Queens of the Stone Age

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    Desert Sessions Play

    2,626,695 plays (105,488 listeners)

    The Desert Sessions are a musical improv series "that cannot be defined". Founded by Josh Homme in 1997. Artists such as PJ Harvey, Jeordie White, Dave Catching, Nick Oliveri, Mark Lanegan, Chris Goss, Alain Johannes, Dean Ween, Gene Trautmann, and many others have contributed as songwriters and musicians.

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    Eagles of Death Metal Play

    8,436,485 plays (314,989 listeners)

    Eagles of Death Metal are a rock band formed in Palm Desert, California in 1998. In a 2003 interview Homme described the sound of the band as a combination of "bluegrass slide guitar mixed with stripper drum beats and Canned Heat vocals. They consist of Jesse Hughes (vocals, guitar) and Josh Homme (drums).

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    Kyuss Play

    7,605,069 plays (196,732 listeners)

    Kyuss (pronounced "KYE-us") is the corner stone of the genre known to many as stoner rock or desert rock. Although derivative of 70s hard rock, Kyuss also managed to sound unique. This was primarily because guitarist Josh Homme often tuned to a low C, a major third below standard pitch, but also due to singer John Garcia's paint stripping vocals.

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    Mondo Generator Play

    632,086 plays (65,615 listeners)

    Mondo Generator (sometimes known as "Nick Oliveri And The Mondo Generator") is an American punk/hard rock band fronted by Nick Oliveri.

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    Masters of Reality Play

    753,627 plays (60,004 listeners)

    Masters of Reality is a rock band named after the album "Master of Reality" by Black Sabbath formed in 1981 by guitarist, producer and singer Chris Goss and Tim Harrington in Syracuse, New York. The band is now part of the "Palm Desert Scene", which includes Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age and many other stoner rock or (as they prefer to call it) desert rock bands.

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    Fatso Jetson Play

    288,907 plays (34,265 listeners)

    Mario Lalli was an inspiration for Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss) back in the day. A frequent contributor to Desert Sessions, his blues-soaked heavy rock found a home in Fatso Jetson. Although under-played and under-recognised they, and Masters of Reality, have brought an ambient blues groove to stoner rock that sounds pretty damn good.

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    Fu Manchu Play

    2,705,379 plays (132,463 listeners)

    Fu Manchu is a Southern Californian stoner rock band, who released their debut single "Kept Between Trees" in 1990. Rolling Stone describes their sound as:

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    Brant Bjork Play

    1,080,953 plays (62,570 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 has become one of the decade's landmark releases, 1992's "Blues for the Red Sun", which almost single-handedly created the ensuing stoner rock movement.

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    Hermano Play

    604,276 plays (49,682 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).

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    Mark Lanegan Play

    3,047,372 plays (170,309 listeners)

    Mark Lanegan (born November 25, 1964 in Ellensburg, Washington) is an American rock musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s. In 1985, he became the vocalist for grunge group Screaming Trees; the group broke up in 2000. Lanegan would start a low-key solo career, but in 2004 Lanegan released his big breakthrough album Bubblegum.

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