Kyuss’ Blues For The Red Sun: the cult 90s masterpiece that sparked the stoner rock revolution

Kyuss came from out of the Californian desert in a fog of weed smoke to make one of the greatest cult albums of the 90s. It’s 116˚F in California’s Palm Desert today – 46˚C in real money – a stifling, debilitating heat into which only the foolhardy venture. Not that there’s anywhere to venture to unless you like golf or antique shops. And it was here, in this most unlikely environment, that rock music – stoner rock, in particular – was changed forever, with the birth of a band called Kyuss, and their second album, Blues For The Red Sun… read more >