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Brant Bjork

2,255,987 plays (107,743 listeners)

Hailing from Palm Desert, CA, USA Brant Bjork began playing with guitarist Josh Homme, bassist Nick Oliveri, and singer John Garcia while they all were still in high school, resulting in the formation of Kyuss. Bjork helped issue what became one of the decade's landmark releases, 1992's "Blues for the Red Sun," which almost by itself created the ensuing "Stoner Rock" movement.

Unida

1,054,761 plays (80,426 listeners)

After the dissolution of stoner rock pioneers Kyuss, and a short adventure in Slo Burn, John Garcia (vocals) comes back with Unida also featuring Arthur Seay (guitar), Dave Dinsmore (bass) and Mike Cancino (drums). Dinsmore was eventualy replaced by Scott Reeder.

The Atomic Bitchwax

1,071,186 plays (75,757 listeners)

New Jersey's Chris Kosnik, Finn Ryan, and Bob Pantella first started plotting their musical careers back in the mid 90s influenced by 70s rock and progressive groups ranging from Black Sabbath to Parliament Funkadelic. Simultaneously all three members where already playing for major labels in separate bands: Godspeed (Atlantic), Monster Magnet (A&M) and Core (Atlantic).

Orange Goblin

2,178,643 plays (107,174 listeners)

Formed in 1995 in London, originally under the name of Our Haunted Kingdom, but changed to Orange Goblin after a 7" split with Electric Wizard in 1996 with company Rise Above Records.

Dozer

1,504,193 plays (94,678 listeners)

Two acts are known as Dozer 1) A stoner rock/metal band from Borlänge, Sweden. 2) A hardstyle DJ

Kyuss

13,968,816 plays (321,678 listeners)

For 2011 touring line-up, see Kyuss Lives!. Kyuss (pronounced /ˈkaɪ.əs/ KYE-əs) is the corner stone of what is known as stoner rock or desert rock. Although deriving influence from 70s hard rock, Kyuss churned out a unique sound. This was primarily because guitarist Josh Homme often tuned to a low C, a major third below standard pitch, but also singer John Garcia's paint stripping vocals.

Truckfighters

1,034,335 plays (59,994 listeners)

Truckfighters is a stoner rock band from Sweden. After releasing several demos in 2001 and 2002, they recorded a split-EP with local Swedish band Firestone in 2003.

Hermano

1,069,601 plays (85,071 listeners)

Hermano formed in 1998 as a side project and in doing so became a mini super group in stoner rock circles. The original lineup consisted of vocalist John Garcia (Kyuss, Unida, Slo Burn), bassist Dandy Brown (Orquesta del Desierto), drummer Steve Earle (Afghan Whigs) and guitarists Mike Callahan (Earshot, Disengage) and David Angstrom (Banger, Supafuzz, Black Cat Bone, Devil May Care).