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?-rebro, Sweden’s Truckfighters shaped in the first 2000s but focus on surprisingly authentic desert/stoner rock and roll from the mid- to past due-’90s range — similar to Dozer, Kyuss, and Fu Manchu, specifically. Featuring vocalist/bassist Ozo, guitarists Fredo and Dango, and drummer Paco, the group debuted in 2003 with a …

The Boston combo Destruct-A-Thon is a punk rock-inspired stoner metal troupe that came together in the summertime of 2000. The group performed around, and in 2002 they released their debut recording on Wonderdrug Information.

English choice, post-grunge, and hard rock trio Man Raze shaped throughout the talents of experienced rockers Phil Collen (Def Leppard), Paul Cook (Sex Pistols), and Simon Laffy (Female). Collen and longtime friend and Female bandmate Laffy started toying with the theory in 2004 while Collen was house in London to …

Southern California’s Fu Manchu began crafting large, psychedelic-tinged rock in 1990 using their debut one, “Kept Between Trees and shrubs.” Through the entire early ’90s the group honed their audio on similarly extreme singles, and released their debut record, No One Trips free of charge, in 1994 on Bong Insert …

Following dissolution of stoner rock and roll icons Kyuss, singer John Garcia produced Unida with guitarist Arthur Seay, bassist Dave Dinsmore, and drummer Mike Cancino. Debuting in past due 1998 using the EP THE VERY BEST of Wayne-Gro, Unida resurfaced in middle-1999 using the full-length DEALING WITH the Urban Coyote; …

Years since Carcass’ Swan Music in 1996, founding guitarist Expenses Steer results with Firebird in late 2000, releasing a self-titled debut. Famous for his pioneering attempts in grindcore and intense metal, Steer requires a different path with Firebird, a blues-based three-piece with origins in past due-’60s and early-’70s rock and …

Ginger Baker was rock’s initial superstar drummer and probably the most influential percussionist from the 1960s. There have been other drummers who have been well-known to the general public before him, like the Beatles’ Ringo Starr and, in Britain by the end from the ’50s, the Shadows’ Tony Meehan, however …

Usually, “side tasks” offer an outlet for renowned rockers to explore sounds and approaches they are not really normally associated with. Just to illustrate, Goon Moon. Led by ex-Marilyn Manson bassist Twiggy Ramirez (that has since turn into a touring employed gun for AN IDEAL Group and Nine Inches Fingernails) …

Brooklyn, New York’s the Brought Low formed in 1999 and originally featured vocalist/guitarist Benjamin Howard Smith, bassist Dean Rispler, and drummer Nick Heller. The trio produced its documented debut in 2001 using a self-titled record (released by Tee Pee Information) that boasted an antique design of ’70s hard rock and …

Retro-rock visionaries Monster Magnet spent a lot of the 1990s struggling contrary to the prejudices enforced upon picture and audio by substitute rock and roll fashion nazis. Actually, it wasn’t until that movement’s past due-’90s decline how the band’s dogged persistence finally paid and their 4th record, Powertrip, catapulted to …