Stonerrock?

So Laurel has the nerve to ask me what I think of Stonerrock in 2006.
Well, this might be unpopular, but it's fuckin dead. I just spent an
hour looking at stonerrock.com and the whole board is a bunch of whiny
scenesters bitching about each other. Internet communities seem to
have a life that resembles a hail mary pass to a lame reciever. The
whole thing starts with a glimmer of hope in the eye of the quarterback
(in this movie this is played by the scene moderator). He sets up
several drives toward the end zone. The team fights for proper field
position, and gains ground, but somewhere down field things start to go
wrong. The egos start to appear and the plays get sloppy and the blame
for failure eclipses the comraderie of the group.

Maybe I'm being too harsh. I think the "stonerrock scene" is pretty
weak, mainly because the music really has turned away from the Kyuss/Fu
Manchu/Sabbath ripoffs for the most part. Actually, I take back
Sabbath, because we all rip off Sabbath, and as long as you play hard
and heavy, you will rip off Sabbath. It's like trying to play jazz and
not ripping off Miles. The music goes in many different directions now
and the fanbase has scattered. I don't think that "stonerrock" as a
genre by itself has the vocabulary to hold a nation of metal fans
hostage. What's cool is seeing a band like Mastadon crossing the
"borders" of metal and unifying the fan base. It's similar to how DRI
and Slayer linked the hardcore and punk communities (although not as
significantly). The Hot Topic generation is learning about bands like
Kyuss or Soilent Green at the same time they listen to Lamb of God and
The White Stripes. The community had energy around 2000 because all
these fans and bands found the internet at the same time and things
like Meteorcity showed up where you could actually find this music for
sale. When did it Jump The Shark? Who can say, maybe when Man's Ruin
bit the dust.

All scenes die, some just have a more horrible death, maybe some one
can fix this.


There's some bands you should check out:

Early Man (Matador): My brother Dan from BoyJazz (on Frentic) turned
me on to this metal rehash. Sounds like Ozzy singing on Ride The
Lightning. Kicks ass, if you have to have one tune it's Death is the
Answer.

Damone (Island): Badass chick singer on some poppy rock tunes, but
catchy as fuck. I heard the tune on the radio and stopped to figure
out who it was. The drummer is killer too. Poppy, but hard poppy.

Boyjazz: (frenetic) Do an 8-ball and throw on some Fellini films and
you might get the BJ vibe. Disturbing and entertaining like watching a
live castration on a laptop
computer. There's a disconcerting energy surrounding BJ and you need to
experience this energy to complete your book of life experience.

All right, I'm drunk and it's a new year.

Happy new year.

-dozer (pun intended)