We recently started Monster Riff Presents, a Spotify podcast about everything Stoner Rock and Stoner Rock-related. In our first episode, “Intro to Stoner Rock,” we explore the bands and songs that have helped to shape the genre over the years. Here’s the transcript from the first episode: Hey everyone, welcome to the first episode of […]
Read More Monster Riff Presents: Intro to Stoner RockStoner Rock’s roots go back quite a few decades. The earliest agreed upon instances of Stoner Rock were in Black Sabbath’s debut album in 1969, but we continued to see glimpses of the genre over the next few years: Pink Floyd expanded Psychedelia and Space Rock, Led Zeppelin showed that riffing and jamming could be […]
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