Sixty Watt Shaman

A potent force in the stoner rock field during their run, Sixty Watt Shaman succeeded due to a more varied songwriting approach than many of their contemporaries. Seed Of Decades has some of the standard influences of the genre (i.e. Kyuss, Fu Manchu), but also some Southern/Corrosion Of Conformity-isms, even a bit of Seattle grunge a la Pearl Jam or Soundgarden, seamlessly blended into a surprisingly original-sounding record. They can throw down with the best of them for sheer heaviness, but also realize the importance of subtlety and mood in their music. A recommended band for stoner rock fans. They were reported as disbanded sometime in mid-2003.