--- title: "Stoner Rock" type: "MusicGenre" url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-rock" parent: "Doom Metal" bands: 2709 era: "early 1990s" --- # Stoner Rock **Stoner Rock** is a metal sub-genre, formative in the early 1990s. TheMetalNet maps 2,709 bands and 6,048 albums under it. Stoner rock is a groovy, riff-first style rooted in 1970s heavy rock, built on fuzzy, mid-tempo guitar hooks, warm analog tone, and psychedelic, laid-back melody. It emerged in the early 1990s, with California’s Kyuss and the desert-rock scene, plus Fu Manchu, drawing on Black Sabbath and Blue Cheer. Compared with stoner metal it is catchier and more relaxed, favoring melodic vocals and rolling grooves. Themes lean on the desert, escapism, and altered states. ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Genre | Stoner Rock | | Level | Sub-genre | | Parent genre | Doom Metal | | Formative era | early 1990s | | Bands | 2,709 | | Albums | 6,048 | | Formation span | 1962 to 2025 | ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Queens of the Stone Age](https://themetalnet.com/band/queens-of-the-stone-age) (United States, 1996) - [Monster Magnet](https://themetalnet.com/band/monster-magnet) (United States, 1989) - [Clutch](https://themetalnet.com/band/clutch) (United States, 1990) - [Fu Manchu](https://themetalnet.com/band/fu-manchu) (United States, 1990) - [Corrosion of Conformity](https://themetalnet.com/band/corrosion-of-conformity) (United States, 1982) - [The Black Angels](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-black-angels) (United States, 2004) - [Brant Bjork](https://themetalnet.com/band/brant-bjork) (United States, 1973) - [CKY](https://themetalnet.com/band/cky) (1998) - [Eagles of Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/band/eagles-of-death-metal) (United States, 1998) - [Nebula](https://themetalnet.com/band/nebula) (United States, 1997) - [Colour Haze](https://themetalnet.com/band/colour-haze) (Germany, 1994) - [Karma to Burn](https://themetalnet.com/band/karma-to-burn) (United States, 1994) - [Mondo Generator](https://themetalnet.com/band/mondo-generator) (United States, 1997) - [Dead Meadow](https://themetalnet.com/band/dead-meadow) (United States, 1998) - [Fatso Jetson](https://themetalnet.com/band/fatso-jetson) (United States, 1994) - [Kinski](https://themetalnet.com/band/kinski) (United States, 1998) - [Red Fang](https://themetalnet.com/band/red-fang) (United States, 2005) - [Dozer](https://themetalnet.com/band/dozer) (Sweden, 1995) - [Down](https://themetalnet.com/band/down) (United States, 1991) - [Truckfighters](https://themetalnet.com/band/truckfighters) (Sweden, 2001) - [The Atomic Bitchwax](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-atomic-bitchwax) (United States, 1993) - [Yawning Man](https://themetalnet.com/band/yawning-man) (United States, 1986) - [Triggerfinger](https://themetalnet.com/band/triggerfinger) (Belgium, 1998) - [Farflung](https://themetalnet.com/band/farflung) (United States, 1992) - [Greenleaf](https://themetalnet.com/band/greenleaf) (Sweden, 1999) - [Om](https://themetalnet.com/band/om) (United States, 2003) - [Radio Moscow](https://themetalnet.com/band/radio-moscow) (United States, 2003) - [Five Horse Johnson](https://themetalnet.com/band/five-horse-johnson) (United States, 1995) - [Capsula](https://themetalnet.com/band/capsula) (Spain, 1997) - [Causa Sui](https://themetalnet.com/band/causa-sui) (Denmark, 2004) - [Los Natas](https://themetalnet.com/band/los-natas) (Argentina, 1993) - [The Heads](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-heads) (United Kingdom, 1990) - [Floor](https://themetalnet.com/band/floor) (United States, 1992) - [Graveyard](https://themetalnet.com/band/graveyard) (Sweden, 2006) - [Kyuss](https://themetalnet.com/band/kyuss) (United States, 1987) - [Pharaoh Overlord](https://themetalnet.com/band/pharaoh-overlord) (Finland, 2000) - [Baby Woodrose](https://themetalnet.com/band/baby-woodrose) (Denmark, 2001) - [Earthless](https://themetalnet.com/band/earthless) (United States, 2001) - [Monkey3](https://themetalnet.com/band/monkey3) (Switzerland, 2001) - [The Quill](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-quill) (Sweden, 1990) - [Blood Duster](https://themetalnet.com/band/blood-duster) (Australia, 1991) - [Fireball Ministry](https://themetalnet.com/band/fireball-ministry) (United States, 1999) - [Hermano](https://themetalnet.com/band/hermano) (United States, 1998) - [Nightstalker](https://themetalnet.com/band/nightstalker) (Greece, 1989) - [Unida](https://themetalnet.com/band/unida) (United States, 1998) - [U.S. Christmas](https://themetalnet.com/band/u-s-christmas) (United States, 2002) - [Burning Brides](https://themetalnet.com/band/burning-brides) (United States, 1999) - [Desert Sessions](https://themetalnet.com/band/desert-sessions) (United States, 1997) - [El Caco](https://themetalnet.com/band/el-caco) (Norway, 1998) - [Eternal Elysium](https://themetalnet.com/band/eternal-elysium) (Japan, 1991) - [Expo ’70](https://themetalnet.com/band/expo-70) (United States, 2003) - [ASG](https://themetalnet.com/band/asg) (United States, 2001) - [Black Spiders](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-spiders) (United Kingdom, 2008) - [Doomriders](https://themetalnet.com/band/doomriders) (United States, 2004) - [Mars Red Sky](https://themetalnet.com/band/mars-red-sky) (France, 2007) - [Rose Kemp](https://themetalnet.com/band/rose-kemp) (United Kingdom, 1984) - [RotoR](https://themetalnet.com/band/rotor) (1998) - [35007](https://themetalnet.com/band/35007) (Netherlands, 1991) - [Kadavar](https://themetalnet.com/band/kadavar) (Germany, 2010) - [Texas Hippie Coalition](https://themetalnet.com/band/texas-hippie-coalition) (United States, 2004) ## Where it is played - [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 222 bands - [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 78 bands - [France](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr): 61 bands - [Sweden](https://themetalnet.com/country/se): 56 bands - [United Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb): 54 bands - [Italy](https://themetalnet.com/country/it): 44 bands - [Greece](https://themetalnet.com/country/gr): 35 bands - [Belgium](https://themetalnet.com/country/be): 31 bands ## Bands formed by decade | Decade | Bands formed | | --- | --- | | 1960s | 1 | | 1970s | 5 | | 1980s | 11 | | 1990s | 102 | | 2000s | 274 | | 2010s | 856 | | 2020s | 89 | --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-rock](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-rock). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt