Brant Bjork is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the drummer and founder of the influential Californian stoner rock band Kyuss. Bjork has also been a member of Fu Manchu, Mondo Generator and Vista Chino, the latter with former Kyuss members John Garcia and Nick Oliveri. He is currently the frontman and co-founder of the stoner rock power trio, Stöner. Bjork is one of the more notable figures in the stoner rock and Palm Desert scene and maintains a prolific solo career with over a dozen released albums.
Fu Manchu is an American stoner rock band formed in Orange County, California in 1985. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout the 80s and 90s, but has remained consistent since 2001. The band currently consists of founding guitarist turned lead vocalist Scott Hill, bassist Brad Davis, lead guitarist Bob Balch and drummer Scott Reeder.
Karma to Burn was an American rock band from Morgantown, West Virginia. The band was noted for its heavy, mostly instrumental sound.
The Action Is Go is the fourth studio album by American stoner rock band Fu Manchu. It features new drummer Brant Bjork (Kyuss) and new lead guitarist Bob Balch, replacing Eddie Glass and Ruben Romano, who left to form the band Nebula. The album was produced by Jay Noel Yuenger of White Zombie, who contributed some additional instrumentation.
No One Rides for Free is the debut album by the stoner rock band Fu Manchu. The album was produced by former Kyuss member Brant Bjork, who would eventually become Fu Manchu's drummer for a short tenure. It was the band's only album to feature bassist Mark Abshire. A twenty-year anniversary edition was released in 2014.
Atomic Ritual is the third studio album by the American stoner rock band Nebula. It was released on September 23, 2003, by Liquor and Poker and Sweet Nothing Records. The album was reissued in 2022 by the band's current label, Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
Charged is the second studio album by the American stoner rock band Nebula. It was released on April 10, 2001, and was the band's last album released on Sub Pop. The album was remastered and reissued in 2019 by the band's current label, Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
Mondo Generator is an American rock band founded in 1997 by Nick Oliveri. The band has released seven studio albums, four EPs, one live album and one video album.
Apollo is the fourth studio album by the American stoner rock band Nebula. It was released on February 21, 2006. The album was reissued in 2022 by the band's current label, Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
To the Center is the debut studio album by the American stoner rock band Nebula. It was released on August 24, 1999, on Sub Pop. The album was later reissued in 2018 by the band's current label, Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
Dos EPs is the first compilation album by the American stoner rock band Nebula. It was released on May 28, 2002, by MeteorCity, and later reissued in 2018 by the band's current label, Heavy Psych Sounds Records. The album contains songs from the Nebula/Lowrider and Sun Creature EPs, as well as three new tracks.
Sun Creature is the second EP by the American stoner rock band Nebula. The album is compared to Fu Manchu's Eatin' Dust stating that there are many "similarities" in the sound and energy of it. Some CD copies of the EP contain a nine-minute bonus track entitled "Fly On". A shortened "remixed" copy of the song can be heard on Dos EPs compilation. It is out of print.
Let It Burn is the debut EP by the American stoner rock band Nebula. It features a more psychedelic experimental sound as opposed to the straightforward approach of Eddie Glass' former band Fu Manchu. It was out of print until re-released in 2018 by Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
Edward Glass is an American rock musician best known as the frontman of the stoner rock band Nebula. Glass was formerly the drummer for the punk rock band Olivelawn, as well as a guitarist of Fu Manchu. Nebula has been Glass' primary musical group since 1997, when he and drummer Ruben Romano left Fu Manchu.
Heavy Psych is the fifth studio album by the American stoner rock band Nebula. It was released on July 7, 2009, by Tee Pee Records. The album was reissued in 2022 by the band's current label Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
Kadavar is a German rock band from Berlin, founded in 2010. It currently consists of guitarist/lead vocalist Christoph "Lupus" Lindemann, drummer Christoph "Tiger" Bartelt, bassist Simon "Dragon" Bouteloup, and guitarist and keyboardist Jascha Kreft. Their retro style, incorporating psychedelic rock and stoner rock, has been compared to bands of the 1970s hard rock/heavy metal era such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Bartelt and Lindemann formed Kadavar as a trio with bassist Philipp "Mammut" Lippitz. When Lippitz left the band in July 2013, he was replaced by Bouteloup. After releasing six studio albums, Kadavar became a quartet in March 2023 with the addition of Kreft.
Blaak Heat is a French-American musical group whose recordings blend psychedelic rock with a number of outside sources, such as traditional Middle Eastern music, progressive rock, surf rock, spaghetti western, and metal.
Holy Shit is the sixth studio album by the American stoner rock band Nebula. It was the band's first studio album released after their seven-year hiatus that lasted from 2010–2017. The album was released on June 7, 2019, by Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
Transmission from Mothership Earth is the seventh studio album by the American stoner rock band Nebula. The album was released on July 22, 2022, by Heavy Psych Sounds Records. It is the band's last album featuring late bassist Tom Davies.
Livewired in Europe is the third live album by the American stoner rock band Nebula. The album was released on October 27, 2023, by Heavy Psych Sounds Records. It was recorded during the European leg of the band's Transmission from Mothership Earth tour. The band then went on a full-length European tour ahead of Livewired in Europe's release.
