Tag: vista Chino

  • Nick Oliveri goes it alone. With help.

    Nick Oliveri goes it alone. With help.

    In music, as is the case in life, sometimes it’s important to strike out on your own – if only to see what you’re capable of. The uncertainty of such a daring break away from the known and the safety associated with it makes the rewards that much sweeter when they come; not for nothing…

  • John Garcia – John Garcia

    John Garcia – John Garcia

    John Garcia. John fuckin’ Garcia. There is no voice more synonymous with stoner rock or desert rock than that of John Garcia. Best known as the singer for genre progenitors Kyuss, he’s been a part of a number of projects since that band’s dissolution almost 20 years ago. While Kyuss may always cast a shadow…

  • Nick Oliveri’s Uncontrollable – Leave Me Alone

    Nick Oliveri’s Uncontrollable – Leave Me Alone

    It sounds a little unlikely on its face, but sometimes you just know what you’re going to get from an album, even if it’s a band’s first record. That is certainly true of Leave Me Alone, billed as Nick Oliveri‘s first solo album. From top to bottom, listeners will be able to pick out familiar…

  • Chron Goblin – Life for the Living

    Don’t get me wrong, [Chron Goblin] could still be considered desert rock (hell, they even crossed the pond and played Desertfest), but there’s a bit more of a bluesy influence here, a little more up-tempo approach—but with some very heavy riffs thrown in for good measure.

  • “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Kyuss!”

    Well OK, maybe I can. But either way, Vista Chino put on a pretty solid set at The Phoenix last night.

  • Vista Chino – Peace

    Hellbound Metal: “The bare bones are still there, you get the sense that this is vaguely familiar, but in the end, it’s probably for the best that they didn’t slap the old name on here, cuz it definitely pales by comparison.”

  • STAFF PLAYLISTS: August 2013

    Back again by popular demand! You keep asking when it’s coming back, so here it is. Here is what the staff of Hellbound.ca has been enjoying during the months of July and August 2013.