Inside The Metal

Before QOTSA, Them Crooked Vultures, or Eagles of Death Metal, there were the godfathers of Desert Stoner Metal, KYUSS.

And before anyone gets upset, excited, or bolth, please note that this is undoubtedly our most progressive* episode yet. Because while we merely made mention of this “episode’s band of the episode” on the previous episode, this time we’re ACTUALLY talking about this episode’s band of the episode.

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American Stoner Rock/Metal band formed in Palm Desert, California in ‘87. Disbanded in ‘95.

And since then, members of Kyuss have gone on to play in several other bands including Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, Fu Manchu, Slo Burn, Dwarves, Hermano, Unid, Eagles of Death Metal, Mondo and Generator.

1989–1991 Sons of Kyuss

John Garcia – lead vocals
Josh Homme – guitars, backing vocals
Chris Cockrell – bass
Brant Bjork – drums

1991–1992 Kyuss

John Garcia – lead vocals
Josh Homme – guitars
Nick Oliveri – bass
Brant Bjork – drums

1992–1994 Kyuss

John Garcia – lead vocals
Josh Homme – guitars
Scott Reeder – bass
Brant Bjork – drums

1994–1995 Kyuss

John Garcia – lead vocals
Josh Homme – guitars
Scott Reeder – bass
Alfredo Hernández – drums

Discography

Wretch (1991)

Blues for the Red Sun (1992)

Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)

...And the Circus Leaves Town (1995)

Take the time to talk to “They” for any and all gift giving guidance, put on your “rock and roll pants”, and pick yourself up a “busted can of biscuits” for the weekend to help you nurse your “katzenjammer” at the extended stay and JOIN US as we go Inside The Metal*** with the desert stoner metal sonic sorcery of Palm Desert, California’s gift to the stoner metal genre, KYUSS.

Show Notes:

(00:00): #nolube #alotofblood #breakoutthetampons #tamponbloodASMR #prick #thisepisodesclinkyoftheepisode #WesternSunSouthTexasPricklyPearVodka via #SantaRosaBeach #anewstrainofweed #midtermstrain and #brandingproblems ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST WITH NOW MORE ANESTHESIA THAN EVER BEFORE!!!*** #thatsdifferent #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode #SocialFoxBrewing #rubbingthebutton #NorcrossGA #SkinAlley is the road that leads to #WhoreMecca #weeklystay (and noticing #streetwalkers which somehow I never noticed before #coronavirus #novelcoronavirus #covid19 or #COVID) #bustedwhores and #glammetalhookers vs #grungehookers #bustedbiscuitbusiness #DrinkSocial (good solid #Pilsner #daydrinkingbeer) #fourpointfivepercentabv (***Production Note: consider dialing back the #sours to our #JustTalkinShitah episodes***)

(04:56): “Getting way ahead of ourselves…” / #voicemails and #wellplayyourshitah #thevoicemailsegment GIVE US A CALL AT 980-666-8182 AND LEAVE US A VOICE MAIL!!!

#MrPost #PissingPost (the #soundofgettingstoned) and a note regarding the #PanteraReunion and a #contraryopinion to a previously stated #unpopularopinion / #AaronLewis doesn’t give a fuck! #ThatManIsABlessin #Murica / ***Can you open AND close a show with the SAME song? *** Stay tuned for our #upcomingepisodes / #ITurnedItUp #rockandrollpants #Foreigner and #LickItUp #bolth and #RussellsReflections (remember #JukeboxHero? #HotBlooded?) #HereComesTheHateMail #SiCabron #opensandcloseswiththesamesong / “Wet dream side project…” / Going back in time to the 80’s, trying to remember how #onehitwonders structured their shows. / *MORE VOICEMAIL* #anothervoicemail #upcoming #albumdive and the #psilocybin #insidethemushrooms #episode #exceptthisonce and a #cantbeloudenough #shoutout #LongLiveMetalNerdery / #TheShroomChronicles ***THANK YOU ANDREW FOR BUYING OUR SHIT!!!*** “Shared” friends and #sharedinformation (“How do you handle it? Where does the line get drawn between #informative and gossipy?”) #weedeateraccident

(16:51): #toomuchtwanglification BUY OUR SHIT AT metalnerdery.com/merch #RussellsReflections and a #JimBreuer reference regarding the #magic of #liveentertainment and indulging your #innerchild / #MetalComic #OurComic / WE’LL PLAY YOUR SHIT-AH!!! #newjinglerequired #culturallyinappropriateappropriations #letsdobolth #lightandshade ***YOU CAN EMAIL US A LINK TO YOUR SHIT-ah AT metalnerdery@gmail.com or on the socials #Instagram and #Facebook*** #TotalViolation #NewZealandThrashMetal ***Super Old school!!!*** #demotapestyle like #oldschool #localmetal ***Check ‘em out on #BandCamp #titlay #ExciterMoment TOTAL VIOLATION (#futureepisodeidea regarding #TheAccused) / “EP’s are not LP’s” / And now some #juxtaposition with #CodaNova GANYMEDE (very #proggy) “I hear colors when I hear this…” #RushTheater #jeanwrees and #subjeanwrees #genres and #subgenres #AtlantaProgressiveMetal / “Bartenders are #AlcoholBaristas” ***LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS REGARDING THESE TWO SAMPLES OF #SHITAH AT 980-666-8182!!!***

