ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JULY 4, 2002 By Steve Newton On their latest CD, California Crossing, SoCal guitar-rockers Fu Manchu took a slightly different musical approach than they had before, toning down the fuzz to produce a cleaner, sharper guitar sound. Part of the change had to do with the band’s willingness to … Continue reading Fuzz-pedal ripoff leads Fu Manchu to stack guitar tones on California Crossing
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Rockers say the darndest things: top quotes of 2013
Dave Wyndorf (above) "probably would have made more money." I interviewed quite a few rockers last year. Here's some of the things they said. "To me stoner rock is just non-commercial rock that pulls from every great era... And as far as the stoner element, I mean, yeah, it’s always cool to smoke pot.” --Brant Bjork … Continue reading Rockers say the darndest things: top quotes of 2013
Vista Chino’s Brant Bjork still likes rock ‘n’ reef, says “it’s always cool to smoke pot.”
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, SEPT. 4, 2013 By Steve Newton When stoner-rock legend Brant Bjork picks up the phone at his desert home in Joshua Tree, California, it’s just like old times. Eight years ago—when he was recording and touring with his band Brant Bjork and the Bros—Bjork called the Straight from the same location and expounded … Continue reading Vista Chino’s Brant Bjork still likes rock ‘n’ reef, says “it’s always cool to smoke pot.”
Brant Bjork gets his music to the people
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, MARCH 10, 2005 By Steve Newton When Brant Bjork calls the Straight from a Southern California town named Joshua Tree, the first thing that comes to mind is U2: The Joshua Tree was the '87 album that made the Irish quartet tops in pop music. But apart from acknowledging that "the … Continue reading Brant Bjork gets his music to the people