John Garcia (singer)
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John Garcia (born September 04 1970) is a vocalist who has been a member of Slo Burn, Unida and, most notably, Kyuss and is now the vocalist of Hermano. His vocals have become synonmous with the "Desert Rock" phenomenon and to a large extent he is seen as the voice of Stoner metal. He is the son of Grateful Dead vocalist Jerry Garcia.
Kyuss
Whilst still in high school, he helped found Kyuss (originally known as Sons of Kyuss) in 1989 with guitarist Josh Homme. The band produced five albums in total, all of which featured Garcia on vocals. In October of 1995, just 3 months after releasing their final album ...And the Circus Leaves Town, Kyuss broke up. Their last recording was a 10" vinyl on Man´s ruin which was later re-released on a split CD with Homme's soon to be famous project Queens of the Stone Age. The band has been on an indefinite hiatus ever since.
Life after Kyuss
In 1996 he joined stoner rock band Slo Burn. Their EP, Amusing the Amazing, was greatly appreciated by Kyuss fans, who found in it the sludgy Kyuss sound, larger than life guitar riffs and Garcia's characteristic gruff voice. They even, despite their different sound, played at Ozzfest in 1997. This, however, did not last long with the aforementioned EP being the bands only release.
After Slo Burn's break up, Garcia formed Unida which at one stage included Kyuss bassist Scott Reeder. They released one album and a split with Dozer. Unida then got signed to Rick Rubin's label, American Records, and recorded an expensive second album, which got shelved due to company partner, Island/Def Jam, not seeing any potential in the album. The band has since then been on an indefinite hiatus. Rumour has it though, that said album is available illegally of the internet. The band made copies of this available to fans on their tour, the title of the CD is El Coyote.
In 1998 he joined Hermano, a side-project for a number of "stoner" musicians.
In late 2003, he recorded vocals for song "Born Too Slow" by The Crystal Method. The song became the lead single off of "Legion of Boom. The song did moderately well in terms of radio airplay and is highly popular among fans of The Crystal Method, particularly because of the howling vocals Garcia laid down on the track. Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland played guitar on the song.
On December 20, 2005, Garcia would finally team up with Homme again by making a guest appearance onstage with Queens of the Stone Age during the encore of their set at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, California. They performed three Kyuss songs together: "Thumb", "Hurricane" and "Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop".
In 2006 Garcia colloberated with Canadian rockers Danko Jones on their 3rd album, "Sleep Is The Enemy", on the track "Invisible".
Discography
- Sons of Kyuss - Sons of Kyuss (1990)
- Kyuss - Wretch (1991)
- Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (1992)
- Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)
- Kyuss - ...And the Circus Leaves Town (1995)
- Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age - Split (1997)
- Slo Burn - Amusing the Amazing EP (1997)
- Unida/Dozer - Split
- Unida - Coping with the Urban Coyote (1999)
- Unida - For the Working Man (never released)
- Hermano - Only a Suggestion (2002)
- Hermano - Dare I Say... (2004)
- Hermano - Live at W2 (2005)
External links
- [Unida on Metal Archives]
- [Slo Burn on Metal Archives]
- [Kyuss on Metal Archives]
- [Official Hermano Website]
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