(29:11): #welied #justleaveitin “It’s like our very first “prog” podcast episode” / The last episode is like Blue Balls, Pt. I; but this episode is called Blue Balls, Pt. II: The #Penatrationing / The Docket: #KYUSS (Welcome to the Desert and also #WelcomeToSkyValley!!!) ***Multiple points of #tangentionalality including #QueensOfTheStoneAge #ThemCrookedVultures #EaglesOfDeathMetal #Unida #etc / #samebutdifferent #friedspaghetti / Comparing the first Kyuss album to the rest of their catalog and a little #backstory #markthetime #yeahyeah #nono (#futureepisodeideas) #blackalbumreference #IYKYK #awakening / #thenextKISSpodcast ***A great #birthdaygiftidea and a note regarding #TheHottestBandInTheWorld #KISS *** (NOOOO, it’s not KISS, we’re talking about KYUSS!!!) ***Stay tuned for our upcoming #KISSEpisode***

(35:11): 1987 #Katzenjammer #hangover #SonsOfKyuss (total #vikingmetal goodness) / It’s a very mystical name (the word you’re looking for is #paradox, not #paradigm) / “The opener of the opener”

“Wretch” (1991) HWY 74 (Beginning of What’s About To Happen) #thefirstnewsong from #thefirstnewalbum #killeropener (NOTE: there is a LOT of #tangentionalality with several other #stonermetal and #stonerrock bands out there!!!) #funfacts / SON OF A BITCH #perfectlyrics (***BREAKING: WE GOT A VOICEMAIL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SONG!!!***) / BLACK WIDOW #desertfuzzyness (Note the dual #IommiStyleSolos)

(41:56): “Blues For The Red Sun” (1992) (this is a quite bit different than the first album) #drugreference / GREEN MACHINE #usethoseheadphones #doomyandstonyASMR / “Hearing the personality and “sound” of a band, regardless of #albumproduction” #shitshot / THONG SONG #ihateslowsongs / MOLTEN UNIVERSE #cantbeloudenough (#MarcPottersonASMR) / #strangerinthetub #lefty #riffsfordays / And Now, it’s time for… the #killercloser YEAH

(48:59): “Welcome To Sky Valley” (1994) #justgrabone ***go check out #instagram #WelcomeToSkyValley*** We’re gonna start with #thekillercloser LICK DOO #itsnotunusual (Thank you for that #indulgence) / WHITEWATER (Get your #desertfungi ready for this album!!!) ***NOTE: We initially thought it was GARDENIA but turns out it was actually WHITEWATER*** / “Can you hear the #QOTSA vibes?” #futureepisodeidea / ***If you’re looking for #giftideas…talk to #they *** / 100* #vertical #bluepill / See also #QueensOfTheStoneAge and #Unida (***check out our recent #StonerMetalEpisode***)

(56:35): *How about a #KyussReunion * / “…And The Circus Leaves Town” (1995) (What’s a #zizzle?) #killeropener #drumintro HURRICANE / And now, a “short distance” dedication… ONE INCH MAN (“definitely listen to Kyuss through #headphones”) / “You’ve gotta let it build up a little bit” /

EL RODEO #notontheboat and also #notonthealbum / #longbuildup #buildupbone (listen to all those sonic textures) / #onmicburpASMR / “Remember the joys of the #hiddentrack back in the #nineties?” #endrobocalls / TANGY ZIZZLE “Is that a new strain of peyote infused fajitas?”

(1:06:40): Time for some Tarantino style #twanglification with #TheNextVoiceMailSegment #Hail to #NorthCarolina #hillbillymetalhead / Feedback regarding the Kyuss and #futurealbumdives / “It’s gonna fucking happen” / “It’s got all the things in the stuff…and the stuff in the things.”

#justwait / “This episode brought to you by all bands beginning with the letter K” / The Heaven and Hell era of KISS (and a note regarding KISS Live!) OR #KISSInsideTheMetal / #KISSFanRankings / “A fun spectacle” / ***THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EPISODE OF KYUSS INSIDE THE METAL*** #InsideTheButtholeOfMetal #untilthenext #waitforit #hiddentracks #hehahuh #wordstoliveby

*Actually, it’s not really “progressive” per se. But since we started talking about KYUSS on the last episode and got entirely too derailed and twanglified in the midst of catching up and “Just Talkin’ Shitah” and because we didn’t want to have a 4-hour show (yet) *+*, we “bifurcated” it into two sections, so consider this episode Pt. II and last week’s episode Pt. I. If that was too exhausting and off-putting, we apologize in advance for any suffering you endured.

**Peyote cactus

*** It’s time to begin your preparation (psychologically and spiritually) for the imminent arrival of our “Lick It Up” Album Dive sometime in the next month or so. Let’s just say it will be a journey of paradigm shifting, self-discovery as we lay down the foundations for our upcoming (as yet to be created) KISS-centric podcast, KISS Nerdery

*+* Check out the show notes for further insight. In fact, not only should you read the show notes for this episode specifically, but you should read the show notes for EVERY episode. To paraphrase Manfred Mann’s Earth Band: “That’s where the FUN(NY) is!”

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