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Desert Rock is a term given to several bands from the Californian Palm Desert Scene. Often labeled stoner rock or considered a sub-genre thereof, the music might also contain heavy Latin influences, repetitive drum beats, and/or elements of psychedelia. Josh Homme's The Desert Sessions collaborations often showcase elements of the genre.

The term was previously applied in the 1980s, to a kind of psychedelic country-flavored punk music evocative of the desert's dry open spaces. The songs from this genre had epic instrumental passages the lyrics referred to drifters, eccentrics and other people living on the margins. This generation of desert rockers was centered largely in Arizona, particularly Tucson, though most bands had strong ties to the Los Angeles scene (most notably to the Paisley Underground, or its remnants), and some relocated there.

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The Palm Desert Scene is a name given to a group of closely related bands and musicians which originated in the early nineties in Palm Desert, Southern California. The scene is notorious for its influence on modern day stoner rock and its kins, and the creation of desert rock.
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Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo, with a low-tuned, bass-heavy sound and psychedelic jams.
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Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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Repetition may refer to:
  • Repetition (rhetorical device), a rhetorical device
  • Repetition (music), the use of repetition in musical compositions
  • Repetition (Kierkegaard) a book by the 19th century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard published in 1843

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Psychedelia in music (or also psychedelic music, less formally) is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles, genres and scenes, that may include psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, psychedelic soul, psychedelic ambient, psychedelic
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The Desert Sessions are a musical collective series "that cannot be defined". Founded by Josh Homme in 1997. Artists such as PJ Harvey, Jeordie White (Twiggy Ramirez), Dave Catching, Nick Oliveri, Mark Lanegan, John McBain, Josh Freese, Chris Goss, Alain Johannes, Dean Ween, and
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psychedelic is an English term coined from the Greek words for "mind," ψυχή (psyche), and "manifest," δήλος (delos).
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Tucson, Arizona
Tucson with the Catalinas in background

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Nickname: The Old Pueblo
Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona
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Paisley Underground is a term used to describe a genre of rock music, based primarily in Los Angeles, California, which was at its most popular in the mid-1980s. (The coinage — a joke that stuck — is usually ascribed to Michael Quercio of the band The Three O'Clock.
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Yawning man is a stoner rock band from the Palm Desert, California area in the United States, formed in 1986. They have been noted to be one of the first influential bands in the desert rock scene.
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Giant Sand, originally The Giant Sandworms, is an American rock band, based in Tucson, Arizona (although Los Angeles, California was its home for many years). Overseen by singer-songwriter-guitarist-pianist Howe Gelb
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Green on Red were an American rock band, formed in the Tucson, Arizona punk scene, but based for most of its career in Los Angeles, California, where it was loosely associated with the Paisley Underground.
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The Sidewinders (later the Sand Rubies) were a rock band from Tucson, Arizona, who released two major-label albums and scored two radio hits in the US before a lawsuit forced a change of name.
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Naked Prey was a rock band from Tucson, Arizona. The band was formed in 1981 by drummer Van Christian. In 1984 Naked Prey recorded their first record, produced by Dan Stuart of Green on Red for the Down There label of Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate).
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Thin White Rope (TWR) were an American rock band fronted by Guy Kyser and related to the desert rock and paisley underground sub-genres. They were formed in Davis, California in 1984, and released five albums to critical acclaim.
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The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980, in the Sunnyslope neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona.
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Singer Gavin Blair and guitarists Richard McGrath and Russ Tolman were the nucleus of the 1980s guitar band known as True West.

Originally from California's Sacramento Valley, guitarslingers True West first gained attention in 1982 with their cover of the Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd
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Queens of the Stone Age (QotSA or simply Queens) are a rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997.

Originally formed under the name Gamma Ray by guitarist Josh Homme, Queens of the Stone Age developed a style of riff-oriented, heavy
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Kyuss (pronounced ['kaɪ.əs] or "kai-uss") was an influential stoner rock band, originally from Palm Desert, California.
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Orquesta del Desierto is an American desert rock band from the Palm Desert, California. Members of the band include vocalist Pete Stahl (Goatsnake, Wool), drummer Alfredo Hernández (Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Che) and guitarist Mario Lalli (Fatso Jetson, Yawning Man).
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Masters of Reality is a hard rock group formed in 1981 by guitarist and singer Chris Goss and Tim Harrington in Syracuse, New York. The band is now part of the "Palm Desert Scene", which includes Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age and many other stoner rock or (as they prefer to call
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Eagles of Death Metal (EofDM) is an American garage rock band formed by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite the name, Eagles of Death Metal is not a death metal band. Hughes in an interview with a Polish rock magazine Teraz Rock told the story of the band's name.
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Fatso Jetson is a desert rock band from the Palm Desert, California area in the United States, formed in 1994 by Mario and Larry Lalli. The Lalli brothers are often credited as the fathers of the desert strain of stoner rock made most famous by their slightly younger bands Kyuss
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Nebula is a psychedelic stoner rock band, formed by Eddie Glass (guitar) and Ruben Romano after departing from Fu Manchu in 1997.

They were joined on bass by Mark Abshire until he left during the recording of Atomic Ritual
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The Earthlings? (also spelled out 'Earthlings¿' on occasion) are a stoner rock band musical group based in Joshua Tree, California. Consisting of members of Queens of the Stone Age, Yellow #5, Dig Your Own Cactus, Goatsnake, Orquesta del Desierto, Eagles of Death Metal, and Evil
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Che was an American stoner rock band founded by former Kyuss drummer Brant Bjork. Che released their only LP Sounds of Liberation in 2000.

Brant Bjork and the Bros cover many of Che's songs when on tour, and Alfredo Hernández has made guest appearances with the band.
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Unida is an American stoner rock band that was formed after the dissolution of Kyuss and Slo Burn. The band originally consisted of John Garcia (vocals), Arthur Seay (guitar), Dave Dinsmore (bass) and Mike Cancino (drums). Dinsmore was later replaced by Scott Reeder.
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Fu Manchu is a Southern Californian stoner rock band, who released their debut single "Kept Between Trees" in 1990. Rolling Stone describes their sound as:

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Rock music is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody accompanied by guitar, drums, and bass. Many styles of rock music also use keyboard instruments such as organ, piano, or synthesizers.
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