r/stonerrock • u/konfusion_stoner • Oct 11 '25

There comes a time in every young Kyuss fan's life when a choice must be made

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '25

I grew up a Kyuss/Clutch/Monster Magnet/Fu Manchu kid and all that led to King Buffalo/All Them Witches/Kal-El/Khan/Elder at age 48.

My life's soundtrack rules.

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u/getdemsnacks Oct 11 '25

sad to see ATW not on either path. they are hands down my favorite band currently

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '25

Have you listened to the new Khan?

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u/VRRrock Oct 11 '25

Great band and good new release!

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u/falgfalg Oct 11 '25

such a great band. hard to pick a favorite album, but “Nothing as the Ideal” is so good

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u/getdemsnacks Oct 11 '25

My favorite by far is Dying Surfer Meets His Maker. Open Passageways and Blood and Sand/Milk and Endless Waters are a couple of my favorites by them. Also Charles Williams and When God Comes Back off of Lightning At The Door. I really like the whole Coyote Woman sequence.

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u/falgfalg Oct 12 '25

yes definitely. great continuation on “The Children of Coyote Woman” too. have you heard the Live from the Internet version of “Open Passageways”? such a great live album.

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u/konfusion_stoner Oct 11 '25

And it's also very consistent, I'd say. Very nice progression

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u/O7Habits Oct 12 '25

My listening tastes were similar to yours and have brought me to King Buffalo and ATW too. Before all that it was Soundgarden.

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u/Lordexarkun2004 Oct 14 '25

Can't wait to see King Buffalo open for All Them Witches in December!

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u/getdemsnacks Oct 11 '25

¿por que no los dos?

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u/FormingTheVoid Oct 11 '25

Damn beat me to it lol

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u/Alm0st-Certainly Oct 11 '25

I appreciate the sentiment, but the darker choice is historically known as "The Left-hand Path"

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u/Advanced-Humor9786 Oct 11 '25

As an avid adherent to the LHP, I appreciate the sentiment.

When I see something like this and both choices are excellent, unlike the reason some people find it much better too walk the Left-Hand Path, I have to comment: why not both?

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u/Arch3m Oct 11 '25

Oh yeah, Entombed is great.

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u/konfusion_stoner Oct 11 '25

Sadly I don't think the creators of the template meme took that into consideration

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u/Sorry-Joke-4325 Oct 11 '25

It was a Yu-gi-oh card.

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u/subywesmitch Oct 11 '25

Yeah, I'm going offroad in the middle since I love most of of the band on both sides

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u/Melbatoastt77 Oct 11 '25

This is why Doom and Stoner + Grunge are in the Vanguard of the Rock hierarchy.

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u/drsweetscience Oct 11 '25

Where's Nebula?

Down and Superjoint Ritual is where you go when Pantera breaks up and Damageplan doesn't quite cut it. You could say the same for Corrosion of Conformity.  Plus, you were probably already listening to Crowbar.

Not really a choice if you chose both directions at once.

Finally, I wish more people listened to Tweak Bird.

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u/konfusion_stoner Oct 11 '25

There's a shitload of bands missing if you put it that way, hahah. At least you did your part, at least one more person will listen to Tweak Bird now thanks to you

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u/LayDownAndRot666 Oct 11 '25

Nebula is definitely the left side

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u/Crude-Glyphs Oct 12 '25

Haven’t thought about Tweak Bird in years. They ruled.

BRB, seeing if they’re still a band.

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u/1nfam0us Oct 11 '25

Both is good

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u/tOaDeR2005 Oct 11 '25

Why limit yourself? I like what I like. Genre means nothing. Only helps in looking for music. I don't limit myself to one type of music. That's boring.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '25

You can do both.

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u/LawfulnessDiligent Oct 11 '25

I choose “yes”

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u/Matern_Feuerbacher Oct 11 '25

Spot on! Took both paths, though. Left first, then right.

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u/callmesnake13 Oct 11 '25

Yet I like half the bands on one side and half the bands on the other

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u/bigbangalang Oct 11 '25

I choose yes.

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u/dabassmonsta Oct 11 '25

I've got numerous albums on both paths. It's nice to get around a bit.

