Tag: Brant Bjork

The Link Between Stoner Rock and Punk Rock: Why Black Flag Was Just as Influential as Black Sabbath

Stoner Rock is often linked back to Black Sabbath—and rightfully so. Black Sabbath’s massive, gloomy riffs on Black Sabbath and Paranoid set the template for the future of Doom and Stoner Rock (even if it took 20 years or so for other bands to really hone in on the sound).  So, sure, Black Sabbath was […]

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The Hardest Working Man in Stoner Rock: The Case For Brant Bjork

As a founding member of Stoner Rock’s seminal Kyuss, Brant Bjork was already a Rock legend by the time he was in his early 20s, pounding away on the drums in the middle of the desert. When Kyuss released the often-overlooked Wretch in 1991, Brant Bjork was on his way to the Stoner Rock history […]

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