Blues for the Red Sun

Kyuss Lives! (Exclamation the band's emphasis, not ours.)

"...Kyuss Lives! represents the worst kind of reunion - a..."

Oct. 3, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Mastodon's 'Blood Mountain' Flows Into Austin

Coming down the mountain with Mastodon

"...the album: Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Eagles of Death Metal), Cedric Bixler-Zavala (Mars Volta), and..."

March 14, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Record Reviews

"...droning buzz: Queens of the Stone Age. Devolving from Kyuss, the Palm Springs quartet that has become posthumously cult..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Review

How Much Harder Can Skeleton Get?

They’re already the most savage specimen of homegrown hardcore

"...over time to harder acts. The siblings cite Discharge, Kyuss, Black Sabbath, and the At the Drive-In/Mars Volta axis..."

July 27, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Terror Fest Interview: Acid King

"...local paper for fellow lovers of Monster Magnet and Kyuss, which led her to initial bassist Peter Lucas...."

June 15, 2018 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Playback – Fun Fun Fun Fest: A Decade of Aggression

Flashing back on 10 years of Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...Dwarves' Blag Dahlia and bassist Nick Oliveri (ex-Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age) spin records at the Brixton..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fuzz

II (In the Red)

"...vocals and guitarist Charles Moothart's monstrous blues-doom solos, but Kyuss and the late Jay Reatard's like-minded ethos also arise...."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Sonic Highwayman Dave Grohl

Foo Fighters frontman documents ATX culture and tradition

"...know about. I get to tell the world about Kyuss and Minor Threat on HBO...."

Nov. 20, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Live Shot: Queens of the Stone Age

Josh Homme and company by the metric ton

"...– the most dialed-in backing band he’s had since Kyuss – plowed through a 90-minute set of voltaic blues..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Austin Powell

SXSW Friday Showcases

"...is a Warning. Taking time out from the recent Kyuss tribute/reunion, Queens of the Stone Age bass pounder Nick..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Mother of God

Metallurgy

"...hard rock acts, Mother of God clearly loves its Kyuss records. Between the melodic groove-grunge of opener "230" and..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Music Review by Michael Toland

Queens of the Stone Age

Wednesday

"...Post-Kyuss, Josh Homme took the desert mystics' pet moniker and..."

March 18, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Kylesa

Metallurgy

"...Shadow assimilates both paradigms as if Jane's Addiction and Kyuss shared leathers. Poster Children's indie chants underlie "Cheating Synergy,"..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Queens of the Stone Age

Metallurgy

"...debauchery. Josh Homme fused his Californian stoner metal in Kyuss with Them Crooked Vultures' "Scumbag Blues," resulting in the..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Back in wax

Back in wax

"...The two-man wrecking crew mines the middle rubble between Kyuss' stoner blues and the rhythmic gyration of Death From..."

March 5, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces

Decibel magazine Hall of Fame metallurgy

"...its pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the still-boiling bitterness of Kyuss drummer Brant Bjork over Welcome to Sky Valley (he..."

July 17, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

SXSW Showcases

Thursday

"...the Valley and into the desert with Scott Reeder (Kyuss) for its April initializer, Wyllt. Given that Annihilation Time..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Off The Record

Making the rounds for the third annual HAAM Benefit Day, while the Black Angels walk with a zombie

"...trio Dixie Witch fused guttural Texas blues with scuzzy, Kyuss-esque stoner metal, led by Trinidad Leal's percussive pillaging. The..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Death by Sexy

Off the Record digs up an interview with Eagles of Death Metal's Josh Homme

"...as "The Dude" Since his tenure with stoner-rock overlords Kyuss, Homme has been a ubiquitous force in alternative music,..."

Sept. 16, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Boris: Heavy Rocks

The essential Boris

"...Gears firing on all cylinders, melding Blue Cheer with Kyuss’ desert Blues for the Red Sun, particularly during the..."

June 26, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Wednesday Picks

"...year on Tee Pee, marks a welcomed return to Kyuss' Sky Valley. – Austin Powell The Hard Lessons..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview

Cavern of Mind

"...hell. This two-song 12-inch, produced by Joe Barresi (Melvins, Kyuss, Tool), previews the Oakland outfit's Kemado debut, Into Abaddon,..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

ACL Fest Friday Picks

"...A decade after the demise of stoner- rock pioneers Kyuss, countless Desert Sessions with artists like P.J. Harvey, and..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

La Bush Resistance

France and Israel put in a strong SXSW 07 showing, with Holland, Spain, South Africa, and Germany bringing up the International Bands' rear

"...of Monotonix marches to the fuzz of Mudhoney and Kyuss; it's safe to assume there's a Fu Manchu involved...."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Metallurgy

Metallurgy

"...rock of the early Nineties ("Days of Future Past"), Kyuss and grunge diverging from that common point of ancestry...."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...evening is Washington state's Valis, which crosses Kiss with Kyuss in a way that could have larger labels demanding..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Amorphis / Alchemist

Record Review

"...for Road Warrior vocals out front of Orion's chorus. Kyuss meets Isaac Asimov. "Solarburn" shares the underground megaton detonation..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...of their live show took out the UK, where Kyuss and Black Sabbath set in just before the rock..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Queens of the Stone Age Rated R (Interscope)

"...track on Rated R that you'd expect from these post-Kyuss stoner-rock godheads. Sure, the rest rocks plenty hard on..."

June 16, 2000 Music Review by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

Final fareweall to the Texas Tornado; Frank Kozik Sells Out?; Sixteen Deluxe and Meat Purveyors shake up, but don't break up.

"...Emo's to two nights and a dozen bands, including Kyuss spinoff Unida, the Gaza Strippers, and former Eyehategodders Suplex...."

Dec. 3, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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