Gracias Mr. Garcia – BURST Magazine Issue 12, December 2013

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Anyone who is into the Stoner rock tempo and riff style would inexcusably remiss in not knowing the name and voice of John Garcia. Pioneering vocals in a music genre he and his Kyuss band buddies developed, made Garcia a legend somewhere through the 90’s. His voice in forever linked to the Desert rock sound, and used by vocalists thought the years until this day s a vocal guide in order to re-enact the sense of a Desert rock scene, trying to make their own sound as close to the original vision as possible. This is a trap most contemporary bands of this persuasion fall into: they will, on majority, fall short of the original sound, and end up being branded as another Kyuss-type copy brand, rarely making this regurgitated sound their own. But can one accuse Garcia for mimicking his own sound? Interesting question.  To read the full article click here

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