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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
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Paul Travers

"Sometimes the occasional fool would break out a knife." From defining a genre to wild generator parties and the 90s metal reunion everyone's waiting for, Kyuss legend John Garcia looks back on his life

John Garcia 2010.

If he didn't hate having the term applied to himself, you could call John Garcia a stoner metal legend. As vocalist and founder member of desert rock godheads Kyuss, he helped bring fuzzed-out groove from lawless generator parties in the Californian wilds to worldwide cult status.

Since Kyuss split in 1995, he’s also fronted fantastic stoner acts including Slo Burn, Unida and Hermano – who return to these shores this year for the first time in more than a decade. There was also a partial Kyuss reformation with Kyuss Lives! and Vista Chino, but he knows that it’s the ongoing prospect of a full Kyuss reunion with guitarist Josh Homme that really gets fans salivating. Here he shares what he’s learned so far…

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