This article is about the band. For the fictional deity, see Kyuss Kyuss (pronounced or "kai-uss") was an influential stoner rock band, originally from Palm Desert, California. After forming in the late 1980s and releasing an EP under the name Sons of Kyuss in 1990, the band shortened its name to Kyuss. Over the next five years the band released four full-length albums before splitting up in 1995. Since then, members of Kyuss went on to form or feature in several notable bands including Queens of the Stone Age, Fu Manchu, Unida, Mondo Generator, Hermano and Slo Burn. History As Sons of Kyuss (pre-1990) The band formed in the late 1980s under the name Katzenjammer (German for "hangover") before settling on the name Sons of Kyuss in 1989. The name Sons of Kyuss was taken from a creature found in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. In 1990 the band record

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