Stoner rock

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Stoner rock or stoner metal is a rock music fusion genre combining heavy metal and/or doom metal elements with psychedelic rock and acid rock. Name of reference to consumption of cannabis. The term desert rock is often used interchangeably with the term "stoner rock" to describe this genre; However, not all rock stoner bands will fall under the description of "desert rock". Stoner rock is usually slow to mid-tempo and has heavy bass sounds, melodic sounds, and "retro" production. Genre appeared in the early 1990s and was pioneered mainly by California bands Kyuss and Sleep.

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Terminology

The "stoner rock" descriptor may come from the 1997 Roadrunner Records compilation title Burn One Up! Music for Stoners . The rock desert is also used interchangeably as a descriptor, and was created by an apprentice of MeteorCity Records, around the time the label released the 1998 stoner rock compilation Welcome to MeteorCity .

Because of the similarity between stoner and sludge metal, there is often a crossover between two genres. This hybrid has characteristics of both styles, but generally lacks the relaxed atmosphere of stoner metal and its use of psychedelia. Bands like Weedeater, High on Fire and Electric Wizard creatively combine both styles.

The involvement of marijuana in the creation of "rock/metal stoner" can range from bands in the genre. Bands like Sleep have involved the concept of cannabis to be a core part of their albums and songs. The consumption of marijuana is common in live performances of several rock/metal stoner bands, and bands like the Electric Wizard are known to have concerts with band members and the crowd who participate in smoking marijuana. Sleep by Dopesmoker was controversial because the 60 minute song was about marijuana, which resulted in a conflict with the recording company Sleep. While other members of the genre stated that "stoner rock is a style, not a life," which is interpreted as a band member not participating in smoking marijuana or being affected by marijuana. However, their musical style reflects the sound of "rock/metal stoner." Bands like King Caravan and Sea of ​​Green have been under the terms with this statement. Similarly, Matt Pike of the High on Fire band stated, "This is a very powerful scene, but I do not think any rock band stoner wants to be labeled as stoner rock... I might use the word 'stoner' in my lyrics, but I think we're metal, *** I would say I'm a crossover metal, actually, or a progressive metal.This is a bit hard to put in the category, but I guess we get the stoner-rock label because of the whole pot. "

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History

Influences (1960s to mid 1980s)

Like most music subgenres, the origin of stoner stones is difficult to trace and determine. Nevertheless, some famous progenitors and typical songs are widely credited with helping to shape the genre. Blue Cheer is considered one of the pioneer styles; as AllMusic writer Greg Prato said, "When talking about 'rock stoner' appears, one band that tends to miss is Blue Cheer." According to critic Mark Deming, Blue Cheer's first album, Vincebus Eruptum , "is a grand celebration of rock & roll primitivism that runs through enough Marshall amps to dismiss troops," unlike the weight of the MC5 Kick Out the Jams and the Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat .

Rolling Stone Statement , "Stoner rock that delivers, slows down and enlarges, is a riff, a legacy of persistent Mississippi blues.Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath were the first to make their monoliths." Sir Lord Baltimore has been called "the godfather of rock stoner" and Leaf Hound has been quoted for influencing countless bands in the stoner rock movement, including Kyuss and Magnet Monster. Album Primevil Smokin 'Bats at Campton's has been called "touchstone" from rock stoner. Jim DeRogatis has said that rock band stoner "reached back for inspiration to psychedelic, proto-metal jamming bands like Cream, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Hawkwind."

According to DeRogatis, stoner stone roots can be heard in Black Sabbath's Master of Reality, set of Hawkwind Box 25 Years On 1973-1977, Blue Cheer's previously mentioned album, Deep Purple's > Machine Head and Blue ÃÆ' â y "Cult's Workshop of the Telescopes . Black Sabbath's Master of Reality is often cited as the first album of the genre, and Martin Popoff states: "When 'Sweet Leaf' kicks in, one witnesses simultaneously the discovery of stoner rock". Allmusic summarizes this unique blend as follows: "Stoner's metal bands renewed ultra-heavy jams, mind-bending and ultra-heavy riffs from bands like Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Blue ÃÆ'-yster Cult, and Hawkwind by filtering out their metal colored psychedelia and acid stones through the pop buzzing sound of Pop Pop's early grunge. "However, Kyuss members Josh Homme and John Garcia have ignored the influence of heavy metal, and instead cite punk rock and hardcore punk, especially the fat hardcore album Black Flag < My War as influences.

Initial development (late 1980s-1990s)

Doom metal band Trouble introduced elements of rock acid on their self-titled 1990 album, which became more prominent in 1992 Manic Frustration . Likewise, the British Cathedral doom metal band moved increasingly toward psychedelic/stoner sounds during their first three releases, culminating in a critically acclaimed 1993 The Ethereal Mirror. During the same period, White Zombie heavy metal bands achieved multi-platinum success with their two major label albums, significantly broadening a heavy musical audience with a background, full-sample "psychedelic horror" sound.

