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Acid King (band)
Acid King is an American stoner metal band from San Francisco, California. It was formed in 1993 by frontwoman Lori S., drummer Joey Osbourne and bassist Peter Lucas. Acid King have since recorded four studio albums and two EPs with a series of bassists. The band's name was inspired by the crimes of Ricky Kasso, who murdered his friend Gary Lauwers in Northport, New York on June 19, 1984. Kasso was nicknamed "Acid King" by his peers due to his chronic hallucinogenic drug use. The band's self-titled debut EP features a photograph of Kasso on its cover. The band itself has also been featured in two books – ''The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal'' and the ''A to Z of Doom, Gothic & Stoner Metal'' – both published in 2003. Members Current members *Lori S. – guitar, vocals, lyrics (1993–present) *Bryce Shelton – bass (2021-present) *Jason Willer – drums (2021-present) Previous members *Peter Lucas – bass (1993–1996; appears on ''Acid King (EP)'' and ''Zoroaster (al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco, California
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the List of California cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population, 17th-most populous in the United States. San Francisco has a land area of at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the County statistics of the United States, fifth-most densely populated U.S. county. Among U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. San Francisco anchors the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, 13th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Francisco Bay Area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busse Woods (album)
''Busse Woods'' is an album by the stoner metal band Acid King. The album was released in 1999 by Man's Ruin Records; it was reissued in 2004, with bonus tracks, by Small Stone Records, and on vinyl in 2007 by Kreation Records. The album's title (pronounced buss-ee) is the local name for the Ned Brown Forest Preserve, which is located near Chicago. As a teenager, frontwoman Lori S. often met there with friends to hang out and take drugs. The reissue of ''Busse Woods'' has slightly different artwork and two extra songs, cover versions of " Motorhead", by Hawkwind, and "Not Fragile", by Bachman-Turner Overdrive. The cover versions were released on the compilation albums ''Daze of the Underground'' and ''In the Groove'', respectively. "39 Lashes" is also a cover song, originally appearing in ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. ''Busse Woods'' is the only Acid King album with bass guitarist Brian Hill. Critical reception ''The Austin Chronicle'' wrote that the album "may not be very inve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Stoner Rock Musical Groups
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busse Woods
The Ned Brown Forest Preserve, popularly known as Busse Woods, adjoining Rolling Meadows, Elk Grove Village and Schaumburg in Illinois, is a unit of the Cook County Forest Preserve system. It is named after Edward "Ned" Eagle Brown. A section of the northeast quadrant of the forest preserve is the Busse Forest Nature Preserve, which was registered as a National Natural Landmark in February 1980, as a well preserved example of the lake-flatwoods habitat. Busse Forest Preserve (Busse Woods) was named for Cook County Commissioner William Busse in 1949. Biology Busse Woods, the heart of the forest preserve, is a mature Great Lakes hardwood forest. A segment of the woods, the Busse Forest Nature Preserve, is listed as a national natural landmark as a surviving fragment of ''flatwoods'', a type of damp-ground forest formerly typical of extremely level patches of ground in the Great Lakes region. Parcels of land with slow rates of precipitation runoff into adjacent wetlands a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sucking The 70's – Back In The Saddle Again
''Sucking the 70's – Back in the Saddle'' is a follow-up album to the 2002 compilation ''Sucking the 70's''. It was released in 2006 by Small Stone Records. Like the original, it features stoner rock bands covering songs from the 1970s. Track listing Disc 1 #"Are You Ready" - Sasquatch (originally performed by Grand Funk Railroad) #"Crazy Horses" - Puny Human (originally performed by The Osmonds) #"Red Hot Mama" - Clutch & Five Horse Johnson (originally performed by Funkadelic) #"Rock Candy" - Dixie Witch (originally performed by Montrose) #"Don't Lie to Me" - The Brought Low (originally performed by Big Star) #"Sin City" - Novadriver (originally performed by AC/DC) #"One Way or Another" - Colour Haze (originally performed by Cactus) #" Man on the Silver Mountain" - Alabama Thunderpussy (originally performed by Rainbow) #"Mongoloid" - Dozer (originally performed by Devo) #"The Stake" - Acid King (originally performed by Steve Miller Band) #"Honky Cat" - Halfway to Gone (or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Miller Band
The Steve Miller Band is an American rock music, rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1966. The band is led by Steve Miller (musician), Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals. The group had a string of mid- to late-1970s hit singles that are staples of classic rock radio, as well as several earlier psychedelic rock albums. Miller left his first band to move to San Francisco and form the Steve Miller Blues Band. Shortly after Harvey Kornspan negotiated the band's contract with Capitol Records in 1967, the band shortened its name to the Steve Miller Band. In February 1968, the band recorded its debut album, ''Children of the Future (Steve Miller Band album), Children of the Future''. It went on to produce the albums ''Sailor (Steve Miller Band album), Sailor'', ''Brave New World (Steve Miller Band album), Brave New World'', ''Your Saving Grace'', ''Number 5 (Steve Miller Band album), Number 5'', ''The Joker (album), The Joker'', ''Fly Like an Eagle (album), Fly Like an E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band known as one of the earliest space rock groups. Since their formation in November 1969, Hawkwind have gone through many incarnations and have incorporated many different styles into their music, including hard rock, progressive rock and psychedelic rock. They are regarded as an influential proto-punk band. Their lyrics often cover themes of urban life and science fiction. Many musicians, dancers and writers have worked with the band since their inception. Key members of Hawkwind have included Nik Turner, Huw Lloyd-Langton, Del Dettmar, Lemmy, Simon King, Robert Calvert, Michael Moorcock, Simon House and Ginger Baker, but the band are most closely associated with their singer, songwriter and guitarist Dave Brock, who founded the band and is the only remaining original member. Hawkwind are best known for the song " Silver Machine", which became a number-three UK hit single in 1972, and they had further chart singles with " Urban Guerrilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Music Cartel
