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demonrail666 · 11.21.2007, 08:31 PM

I always think of Stoner Rock as a post-Grunge thing. Bands like Loop, because of the very time they were around had an entirely different set of reference points. The only band that might possibly have influenced them in that way were Dinosaur - although I don't think they were particularly interested in them at all. SC is right about the Krautrock/Post-Punk element to their sound, which is something that 99% of Stoner Rock seems to have no link with whatsoever.

Also agree with SC about Electric Wizard, although I increasingly have trouble thinking of them as a Stoner Rock band. From memory, I think that the members themselves tend to think of what they do as coming more out of the Doom tradition and are often quite dismissive of the SR scene. I might be wrong though.

11.21.2007, 08:31 PM	#31
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	I always think of Stoner Rock as a post-Grunge thing. Bands like Loop, because of the very time they were around had an entirely different set of reference points. The only band that might possibly have influenced them in that way were Dinosaur - although I don't think they were particularly interested in them at all. SC is right about the Krautrock/Post-Punk element to their sound, which is something that 99% of Stoner Rock seems to have no link with whatsoever. Also agree with SC about Electric Wizard, although I increasingly have trouble thinking of them as a Stoner Rock band. From memory, I think that the members themselves tend to think of what they do as coming more out of the Doom tradition and are often quite dismissive of the SR scene. I might be wrong though.
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