During the early to mid-1990s, a number of southern-California bands developed a style that would be called stoner rock. In 1992, Kyuss emerged from the Palm Desert Scene with Blues for the Red Sun. Critics refer to it as "a major milestone in heavy music," while NME describes their music as an effort to merge "a hundred heavy sand sands into metal". In 1992, the metal band San Jose doom Sleep released their album Sleep's Holy Mountain , and along with Kyuss was heralded by the heavy metal press as the leader of the newly emerging stoner scene. These two bands include the first to introduce the psychedelic path to their doom-affected voices. During the same year, New Jersey Monster Magnets released their debut album Spine of God , featuring fewer metal but psychedelic and sludgy effects, in the veins of their California counterparts. Together with these three bands, the southern-California man Fu Manchu, who released their eponymous album in 1994, is credited with being "one of the most enduring and influential bands" of the genre. In 1994, the San Francisco Acid King and the United Kingdom released their debut album, both adopting a psychedelic approach to doom metal. Although more closely related to the grunge movement (which is sometimes influenced and sometimes overlapping with rock stoner), Soundgarden has also been referred to as a "stoner metal" or influential on the rock stoner genre, with their 1994 album Superunknown is described as "stoner rock classic". Other influential bands of this era include Clutch, Sons of Otis and Corrosion of Conformity.

Middle of the year (1995-1999)

Kyuss disbanded in 1995 after the release of their last album, with many members continuing to develop stoner and desert rock scenes through new projects. In August 1997, Kyuss' Josh Homme founded The Desert Sessions in the now famous Rancho de La Luna in Joshua Tree, California. This musical collaboration brought together artists for writing sessions and impromptu recordings that produced ten albums between 1997 and 2003. The project includes members from Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Soundgarden, Magnet Monster, Goatsnake, world population? and the Eagles of Death Metal, as well as PJ Harvey, Dean Ween and others associated with the Palm Desert scene. Also in 1997, Roadrunner Records released a stoner rock compilation Burn One Up! Music for Stoners , which includes many of the bands mentioned earlier, as well as songs by the new band Josh Homme, Queens of the Stone Age.

In September 1997 Jadd Shickler (from the band Spiritu stoner) and Aaron Emmel founded an online store based in Albuquerque, New Mexico called All That's Heavy, which began selling difficult releases of Kyus, Magnet Monster, and Fu Manchu. They soon expanded the catalog to include artists that fit in style with the bands. After half a year they were contacted by the former owner for the first Kyuss fan website, who recommended All That Heavy compilation of unsigned bands to be enjoyed by Kyuss fans. This resulted in the establishment of MeteorCity Records and the release of the MeteorCity Welcome compilation in 1998, which included existing desert and rock actions, as well as new bands founded by John Garcia of Kyuss, Ed Mundell of Monster Magnet, and Pete Stahl from Goatsnake. The album is the first time that the new rock band Stoner Sixty Watt Shaman, Lowrider, The Atom Bitchwax, Dozer, Goatsnake, and Los Natas are featured in the notes. According to MeteorCity founder:

"When this happens, there really is not a stoner rock scene, there are just so many people around the world who are still sad about the end of Kyuss, as well as the ending of Slo Burn, and who is listening to things like Magnet Monster and Fu Manchu but wanting more The label was launched when we showed up with Welcome to Meteor City , as if the world was waiting for someone to do what we did. "

MeteorCity soon signed a number of musicians and bands from the Palm Desert Scene, including Hermano, Unida and Swedish rock bands that appeared like Lowrider, Dozer and The Mushroom River Band. During this time, The Hidden Hand and Spirit Caravan also began to gain popularity in the developing scene.

Mainstream Exposure (2000-present)

In June 2000, Josh Homme's new project, Queens of the Stone Age released their breakthrough album Rated R , which helped bring rock stoner sounds into the mainstream, even though the band itself rejected their genres and labels. Therefore. Songs for Deaf , the next release in 2002, including one of the top albums in No. 1. 1 in US Modern Rock Tracks. Another label focusing on the international rock stoner scene is Small Stone Records, which released a number of compilation albums of rock stoner bands covering 1970s music, including Right in the Nuts: A Tribute to Aerosmith (2000 ). ), Sucking 70s (2002), and Sucking 70s - Back to Saddle Again (2006).

In 2002, Orquesta del Desierto was formed by featuring the main members of the big desert rock bands, and released two albums.

In 2009, Decibel and Terrorizer magazines released issues featuring the 100 biggest and most important albums of the 2000s, respectively. The Stoner band, Electric Wizard's Dopethrone , is displayed on both lists, placed in the order of the 10th in the Decibel list and the 1st on the Terrorizer list.

Since the breakup of Kyuss, the success of other bandmates projects has caused the Kyuss catalog to become more heard and their fanbase swell. The sound has been continued by the bands of direct descendants of Unida, Slo Burn, Hermano, Mondo Generator, Fu Manchu, Brant Bjork and Bros, and sometimes by Queens of the Stone Age, who have largely departed from Kyuss' stoner rock sound, and reject the label, preferring the term "desert rock".

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See also

• Palm Desert Scene
• Sludge metal

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