Stoner rock

Stoner rock
Other names
  • Stoner metal
  • stoner doom
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly 1990s, California, United States[1]
Typical instruments
  • Electric guitar
  • bass
  • drums
  • vocals
Subgenres
Desert rock[2]
Local scenes
Palm Desert Scene
Other topics

Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal[4] or stoner doom,[5][6] is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock.[7] The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by Kyuss[8] and Sleep.[9]

  1. ^ "Kyuss' Blues For The Red Sun: the cult 90s masterpiece that sparked the stoner rock revolution". Louder Sound. Future Publishing Limited. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ Burke, David (2018). Political Expression in Doom Metal (MA). University of Southampton. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Garage Punk". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 January 2021. Additionally, several bands in the stoner-rock revival movement (Nebula, for instance) began crafting a slightly psychedelic variation on garage punk.
  4. ^ "Stoner age: Priestess marries metal and melody". Buffalo News. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  5. ^ Kelly, Kim (19 April 2017). "10 Stoner Metal Albums Ranked by a Metalhead Who Doesn't Smoke Weed". Noisey Vice. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  6. ^ "10 ESSENTIAL STONER-METAL ALBUMS". Revolver Magazine. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  7. ^ Ellis, Iain (2008). Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists. Soft Skull Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-1-59376-206-3.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Kyuss biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 December 2007. ...they are widely acknowledged as pioneers of the booming stoner rock scene of the 1990s...
  9. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Sleep biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 July 2008.