Formed in La Quinta, California (“the Gem of the Desert”) in 1986, Yawning Man are largely considered the fathers of the desert rock movement. The band’s now legendary “generator parties”—all-night drug-fueled jams held in the middle of nowhere and named for the equipment they’d use to power the shows—are still spoken about as life-changing moments by members of groups that emerged out of the same scene, including Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age.…
Formed in La Quinta, California (“the Gem of the Desert”) in 1986, Yawning Man are largely considered the fathers of the desert rock movement. The band’s now legendary “generator parties”—all-night drug-fueled jams held in the middle of nowhere and named for the equipment they’d use to power the shows—are still spoken about as life-changing moments by members of groups that emerged out of the same scene, including Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age.…