DESERT ROCK

'Desert Rock' is a term given to several bands that hail 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 generally evocative of the desert's dry open spaces, often characterized by epic instrumental passages and lyrically populated with 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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Notable first-wave ''desert rock'' bands

Notable contemporary ''desert rock'' bands

Notable first-wave ''desert rock'' bands

★ Yawning Man

★ Giant Sand

★ Green on Red

★ The Sidewinders

★ Naked Prey

★ Thin White Rope

★ The Meat Puppets

★ True West

Notable contemporary ''desert rock'' bands

★ Queens of the Stone Age

★ Kyuss

★ Brant Bjork and the Bros

★ Orquesta del Desierto

★ Masters of Reality

★ Eagles of Death Metal

★ Fatso Jetson

★ Nebula

★ earthlings?

★ Che

★ Unida

★ Fu Manchu