Slo Burn - July
Slo Burn - Positiva
Slo Burn - Pilot The Dune
Slo Burn was a stoner rock band whose popularity peaked in 1996 and 1997. The band was formed by John Garcia of the influential stoner rock band Kyuss, which had split up some months previously. Garcia was joined by Chris Hale on electric guitar, Damon Garrison on bass guitar and Brady Houghton on drums.
In 1996, the band distributed a five song demotape, and in April 1997 released an EP entitled Amusing the Amazing through the record label Malicious Vinyl. According to interviews, Garcia claimed that the band also intended to record a full-length album. Slo Burn toured with Ozzfest
in 1997 but decided to split up in September, towards the end of the
tour. Garcia subsequently joined the equally short-lived band Unida, before becoming the vocalist with Hermano, which have since recorded three studio albums.
Slo Burn had a sound not dissimilar to that of latter-day Kyuss,
which can be attributed to Garcia's singing style and the production
work of Chris Goss. However, the music was more direct and less layered or complex. Allmusic
describes their style as "simple structures formed out of monolithic
rhythm guitars" with "guitar solos that come and go and vibrate weirdly
on the way".
