REVIEW: Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age (1997 split EP)
KYUSS / QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE – Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age (1997 split Man’s Ruin EP)
Sometimes, EPs are essential. Even better: an essential split EP, when you actually like both bands.
Kyuss split in 1996, and guitarist Josh Homme was fast out of the gates with a new EP under the name Gammy Ray. Another Gamma Ray from Germany sued, and so Homme changed the name to Queens of the Stone…
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