KYUSS - Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)

KYUSS are considered the godfathers of the stoner and desert rock genres, and Welcome to Sky Valley is a legendary album for the genre

here are some nice to know facts about Welcome to Sky Valley

• Welcome to Sky Valley is the third album by stoner rock legends KYUSS.

• KYUSS was an American rock band, formed in 1987 in Palm Desert, California

• The most famous member of KYUSS is Josh Homme who later formed Queens Of The Stone Age and several other projects.

• Welcome to Sky Valley was scheduled to be released in 1993, but was shelved because of a shutdown of the record label, ELEKTRA Records picked it up and released the album a year later.

• Welcome to Sky Valley also known as Sky Valley

• Welcome to Sky Valley received critical acclaim and, musically, demonstrated a psychedelic and mature sound.

• Welcome to Sky Valley is produced by Chriss Goss & Mixed by (evil) Joe Barresi

• Welcome to Sky Valley was the first major label KYUSS album

• The Album is nr 25 in Rolling Stone’s Top 40 Greatest Stoner Albums

Recording Personnel

• John Garcia – lead vocals, producer
• Josh Homme – guitar, backing vocals, producer
• Scott Reeder – bass guitar, acoustic bass in "Space Cadet", backing vocals, producer
• Brant Bjork – drums, producer

The muzzy sound of four very high young men hanging out in Palm Desert, Cali

In the late eightees Kyuss' first line-up consisted of vocalist John Garcia, guitarist Josh Homme, bassist Nick Oliveri and drummer Brant Bjork. Oliveri gor replaced by Scott Reeder before they recorded Welcome to Sky Valley, Sky Valley was also the last album to feature Brant Bjork.

The band built a local following in Palm Desert, California and frequently performed at parties in and around the isolated towns of Southern California's desert areas.

These predominantly outdoor shows, referred to locally as "generator parties", consisted of small crowds of people, beer drinking, drugs and the use of gasoline-powered generators to provide electricity for the equipment.

Homme commented that playing in the desert "was the shaping factor for the band" noting that "there's no clubs here, so you can only play for free. If people don't like you, they'll tell you. You can't suck."

Kyuss disbanded in 1996, and since then, members of Kyuss have gone on to form or play in several notable bands including Queens of the Stone Age, Fu Manchu, Dwarves, Eagles of Death Metal, Mondo Generator, Hermano, Unida, Slo Burn and Them Crooked Vultures.

Listen to the full album and please consider that Welcome to Sky Valley was originally released with its ten total songs contained in three tracks, with an additional, fourth hidden track.

A setup which is meant to encourage listeners to experience it as a full album instead of as a collection of separate songs.

“Listen without distraction".

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