Southern California's Fu Manchu began crafting heavy, psychedelic tinged rock in 1990 with their debut single "Kept Between Trees." Throughout the early '90s the group honed their sound on similarly intense singles, and released their debut album No One Rides For Free in 1994 on Bong Load Records. Daredevil, also on Bong Load, followed in 1995.... [+] Read More

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Dinosaur Jr. were largely responsible for returning lead guitar to indie rock and, along with their peers the Pixies, they injected late-'80s alternative rock with monumental levels of pure guitar noise. As the group's career progressed, it turned into a vehicle for J Mascis' songwriting and playing, which had the ultimate result of turning... [+] Read More

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Martin James is a multi-talented singer/songwriter/guitarist preparing to take the world by storm with his band KICKING AT THE TRUNK

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Formed in Wales in 1991, Acrimony included vocalist Dorian Walters, guitarists Stuart O'Hara and Lee Davies, bassist Paul 'Mead' Bidmead, and drummer Darren Ivey. Exponents of typical mid-'90s stoner rock, they combined Black Sabbath's heavy metal riffery, Hawkwind's space rock excursions, and Blue Cheer's fuzzed-out psychedelic feedback with... [+] Read More

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Crafting a heavy but poppy sound that recalls contemporaries like Queens of the Stone Age as well as classic arena rockers like Free, Bluebird consists of guitarist/vocalist Paul Figueroa, bassist/trumpet player/vocalist Jim Brown, drummer/percussionist/vocalist Bryan Lee Brown, vocalist/percussionist Sam James, and guitarist Barry Thomas. The... [+] Read More

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At the end of 2004 the band FANOE was founded by Klaus Fanoe, Antonio die Giuseppe, Diana Perola and Marco Trachsel. The shared passion for electronic and rock music brought the musicians together from different parts of Switzerland. Since Klaus had already written a huge amount of songs and the recording of the debut album EMPIRE DIRT was... [+] Read More

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Fatso Jetson was formed in Palm Desert, CA, in 1994 and are often credited as the fathers of the desert strain of stoner rock made most famous by their slightly younger neighbors Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age. This might be strange considering that the genre was in full swing at the time of Fatso Jetson's inception. The reason for the... [+] Read More

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The genre of Rock music has inspired countless artists over the years, Blistering with energy and insight, Flamingo Gunfight captures the spirit, attitude, and explosiveness that launched modern rock into it’s third trimester in the mid to late 90’s. Musically the group captures a sense of excitement devoid of anything trite or gimmicky.... [+] Read More

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Vier Typen, drei Instrumente, eine Stimme - RocknRoll auf den Punkt, ohne Umschweife oder Kompromisse.
Das ist lolita.mpg. Die Ursprünge sind da zu finden, wo es sich gehört: bei den geilen Bands zwischen 1960 und heute.

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The Beat
By Monica Ortwein, Associate Editor
40 Oz. of Genius
What’s better than actually being a redneck? Acting like one. Just ask Naskar Nazarene, before they beat your ass.
They’re lean, mean, whiskey chugging machines, and no, they’re not your stepdads. We’re actually talking about the three men of Naskar Nazarene,... [+] Read More

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Almost immediately after the legendary punk/hardcore band Black Flag called it quits in 1987, lead singer Henry Rollins issued his first solo releases, Hot Animal Machine and Drive By Shootings (the latter an EP credited to Henrieta Collins and the Wifebeating Childhaters), featuring longtime friend Chris Haskett on guitar, bassist Bernie... [+] Read More

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Originally tapped Green Machine, the Canadian prog metal band Sheavy formed in 1993 with the lineup of frontman Steve Hennessey, guitarists Dan Moore and Sterling Robertson, bassist Paul Grouchy, and drummer Ren Squires. Together the band crafted unique metal stylings throughout the '90s. The Reproduction EP, which was issued the following year,... [+] Read More

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Sky Meets Earth is a rock band from Wichita, ks.

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Slo Burn proved to be a quick pit stop in vocalist John Garcia's transition from desert metal gods Kyuss to stoned groovers Unida. Also featuring Chris Hale on guitar, Damon Garrison on bass, and Brady Houghton on drums, Slo Burn broke up after issuing a single EP, 1997's Amusing the Amazing. ~ Ed Rivadavia, All Music Guide

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Guitarist Michael Amott is best known for his groove-heavy work in the death metal arena (late-period Carcass, Arch Enemy), but the Spiritual Beggars provided an outlet for his retro hard rock impulses, and in the process became one of the stoner metal movement's best-kept secrets. Amott formed the Beggars in Halmstad, Sweden, and employed a... [+] Read More

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Strange Citizen
Originally from the Detroit area and recently moved out to Los Angeles. Strange Citizen has alternative rock with enough grit to know they're an indie from Detroit. Their EP titled Within A Mere Vampire is a quick snap shot of their talents and a... [+] Read More

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Since forming in 2006, The Host has become a staple of the Hard Rock scene in Cincinnati, Ohio. What started out as a labor of love for the four-piece has become an outright obsession.
"The need to write and perform outweighs anything else in our lives, and we work hard to ensure that everything we do has a special quality to it," says Host... [+] Read More

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Voice Of Addiction is a politically charged Chicago based band. They are spreading their anti-capitalistic message through rock, punk and ska songs. Their goal set forth is simple; to make audiences world-wide open their eyes to the injustices around them and the globe. To individually change the world to any degree is quite a... [+] Read More

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Wellwater Conspiracy is a trio that consists of drummer Ted Dameron, singer Zeb, and John Paul McBain on guitar. If the first two names sound familiar to Soundgarden fans, that's because it's none other than former members Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd going by aliases. Joining them is ex-Monster Magnet member John Paul McBain, and the group... [+] Read More

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