Keith Richards claims the Rolling Stones are repsonsible for the inspiration for all bands that have an un-polished lo-fi sound!


Nebula is a great band, I never got into The Stooges so if they sounds like them or not. Nebula has that great circa late 60's & 70's sound and imo remind me of bands like Blue Cheer, Deep Purple, Motorhead, Tony Iommi riffs etc.

Stoner Rock and stoner band have different connotations, Stoner Rock is a specific genre that started in the 90's, and stoner bands is a generic term that includes groups, like The Grateful Dead, started in the 60's.

I have most of the songs on this compilation as it is and I'm fairly familiar with them so I probably won't download it. I may however fill in the spaces by checking out the tracks and the bands I don't know too well. This is a great thread.

I may see if i can find the time to contribute to this too, as it hasnt had much of a response!

Foreigner - Starrider

I really like that one but they never play it on the radio lol.

One of the very best Stoner Rock albums around is "Sleep`s Holy Mountain" by Sleep, strange nobody has mentioned it.

The best album that I know of in this genre is "Spine of God" by Monster Magnet and also equally as good is their second album "Superjudge"

Also Kyuss`s album "Blues for the Red Sun" is another classic.

This is probably the best song that Foreigner ever did, as they never did anything as spacey/dreamy ever again.

I may do a compilation soon but in the meantime have a few tracks:





and probably my all time fave in this genre even though it is pretty much a straight up Rock song:

I got the Masters of Reality discography, but it didn't jump out at me like bands like Colour Haze or Kyuss. I'd always glossed over Clutch as well, and realized recently that was a mistake. Thanks for the other 3 bands... Mars Red Sky, Gomer Pyle and Causa Sui might be promising.

You like Karma to Burn?

Edit: Ah, I knew I was excited about this thread. It's not just stoner rock, it's SPACE rock. Which is the sub sub genre I adore above all others.

Sula Bassana - the multi instrumentalist king of space rock in my book just for the excellence of his albums 'The Night" under Sula Bassana and Interkosmos s/t, along with a solid but difficult to collect discography. Eat Sula Bassana up every day for a healthy mind!
(You should definitely listen to these albums in the order given, but just to sample:)

(No seriously... get as much Sula Bassana as you can find - check his discography online)

I saw First Band From Outer Space, but we need! some Oresund Space Collective. This is THE space supergroup of musicians from all over internationally, that come together to jam and record epic spacey ... jams. Average track length is probably all 10+ minutes and it's all bliss.



Hidria Spacefolk are an absolute delight; they really remind me of Ozric Tentacles, and I must add to that Quantum Fantay does as well.





Stone Oak Cosmonaut has released two albums that I rate as Excellent, and I'm really anxious for a third. Their 09 release was almost solid 10/10 in my book, the second was probably an 8/10, but still highly replayable, and that was a '10 release so I'm hoping before year's end there may be another...



Secret Saucer ... man... the sound these guys put together gives me the chills. Solid discography, highly lovable.



Also recommend Cosmosquad and Cosmic Hoffman and The :Egocentrics and Electric Moon

Cosmosquad has a fairly amazing, solid discography.







This youtube channel really got me going, and I recommend every human being on this planet to browse this channel for ideas: ILoveAnnieHaslam's Channel - YouTube

2 part disc..about 10-12 songs each..more stoner rock than space rock probably tho.

The songs may not all be ones considered some of the best by the bands,altho they're some by them i like.

DISC 1

Monkey3-Jack
35007-Crystalline
Hawkwind-Silver Machine
Kyuss-Space Cadet
Fu Manchu-Mongoose
The Atomic Bitchwax-The Formula
Acid King-Bad Vision
Black Nasa-Hot Van
Gomer Pyle-Albino Rattlesnake
Colour Haze-Mountain
Clutch-Spacegrass
Karma to Burn-20
Fireball Ministry-The Broken

DISC 2

Sleep-Dragonaut
Spirit Caravan-DreamWheel
Monster Magnet-Space Lord
Earthless-Sonic Prayer
Witch-Seer
Wolfmother-Phoenix
Masters of Reality-Gettin'High
Nebula-Down the Highway
sHeavy-Electric Sleep
Unida-Human Tornado
My Sleeping Karma-Intention
Yawning Man-Rock Formations
Corrosion of Conformity-Vote with a Bullett
Earthride-Black