Back before bands like Queens of the Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures were doing the rounds across the world there was a band that was managing to turn many heads as they performed around California in the early 1990s and recorded a series of critically acclaimed albums.
They were Kyuss, originally featuring Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme on guitar, in addition to the band’s former bassist Nick Olivieri, and in the years since they originally played together their reputation has built up to legendary status in the modern day. As they return to the United Kingdom, with some of the original line-up remaining, concert tickets to witness a renowned band from the 1990s are going to be in high demand.
Though the line-up of Kyuss changes regularly, the reunion line-up of ‘Kyuss Lives’ currently features John Garcia on lead vocals, alongside Nick Olivieri on the bass guitar and Brant Bjork on the drums – three of the original members of the band. Replacing Josh Homme on the guitar is the Belgian musician Bruno Fevery and together this team has a wealth of stand-out tracks at their disposal from Kyuss’s acclaimed back catalogue. Their songs include the likes of “Demon Cleaner”, “Gardenia”, “One Inch Man” and “Green Machine”, amongst others, and audiences have been clamouring to hear live versions of such tracks since their split in 1995.
So with rock tickets, audiences get the opportunity to finally experience the live versions of tracks that make it onto their set list and whilst the songs above are stand-out tracks in their own right, there are plenty of others that feature on their studio albums. Between 1990 and 1995 they releases albums and EPs such as “Sons of Kyuss”, “Wretch”, “Blues for the Red Sun”, “Welcome to Sky Valley” and “...And the Circus Leaves Town”, in addition to a compilation release known as “Queens of the Stone Age”.
As Kyuss return to the United Kingdom as Kyuss Lives, audiences are going to want to witness the group before it is too late. Though they do not feature Homme as part of the line-up, they retain three of the original members and as a result it will be the closest to a Kyuss reunion that audiences are likely to get, in turn making it an unmissable show.