In the late 1980s, a young group of musicians in Palm Desert, California cut their teeth playing “generator parties.” Small crowds would gather in the desert with gasoline generators and copious amounts of beer and cannabis. And into these sparse, potsmoke filled wastelands, stonerrock pioneers Kyuss would play directly to the crowds, free of the politics of club owners and venue promoters.
Welcome to Sky Valley was recorded a long way from those desert fetes. It was released on a major label, for crying out loud. But three free-flowing, organic spirit of those early performances is imprinted directly into this album’s DNA.