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Desert rock 1991
The hypnotic, jam-based side of stoner rock, with lots of space between the notes and a warm bass tone.
- Heaviness
- 5
- Speed
- 4
- Melody
- 7
- Where from
- California, USA
- Tempo
- 90-130 bpm
- Song length
- 4-8 min
- Written about
- The desert itself, Heat and space, Drugs, Very little narrative
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Desert rock | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 100% | ×3 |
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 5 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 4 out of 10 | 70% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1991 | 64% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 88% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1 out of 8. Desert rock leads the next by 1 point. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Kyuss, Blues for the Red Sun 1992
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun. That guitar tone has been copied for thirty years.
- 2The one to put on first
Kyuss, Welcome to Sky Valley 1994
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley. It plays as one block rather than as tracks.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Stoner rock, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Desert rock's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Post-grunge 87%
The grunge formula cleaned up for radio: same dynamics, less dirt, vastly more airplay.
7 steps from Desert rock, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Post-grunge -
Post-punk revival 85%
The same basslines and the same chill, revived every ten years with contemporary production.
7 steps from Desert rock, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Post-punk revival
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- Singing put 54 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Post-hardcore. Worth 3 of 8.
- Slow. Let it take its time. put 22 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Hardcore punk, Black metal, Death metal. Worth 2 of 8.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 8.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.