The Music Cartel was a record label based in Port Washington, New York and active between 1998 and 2005. It was founded by former Earache Records general manager Eric Lemasters. Many of their critically acclaimed releases – including prominent stoner rock records – were also released in Europe on Rise Above Records. Discography *TMC001CD ''Industrial Fuckin Strength 2: Unleash the Brutality'' compilation CD *TMC002CD ''Industrial Strength Anthology 1: The Lost Tracks'' compilation CD *TMC003CD Transport League – ''Super Evil'' CD *TMC004CD Codeseven – ''A Sense of Coalition'' CD *TMC005CD I.D.K. – ''Till Death Do Us Part'' CD *TMC006CD Leadfoot – ''Bring It On'' CD *TMC007CD Peace, Love & Pitbulls – ''PLP3'' CD *TMC008CD Panacea – ''Twisted Designz'' CD *TMC009CD Aura Anthropica – ''American Blindfold'' CD *TMC010CD Lid – ''In the Mushroom'' CD *TMC011CD Roachpowder – ''Viejo Diablo'' CD *TMC012CD Sleep – ''Jerusalem'' CD *TMC013CD ''Sounds from the Ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachman–Turner Overdrive
Bachman–Turner Overdrive, often abbreviated BTO, is a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, founded by three brothers: Randy Bachman, Randy, Robbie Bachman, Robbie, and Tim Bachman; along with Fred Turner (musician), Fred Turner, in 1973. Their 1970s catalogue included seven Top 40 albums (five in the US) and 11 Top 40 singles in Canada (six in the US). In Canada, they have six certified platinum albums and one certified gold album; in the US, they have five certified gold albums and one certified platinum album. The band has sold approximately 30 million albums worldwide and has fans affectionately known as "gearheads" (derived from the band's gear-shaped logo). Many of their songs, including "Let It Ride (Bachman–Turner Overdrive song), Let It Ride", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (Bachman–Turner Overdrive song), You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", "Takin' Care of Business (song), Takin' Care of Business", "Hey You (Bachman–Turner Overdrive song), Hey You" and "Roll o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svart Records
Svart Records is a Finnish independent record company focused on heavy metal music, especially doom metal. It concentrates mostly on releasing LP reissues of albums previously unavailable on vinyl. Discography * Callisto, ''Providence 2LP'' (SVR001) * Burning Saviours, ''Hundus LP'' (SVR002) * Reverend Bizarre, '' Harbinger of Metal 2LP'' (SVR003) * Steve Von Till, ''A Grave Is A Grim Horse LP'' (SVR004) * Rippikoulu, ''Musta Seremonia'' CD/LP (SVR005) * Last Calls, ''Last Calls'' mLP (SVR006) * Katatonia, ''Dance Of December Souls'' 2LP (SVR007) * Reverend Bizarre, '' In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend'' 2LP (SVR008) * Hour of 13, ''Possession 7"'' (SVR009) * Metsatöll, ''Äio'' 2LP (SVR010) * Kalmah, ''12 Gauge'' LP (SVR011) * Beherit, '' Engram'' LP (SVR012) * Kiuas, ''Lustdriven'' LP (SVR013) * Magnus Pelander, ''Magnus Pelander'' CD/LP (SVR014) * Sweatmaster, ''Turn Over 7"'' (SVR015) * Xysma, ''First & Magical'' LP (SVR016) * Legend, ''Legend'' LP (SVR017) * O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Early Years (Acid King Album)
''The Early Years'' is a compilation album by stoner metal band Acid King (band), Acid King. It was released in October 2006 through Leaf Hound Records. It combines Acid King's first two releases, which are both out of print. The songs were remastered by Billy Anderson. These releases are: *''Acid King (band), Acid King (EP)'' – the band's debut EP, released in 1994. *''Zoroaster (album), Zoroaster'' – the band's debut album, released in 1995. Track listing #"Lead Paint" – 4:36 #"Blasting Cap" – 4:43 #"Drop" – 7:02 #"The Midway" – 2:05 #"Evil Satan" – 7:55 #"If I Burn" – 3:43 #"One Ninety-Six" – 4:22 #"Vertigate #1" – 3:47 #"Tank" – 3:53 #"Dry Run" – 4:16 #"Fruit Cup" – 2:00 #"Queen of Sickness" – 5:15 #"Reload" – 3:22 #"Vertigate #2" – 2:33 Credits *Lori S. – vocals, guitar *Peter Lucas – bass, backing vocals *Joey Osbourne – drums *Dale Crover – additional vocals *Billy Anderson – engineering, remastering *Ricky Kasso – man on cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acid King III
Richard Allan Kasso Jr. (March 29, 1967 – July 7, 1984), also known as the Acid King, was an American murderer who killed his friend, 17-year-old Gary Lauwers, in Northport, New York, on June 19, 1984. Two other teenagers, Jimmy Troiano and Albert Quiñones, were present at the murder, which took place in the Aztakea Woods of Northport; all four were under the influence of what they believed to be mescaline, but was most likely LSD. The murder became a sensational news story due to the alleged torture of Lauwers and supposed occult aspects of the murder. The murder took place during a period known as the "Satanic panic", when there was much public concernThere were two famous suicidal deaths in the 1980s that led to trials in U.S. courts, one involving Judas Priest and a second involving Ozzy Osbourne.Several political groups advocated censorship and/or ratings for rock music, most notably Tipper Gore's Parents Music Resource Center and Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority.A history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