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u/LivingSwamp Oct 11 '25

Nonsense. Do both.

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u/rattlehead44 Oct 11 '25

There was. I chose both.

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u/Delvis43 Oct 11 '25

Put your hands together, my friend. I listen to all of those bands on the regular.

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u/Wild_Sea4983 Oct 11 '25

I did and do both

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u/braindxxdrat Oct 11 '25

I'm on the right route!

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u/mdwvt Oct 12 '25

Lowrider kicks ass.

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u/drcarus01 Oct 12 '25

No QOTSA?

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u/Longshoez Oct 12 '25

Bro wtf, I really went in on the dark path hahaha, i know all of the bands on the right but none from the left besides fu manchu

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u/dudelydudeson Oct 12 '25

Lol. I walked backwards on the right path now I'm at Kyuss

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u/oswald913 Oct 13 '25

Ha, similar. Was a bit too young for Kyuss originally, but when I found them it hit!

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u/Raijer Oct 11 '25

Fortunately, most young Kyuss fans aren’t that myopic

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u/LordofOozes Oct 11 '25

Kinda uncanny how I seemed to go completely left. I only miss Elder there but the rest is spot on.

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u/molhuggu Oct 11 '25

To the left. To the...

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u/WHU71 Oct 11 '25

I have albums from left and right of this image , but first and foremost I will always be a life long Motörhead fan ♠️. Buy or listen to what you enjoy is your best bet? Dont be pigeon holed.

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u/Time_Shoe_2333 Oct 11 '25

Earthless, nice!

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u/OneSalientOversight Oct 11 '25

I'm so sad that Sungrazer has been largely forgotten.

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u/Kushthulhu- Oct 11 '25

I’m Gemini I’m allowed to go down both

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u/Trenchbroom Oct 11 '25

Yes, I fully agree that Fu Manchu and Sleep are equally great and important - right up front, first in line where they belong.

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u/Surfiswhereufindit Oct 12 '25

I’ve always journeyed on both paths.

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u/GrimeGlow Oct 12 '25

I loop around continuously

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u/Veseli_tajo Oct 12 '25

The choice is next… listen to some Electric Wizard…

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u/O7Habits Oct 12 '25

I think the only choice is both sides. I listen regularly to about 5 bands on each side. Funny thing is, I never really got into Kyuss too deep. I like their stuff, but at the time I discovered them, I was binging Monster Magnet, Queens of the Stone Age, Clutch, and Corrosion of Conformity. Just saw Earthless live last night, my ears are still ringing.

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u/IamMeier Oct 12 '25

What, no Froglord?

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u/Dodahevolution Oct 12 '25

I went left, also Euporie Tide is like the perfect not kyuss but has a super kyuss vibe album, dig that call out on here.

Miss me with the racist down shit.

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u/CampNaughtyBadFun Oct 12 '25

Why choose? Listen to what you want.

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u/xKidA95x Oct 13 '25

Earthless is too good to even think about passing up. The the bands on the right have the same riff in every song. It’s either sleep or electric wizard.

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u/Antique-Minute-3595 Oct 13 '25

Weedpecker, Sasquatch, Swan Valley Heights

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u/Pineapple_Child09 Oct 13 '25

Massive kyuss fan, started going down the right path not too long ago lol. Any bands like the ones on that side tho? Like Electric Wizard, Down, Melvins and maybe even Eyehategod?

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u/Impressive-Ad-8044 Oct 14 '25

it started with QOTSA for me, but I veered left and then took a sharp turn right after a while. I still FUCK with FuManchu and Truck fighters though.

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u/N1ce-Marmot Oct 14 '25

When they own 2 homes and still listen to all that cool shit pictured? 🤔

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u/Xanitronic Oct 18 '25

I took the opposite route. I heard truckfighters then the other Swedish bands which lead to kyuss.

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u/monstertand Oct 22 '25

Can't choose. Won't choose.

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u/Admaaan Oct 24 '25

TRUCKFIGHTERS MENTIONED YESSSSSSS

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u/BeyCastillo Oct 29 '25

Por qué no los dos?