The Groove

The greatest stoner rock artists of all time

12 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Queens of the Stone Age

United States of America · 1996– · alternative rock

23.634

Why this number?

The full board

2 Kyuss

United States of America · 1987–1996 · stoner rock 6.867

Boris

Japan · 1992– · drone 2.983

Clutch

United States of America · 1990– · hard rock 2.519

5 All Them Witches

United States of America · 2012– · stoner rock 2.200

6 Electric Wizard

United Kingdom · 1993– · doom metal 1.543

7 Earth

United States of America · 1990– · drone 1.013

8 Wolfmother

Australia · 2003– · rock 0.990

Arctic Monkeys

United Kingdom · 2002– · indie rock 0.540

Soundgarden

United States of America · 1984–2017 · alternative rock 0.405

11 Sleep

United States of America · 1990– · doom metal 0.323

Ween

United States of America · 1984–2024 · alternative rock 0.139