OLD Stoner Rock

[renfrow]

As Sy referenced in the 'Stoner Rock' thread, there's a difference between what us old geezers call 'Stoner Rock' and what the young geezers call it 🙂.

Here's some of what I considered stoner rock from 60's and 70's:

It's a Beautiful Day
Doors
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Pink Floyd
Procol Harum
Santana(Caravanserai!)
Jethro Tull(Thick as a Brick!)
Yes

Can't think of any more, off hand 🙂 What do you think?

Tom.

 

[kmj]

Oh, Stoner for me are bands like Cathedral, Orange goblin, Astroqueen amd such.

 

[facundonu]

black sabbath of course!!

and the second and third pink floyd era, from ummagumma to animals.
first was more about LSD than pot, and later they obviously got into cocaine.

 

[SY]

"It's a Beautiful Day" was a wonderful flash in the pan. Many years later, I found myself playing one evening with Dave LaFlamme. I felt like Chris Farley, "Hey man, remember White Bird? It was awesome." (BTW, this was in Salt Lake City)

Tull was a funny one. Their fans were by and large stoners, but Ian Anderson was (and is) militantly anti-drug. TAAB was much less of a stoner album than Benefit. And (to me) much less interesting. Blodwyn Pig, a Tull offshoot, was more about drinking and getting into bar fights.

How did the Grateful Dead miss your list? The Ultimate Stoner Band. King Crimson, MacDonald and Giles, The Nice, Family, Captain Beefheart, lots of great old school stuff.

 

[poobah]

SY,

You danced oh so carefully around ELP? ...stoner for sure.

Early Yes, like "Tales from Topographic Oceans" was stoner too. Most of that hit me like Beethoven. Didn't go down so well at first... it had to grow on you. And as good as they all were, you did have to be stoned to appreciate it.

Something about "taking a face from the ancient gallery and walking down the hall" should earn the Doors a mention.

Edit: OOPS: Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane...


🙂

 

[SY]

You danced oh so carefully around ELP?

I got two out of the three. Maybe I should have added Arthur Brown or Atomic Rooster to hit the trifecta. But really, ELP was just a gussied-up Nice.

 

[poobah]

True... but I think Trilogy was the pinnacle of things. I still have the vinyl... and the C3, the restoration of which still pending.

 

[SY]

Ewww. That was after they started taking themselves seriously, which is death for a rock band.

 

[pinkmouse]

Has anyone mentioned Genesis yet?

 

[poobah]

It was always the Emerson does Ginastera show... and you're right... they should have bought restaurants and hotels after Brain Salad Surgery.

 

[poobah]

Good one P.M.!

Before Phil Collins took over the mic???

 

[pinkmouse]

Indeed.

 

[poobah]

Not that I have anything against Phil. I am sure they were all happy to draw a paycheck for a change...

😉

 

[pinkmouse]

Nice bloke, just different direction in music,

Though saying that, "Then there were three" has some good moments on it.

 

[poobah]

Actually, I like the later Genesis stuff... wasn't stoner though.

 

[Giaime]

I think some of you mixes "progressive" with "psychedelic", far different cultures 😉

For me, Stoner is 70s Krautrock. Just listen to "My Solid Ground", the best.

 

[Zen Mod]

I think some of you mixes "progressive" with "psychedelic", far different cultures 😉

For me, Stoner is 70s Krautrock. Just listen to "My Solid Ground", the best.

me thinks that you are not old enough for this thread

 

[rdf]

"13th Floor Elevators"

 

[facundonu]

For me, Stoner is 70s Krautrock. Just listen to "My Solid Ground", the best.

faust IV is one of the most stoner albums ever. not to mention tangerine dream works such as zeit or phaedra...

and from england... the soft machine. third is a magnificent piece of stoner art.

 

[RCBandwidth]

Some More

How about:

Janis Joplin "Cheap Thrills"

Ten Years after(Alvin Lee)

Deep Purple

Bloodrock

And last but not least the ultimate stoner band.. Iron Butterfly


Peace brother ! Bob C.