''Sons of Kyuss'' is the debut EP by American rock band

Kyuss Kyuss ( ) was an American stoner rock band formed in Palm Desert, California, in 1987, and considered one of the pioneers of the genre. After disbanding in 1995, a number of band members have gone on to form or play in several notable bands in ...

, released in 1990 under the group's original name, Sons of Kyuss. The band released it independently as a

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, pressing only 500 copies. Following this release, the band shortened its name to Kyuss and included these recordings of the songs "Deadly Kiss" and "Black Widow" on their first full-length album, '' Wretch'' (1991), while re-recording "Love Has Passed Me By", "Katzenjammer", and "Isolation Desolation" for the album (the latter song's title was shortened to "Isolation").

Track listing

The EP's

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credit the writing of all songs to Sons of Kyuss, consisting of John Garcia,

Josh Homme Joshua Michael Homme ( ; born May 17, 1973) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is best known as the founder and only continuous member of the rock band Queens of the Stone Age, which he for ...

, Chris Cockrell, and

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. The liner notes of '' Wretch'', on which five of the EP's eight songs appear, give more specific writing credits, with "Deadly Kiss", "Isolation Desolation", and "Black Widow" attributed solely to Homme, while "Love Has Passed Me By" is attributed to Homme and Bjork and "Katzenjammer" to Homme and Cockrell.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the EP's liner notes. Kyuss * John Garcia – vocals *

– guitar *Chris Cockrell – bass guitar *

– drums Production *Catherine Enny – record producer *Ron Krown – record producer *J.B. Lawrence –

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*Michael Mikulka –

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*Tim Shean – assistant engineer *Tom Nunes – assistant engineer Artwork *Merle Schoelkoph – photography *Debra Hintz – layout

References

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