Clutch

[Robert]

Listed as "Stoner Rock" on Amazon... they have a cool sound.

• Buy the album here.

 

[ronbo]

I like it, sounds a little like Tool, maybe not quite as edgy...not sure I get the Stoner Rock label, but then again, I'm from an earlier generation when Stoner Rock was Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream and Hawkwind, so I'm probably just old now...

 

[marnold]

They remind me a bit of The Sword (not as heavy), which would also fall under the "Stoner Rock" label. As near as I can tell, "Stoner Rock" means any relatively heavy band that uses fuzz and talk at least somewhat about weed.

 

[Eric]

They're one of Frankenfretter's favorite bands IIRC. I always knew stoner rock as Kyuss / QOTSA, so I generally assumed it was the droniness and downtuned guitars (without playing metal riffs) that defined that genre. To marnold's point though, I think heavy music with fuzz pedals has a lot to do with it too.

I've listened to a couple of their albums and liked them.

 

[R_of_G]

They're one of Frankenfretter's favorite bands IIRC. I always knew stoner rock as Kyuss / QOTSA, so I generally assumed it was the droniness and downtuned guitars (without playing metal riffs) that defined that genre. To marnold's point though, I think heavy music with fuzz pedals has a lot to do with it too.

It's become another of those genre labels that once referred to something fairly specific (like the bands you cited) but now becomes a catch-all for many things with similar elements. Find any band that utilizes drones and/or fuzz boxes and somewhere there's a review that labels them "stoner rock."

At this point, everything may as well be labelled "post-everything."

...and talk at least somewhat about weed.

That's actually one element I've not encountered as a common aspect of bands that get that tag.

I've listened to a couple of their albums and liked them.

Their sound varies a bit from album to album but some of their stuff is quite good. In fact, some of the better stuff is really more outright blues-rock than stoner rock (by any of its varied definitions).