offshoots are bad ass...brant bjork in particular.

You_mean_Im_gonna_stay_this_color: This is stoner rock not grunge.
And it rocks BTW

This is like...old.

Kyuss kicks ass

the problem with trying to rid ourselves of the 'stoner rock' moniker is that this type of music sounds farking awesome when you are stoned, the people that made the music were most likely stoned, and the listener base is mainly stoners. IT ALL FITS TOO WELL!

The Sword

Since when is Stoner Metal defined as "Grunge"?

Real Kyuss (new window)

This thread rips.

Always one of my favorite videos. Heard this made an appearance on Beavis and Butthead, can anybody confirm??

Earthride

Also, Truckfighters.

Oh, and Kyuss drummer Brant Bjork's solo albums are pretty great too

brant bjork in particular

Double true!

Bjork was responsible for quite a few of the songs on Blues for the Red Sun. His double album Saved by Magic has some of the coolest, riffiest stuff released this decade.

I'm oldish, grew up in the desert and was lucky enough to hear Kyuss, along with bands that played with them that didn't make it(Unsound,Sort of Quartet) locally. At a storage unit in Palm Springs nicknamed Seahags if IIRC I watched a few of the guys play who later were in all the associated bands to Kyuss. Fatso Jetson, Fu Manchu, Hermano, Mondo Generator.

It was quite something to watch Allen Losi hit the bong and catch the first ollie air I saw done in the Nude Bowl. At night with generators lighting the place and powering the bands added to the appeal.

Now I live in the High Desert...just down the way from Rancho de la Luna. Why can't I bump into some of these guys who record there at the farking Circle K?

Kyuss rips much face.

Sloburn wasn't bad, either, if you like Garcia (which I definitely do).

papercut: the problem with trying to rid ourselves of the 'stoner rock' moniker is that this type of music sounds farking awesome when you are stoned

All good music does.

karma to burn reuinion tour in the spring.

Truckfighters rule...oh my god..It doesnt get much better than the song "Momentum"...That riff...oh my god...That song is so crushingly heavy. I said it before, and im going to say it again. Listen to Electric Wizard's "Dopethrone"...It will change your life...Their newest record "Witchcult Today" is played almost one a day at my house.