Stoner Rock

Fu Manchu is a Southern Californian stoner rock band, who released their debut single "Kept Between Trees" in 1990. Rolling Stone describes their sound as: "Super heavy and bass happy Detroit rock 'n' roll is totally deep-fried, fuzzed out, window breakin', pot sellin', sleepin-in-the-van, skater metal." Fu Manchu lyrics tend to focus on pinball, muscle cars, UFOs/Bigfoot, and skateboarding. They have featured on compilations from Tony Hawk and ESPN's X Games...

2 projects called Hackman 1. "Hackman is young Ben Hackman, one of a seemingly ever-increasing swarm of young producers using garage and dubstep as a launch pad from which to spew forth their own distinct furrow of up-tempo bass business. Best known for the ace ‘Pistol in your Pocket’ on Fabric’s Elevator Music comp from earlier this year, his (new release) ‘More than Ever’ shines a light into an often dark corner of dance music; with its heady blend of syncopated drums, heavy basslines and pitched up female vocals, it resembles slowed down bassline house before it does grime or dubstep.

American band the Afghan Whigs were a soul-influenced, alternative rock band that was mainly active in the 1990s. While achieving only moderate commercial success, the Afghan Whigs attracted ample critical acclaim and deeply loyal fans, Rolling Stone described the band as spending "the bulk of their career on the brink of stardom", yet they've "never quite broken beyond a substantial legion of devotees enamored of their thinly veiled sleaze."

The Thieves play Rock. It’s AC/DC on acid, Pink Floyd on uppers, The Who on a pub-crawl. It's Hal, Sam and Jamie: Guitar, Bass and Drums; hailing from Oxford, England, living in Los Angeles, California. The Thieves covered over 60,000 miles and 160 live shows in 2005; they released their US debut, ‘Tales From The White Line’ on Liquor and Poker Music/Century Media. Constant touring, with an explosive live show, has scored the band great favour from music fans, venues and music press all across America.